375 certified · Median $99,999 a year · Houston, TX
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
199
5
1
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
176
4
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
$87,337
Median
$99,999
75th percentile
$120,640
A year, from 373 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERElectrical Engineers · median $127,5006
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERCivil Engineers · median $109,0006
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERCivil Engineers · median $85,6186
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALCivil Engineers · median $96,6996
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALConstruction Managers · median $92,0005
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL INTERMEDIATEConstruction Managers · median $94,9215
DESIGN ARCHITECTURE PROFESSIONAL INTERMEDIATEArchitects, Except Landscape and Naval · median $88,0005
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALElectrical Engineers · median $128,0005
DATA SCIENTISTData Scientists · median $103,2934
HIGHWAY ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATECivil Engineers · median $110,0384
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.