243 certified · Median $163,700 a year · San Mateo, 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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
86
56
2
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
157
40
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
$145,700
Median
$163,700
75th percentile
$190,100
A year, from 239 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Software Engineer IISoftware Developers · median $154,00040
Senior Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $187,70015
Sr. Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $184,33014
Staff Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $198,20013
Software Engineer ISoftware Developers · median $133,3008
Sr. Software Development Engineer in TestSoftware Developers · median $179,1306
Manager, Software EngineeringComputer and Information Systems Managers · median $201,4005
Software Development Engineer in Test IISoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $128,9005
Data Engineer IIData Scientists · median $145,7003
Machine Learning Engineer 4Computer and Information Research Scientists · median $209,6003
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.