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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
34
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
18
0
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
$140,000
Median
$175,000
75th percentile
$180,000
A year, from 52 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $180,00020
Quantitative TraderFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $200,00013
Quantitative Trading AnalystFinancial and Investment Analysts · median $150,0005
Quantitative ResearcherFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $140,0004
Senior Data EngineerDatabase Architects · median $175,0004
Financial Quantitative AnalystFinancial and Investment Analysts · median $180,0002
Options TraderFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $150,0002
Individual Equity Options TraderFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $160,0001
Senior Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $180,0001
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.