Counts are Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) employers filed with the US Department of Labor. Certified means DOL accepted the LCA, the step before a visa petition: it is not a visa or a hire. Wages are what the employer wrote on it. Data sources
By year
Fiscal year
Certified
Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn
Denied
FY2026October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026
26
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
58
0
0
0
Every decision, by when it was made. From the US Department of Labor’s LCA disclosure files for FY2025 and FY2026, all listed in Data sources.
Wages
25th percentile
$119,950
Median
$144,130
75th percentile
$170,972
A year, from 83 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Senior Manufacturing EngineerIndustrial Engineers · median $107,8843
Senior Quality Assurance EngineerSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $115,0003
Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $144,1303
Staff Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $192,9383
Associate Product ManagerManufacturing Engineers · median $135,0002
Manager, QA/RA Validated systemsValidation Engineers · median $162,2382
Senior Embedded Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $175,0002
Senior Software Engineer, iOSSoftware Developers · median $167,4062
Senior Software Test EngineerSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $136,3422
Senior Staff Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $177,1582
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.