174 certified · Median $118,000 a year · Chicago, IL
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
77
3
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
97
0
2
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
$105,000
Median
$118,000
75th percentile
$134,402
A year, from 172 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Senior Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $130,0007
SENIOR SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT QUALITY ENGINEERIndustrial Engineers · median $114,0005
Staff Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $160,0005
SENIOR CLOUD SOFTWARE ENGINEERSoftware Developers · median $131,0004
Senior Development Quality EngineerIndustrial Engineers · median $107,3494
Senior Regulatory Affairs SpecialistRegulatory Affairs Specialists · median $107,0004
Supplier Development Quality Engineer IIIndustrial Engineers · median $97,0004
Manufacturing Engineer IIManufacturing Engineers · median $100,2353
Principal Regulatory Affairs SpecialistRegulatory Affairs Specialists · median $125,5283
SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERElectrical Engineers · median $122,5003
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.