16 certified · Median $216,756 a year · San Francisco, 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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
5
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
11
1
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
$180,000
Median
$216,756
75th percentile
$233,625
A year, from 16 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Sr. Engineering ManagerComputer and Information Systems Managers · median $274,1862
Staff Data Engineer, AnalyticsData Scientists · median $220,0002
Staff Machine Learning EngineerComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $226,1782
Principal EngineerSoftware Developers · median $297,0331
Senior Applied AI EngineerSoftware Developers · median $213,5121
Senior Backend Engineer, Data PlatformData Scientists · median $185,0001
Senior Data ScientistData Scientists · median $174,3041
Senior Database Reliability EngineerDatabase Administrators · median $180,0001
Senior Mobile QA EngineerSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $163,7501
SR. DATA SCIENTISTData Scientists · median $180,0001
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.