7 certified · Median $116,397 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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
2
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
5
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
$100,178
Median
$116,397
75th percentile
$169,587
A year, from 7 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Data EngineerSoftware Developers · median $110,0001
Head of Trading OperationsComputer and Information Systems Managers · median $116,3971
Jr. Portfolio ManagerFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $175,0001
Portfolio ManagerFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $175,0001
Quantitative DeveloperSoftware Developers · median $90,3551
Quantitative ResearcherFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $164,1741
Trading Operations EngineerSoftware Developers · median $85,3841
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.