1,989 certified · Median $177,681 a year · Sunnyvale, CA
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
1,088
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
901
0
1
2
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
$151,819
Median
$177,681
75th percentile
$202,000
A year, from 1,986 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Sr. Software Engineer, Systems InfrastructureSoftware Developers · median $177,681215
Sr. Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $180,755213
Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $148,740148
Sr. Software Engineer, Machine LearningData Scientists · median $192,460133
Staff Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $213,512131
Sr Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $151,819123
Software Engineer, Systems InfrastructureSoftware Developers · median $147,182109
Staff Software Engineer, Systems InfrastructureSoftware Developers · median $208,16694
Software Engineer, Machine LearningData Scientists · median $172,93186
Strategic Operations Lead, AI Data OperationsProject Management Specialists · median $184,71148
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.