323 certified · Median $150,080 a year · San Jose, 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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
136
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
187
0
3
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
$131,533
Median
$150,080
75th percentile
$176,029
A year, from 323 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $153,867190
Business Systems AnalystSoftware Developers · median $126,36110
Software Engineer 3Software Developers · median $140,50010
Manager, Software EngineerComputer and Information Systems Managers · median $191,8649
Site Reliability EngineerNetwork and Computer Systems Administrators · median $132,1848
Software Engineer 2Software Developers · median $120,6998
Product ManagerComputer and Information Systems Managers · median $188,2127
Software Quality Assurance EngineerSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $142,1397
Information Systems EngineerNetwork and Computer Systems Administrators · median $132,5006
Hardware EngineerComputer Hardware Engineers · median $129,0724
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.