1,456 certified · Median $147,755 a year · Santa Clara, 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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
548
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
908
1
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
$124,878
Median
$147,755
75th percentile
$180,128
A year, from 1,452 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Senior Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $157,581141
Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $133,500122
Staff Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $185,23292
Senior Software Quality EngineerSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $143,81950
Technical Support EngineerDatabase Administrators · median $81,32837
Senior Technical Support EngineerDatabase Administrators · median $103,50135
Software Quality EngineerSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $108,68029
Senior Inbound Product ManagerSales Engineers · median $155,52228
Staff Software Quality EngineerSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $164,63028
Senior Staff Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $217,03821
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.