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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
93
0
1
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
120
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
$137,259
Median
$163,627
75th percentile
$198,570
A year, from 208 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Staff Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $185,38923
Senior Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $167,71521
Principal Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $206,3159
Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $126,9427
Manager, EngineeringComputer and Information Systems Managers · median $216,5905
Senior Software Engineer in TestSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $125,4044
Senior Technical ConsultantSales Engineers · median $130,9084
Site Reliability EngineerSoftware Developers · median $137,5194
Technical ConsultantSales Engineers · median $112,3414
Sr. Project ManagerInformation Technology Project Managers · median $132,5793
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.