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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
67
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
62
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
$200,000
Median
$250,000
75th percentile
$252,500
A year, from 128 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Quantitative ResearcherFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $250,00036
SOFTWARE ENGINEERSoftware Developers · median $250,00019
QUANTITATIVE DEVELOPERFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $225,0007
Quantitative TraderFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $300,0005
Member of Technical StaffData Scientists · median $300,0004
QUANTITATIVE RESERACHERFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $200,0004
SOFTWARE ENGINEER - TRADINGSoftware Developers · median $225,0004
ALGORITHMIC TRADERComputer Programmers · median $200,0003
NETWORK ENGINEERComputer Network Architects · median $210,0003
PRODUCTION RELIABILITY ENGINEERSoftware Developers · median $200,0003
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.