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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
191
0
7
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
112
1
1
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
$135,000
Median
$148,000
75th percentile
$170,000
A year, from 303 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Deployment StrategistBusiness Intelligence Analysts · median $134,00075
Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $160,00069
Forward Deployed EngineerSoftware Developers · median $145,00051
Product DesignerWeb and Digital Interface Designers · median $142,0506
Forward Deployed AI EngineerData Scientists · median $165,0003
Incident Management EngineerDatabase Architects · median $133,7502
Machine Learning ResearcherData Scientists · median $200,0002
Software Engineer (11525.724)Software Developers · median $229,3502
AIP Platform Development LeadData Scientists · median $270,0001
Cloud Operations EngineerSoftware Developers · median $175,3801
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.