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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
2
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
17
0
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
$85,800
Median
$98,218
75th percentile
$112,195
A year, from 19 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Quality Assurance DeveloperSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $111,3633
Design Quality EngineerValidation Engineers · median $103,0022
Active Directory AdministratorNetwork and Computer Systems Administrators · median $82,6591
Battery SQA EngineerSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $86,3201
Data AnalystData Scientists · median $92,9141
Java DeveloperSoftware Developers · median $122,9701
Manufacturing Quality EngineerIndustrial Engineers · median $112,0911
Product Development EngineerMechanical Engineers · median $91,5201
QA Automation AnalystSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $112,2991
Quality EngineerIndustrial Engineers · median $85,2801
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.