982 certified · Median $125,798 a year · Eden Prairie, MN
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
331
3
9
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
651
1
3
1
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
$113,230
Median
$125,798
75th percentile
$140,510
A year, from 975 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Senior Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $125,288237
Lead Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $135,755108
Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $106,67352
Senior Data EngineerSoftware Developers · median $119,16333
Principal Engineer, TLCPSoftware Developers · median $145,01829
Senior Quality EngineerSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $119,28828
Senior Manager, Software EngineeringSoftware Developers · median $148,53322
Senior Data AnalystBusiness Intelligence Analysts · median $117,10421
Principal Data EngineeringSoftware Developers · median $130,70717
Quality EngineerSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $110,73917
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.