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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
125
0
1
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
112
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
$79,602
Median
$91,000
75th percentile
$103,000
A year, from 227 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Software EngineerComputer Programmers · median $86,00021
Data EngineerComputer Programmers · median $93,00016
Software DeveloperComputer Programmers · median $85,00010
Senior Software EngineerComputer Programmers · median $86,0009
Java DeveloperComputer Programmers · median $86,0007
DevOps EngineerComputer Programmers · median $97,4136
Senior Quality EngineerSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $78,0006
Java Full Stack DeveloperComputer Programmers · median $80,0005
Senior Java DeveloperComputer Programmers · median $97,0005
AWS DevOps EngineerComputer Programmers · median $78,0004
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.