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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
7
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
10
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
$86,466
Median
$93,538
75th percentile
$101,525
A year, from 17 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
COMPUTER PROGRAMMERComputer Programmers · median $93,5386
QA AUTOMATION ENGINEERSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $87,1422
QUALITY ANALYSTSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $104,2082
COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTComputer Systems Analysts · median $80,9121
MECHANICAL ENGINEERMechanical Engineers · median $86,4661
QA AUTOMATION WITH SPEC FLOWSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $82,9301
SAP SYBASE DBADatabase Administrators · median $84,9891
SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEERComputer Network Architects · median $101,5251
SOFTWARE DEVELOPERSoftware Developers · median $113,0001
SOFTWARE ENGINEERSoftware Developers · median $123,6561
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.