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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
80
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
156
1
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
$177,205
Median
$209,000
75th percentile
$240,875
A year, from 235 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Senior EngineerSoftware Developers · median $231,14032
Data Scientist IIData Scientists · median $163,05012
Engineer IISoftware Developers · median $180,60212
Senior Machine Learning EngineerComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $264,59012
ENGINEERING MANAGER IIComputer and Information Systems Managers · median $230,32510
Senior Backend EngineerSoftware Developers · median $233,49510
Staff EngineerSoftware Developers · median $274,5558
Machine Learning Engineer IIComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $190,0007
Data Engineer IISoftware Developers · median $182,5006
Senior Data EngineerSoftware Developers · median $245,9406
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.