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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
102
32
1
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
94
48
4
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
$160,000
Median
$200,000
75th percentile
$240,000
A year, from 196 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Senior Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $220,00033
Senior Machine Learning EngineerSoftware Developers · median $215,00013
Staff Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $250,00010
Machine Learning EngineerSoftware Developers · median $170,0008
Senior Data ScientistDatabase Administrators · median $220,0007
Senior Product ManagerMarketing Managers · median $190,0007
Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $175,0007
Engineering Manager, SoftwareComputer and Information Systems Managers · median $235,0004
Associate Product ManagerMarketing Managers · median $148,0003
Measurement Science ManagerMarket Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists · median $157,0403
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.