146 certified · Median $90,000 a year · Princeton, NJ
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
99
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
47
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
$83,000
Median
$90,000
75th percentile
$100,000
A year, from 146 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
JAVA PROGRAMMERComputer Programmers · median $80,00016
SOFTWARE DEVELOPERSoftware Developers · median $90,00012
Data EngineerData Scientists · median $90,00011
Java DeveloperSoftware Developers · median $90,24010
Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $84,2007
VALIDATION ENGINEERValidation Engineers · median $100,0005
PYTHON PROGRAMMERComputer Programmers · median $75,0004
AI/ML ENGINEERData Scientists · median $106,4963
COMPUTER PROGRAMMERComputer Programmers · median $90,0003
DEVOPS ENGINEERSoftware Developers · median $91,0003
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.