21 certified · Median $146,307 a year · Palo Alto, 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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
12
2
2
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
9
2
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
$140,000
Median
$146,307
75th percentile
$149,365
A year, from 21 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Data ScientistData Scientists · median $140,0004
Full Stack DeveloperSoftware Developers · median $147,2644
Data EngineerData Scientists · median $120,0003
Software Engineer IISoftware Developers · median $149,3652
Data Engineer IData Scientists · median $115,9391
DevSecsOps EngineerSoftware Developers · median $149,3651
Full Stack EngineerSoftware Developers · median $149,3651
QA/QC EngineerSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $120,0001
Senior Data ScientistData Scientists · median $140,0001
Senior Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $146,3071
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.