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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
17
1
2
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
14
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
$165,000
Median
$180,000
75th percentile
$195,000
A year, from 31 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Forward Deployed EngineerSoftware Developers · median $190,0007
Senior Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $200,0004
Associate Forward Deployed EngineerSoftware Developers · median $165,0003
Chief of StaffGeneral and Operations Managers · median $170,0003
Applied Research EngineerComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $197,5002
Associate Machine Learning Support EngineerSoftware Developers · median $100,0002
Data Operations EngineerData Scientists · median $97,5002
AI EngineerSoftware Developers · median $215,0001
Machine Learning Support EngineerSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $102,7101
Robotics EngineerRobotics Engineers · median $167,0001
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.