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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
11
6
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
19
2
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
$140,114
Median
$166,775
75th percentile
$197,500
A year, from 30 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Lead Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $166,7754
Software Engineer IISoftware Developers · median $125,0004
Lead QA EngineerSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $170,0002
Sr. Manager, Organizational Management AnalysisManagement Analysts · median $220,0002
Sr. Manager, Software EngineeringComputer and Information Systems Managers · median $240,7882
Cloud Platform Engineer IISoftware Developers · median $143,0001
Data Analyst IIData Scientists · median $85,0001
Data Engineer IData Warehousing Specialists · median $102,4401
Lead Data AnalystData Scientists · median $155,2501
Lead Data EngineerSoftware Developers · median $160,0001
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.