310 certified · Median $190,912 a year · San Jose, CA
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
35
9
5
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
275
5
9
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
$149,365
Median
$190,912
75th percentile
$240,000
A year, from 310 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Software Engineer USDSSoftware Developers · median $180,71021
Software Engineer - USDSSoftware Developers · median $147,77418
Site Reliability Engineer - USDSSoftware Developers · median $166,50012
Data Engineer USDSDatabase Architects · median $197,0009
Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $149,3659
Data Scientist - USDSData Scientists · median $169,1528
Site Reliability Engineer USDSSoftware Developers · median $211,0008
Machine Learning Engineer - USDSData Scientists · median $144,0007
Data Scientist USDSData Scientists · median $129,7096
Data Engineer - USDSDatabase Architects · median $187,5735
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.