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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
19
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
36
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
$74,000
Median
$88,000
75th percentile
$93,000
A year, from 55 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
SOFTWARE ENGINEERSoftware Developers · median $91,00022
BUSINESS ANALYSTBusiness Intelligence Analysts · median $74,00011
QA ENGINEERSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $87,0009
JAVA DEVELOPERSoftware Developers · median $96,0004
Data ScientistData Scientists · median $74,0003
FULL STACK JAVA DEVELOPERSoftware Developers · median $102,0002
IAM ANALYSTInformation Security Analysts · median $103,0002
DATABASE ANALYSTDatabase Administrators · median $66,0001
INFORMATION SYSTEM ANALYSTComputer Systems Analysts · median $99,8401
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.