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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
22
2
1
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
40
2
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
$76,315
Median
$85,900
75th percentile
$96,750
A year, from 62 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
SOFTWARE DEVELOPERSoftware Developers · median $91,30018
COMPUTER PROGRAMMERComputer Programmers · median $75,07810
SOFTWARE (DEVOPS) ENGINEERSoftware Developers · median $91,0948
COMPUTER (DEVOPS) PROGRAMMERComputer Programmers · median $78,0005
SOFTWARE (FULL STACK JAVA) DEVELOPERSoftware Developers · median $84,1003
DATA SCIENTISTData Scientists · median $81,0202
SOFTWARE (FULL STACK) DEVELOPERSoftware Developers · median $86,8002
AWS DATA ENGINEERDatabase Architects · median $95,4001
COMPUTER (APPLICATIONS) PROGRAMMERComputer Programmers · median $70,0001
COMPUTER (CLOUD/DEVOPS) ENGINEERComputer Programmers · median $103,0001
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.