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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
134
0
1
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
144
2
2
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
$100,000
Median
$110,000
75th percentile
$125,000
A year, from 278 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Senior Technical LeaderSoftware Developers · median $105,00026
Senior Technical LeadSoftware Developers · median $110,00023
Senior EngineerSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $90,00022
Technical LeaderSoftware Developers · median $100,00021
Technical LeadSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $100,00018
Associate Technical ArchitectSoftware Developers · median $120,00014
Associate Technical SpecialistSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $125,00013
Technical ArchitectSoftware Developers · median $130,00013
Senior Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $92,00012
EngineerSoftware Developers · median $84,05311
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.