44 certified · Median $161,616 a year · Lowell, MA
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
9
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
35
0
2
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
$141,118
Median
$161,616
75th percentile
$178,131
A year, from 41 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Lead Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $151,81610
Principal Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $175,7546
Senior Software EngineerSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $121,8263
Director Software Development EngineeringComputer and Information Systems Managers · median $292,2282
Manager, Software EngineeringComputer and Information Systems Managers · median $209,1952
Principal ArchitectDatabase Architects · median $177,6082
Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $129,3282
Business Data Analyst VBusiness Intelligence Analysts · median $185,7601
Director of Software EngineeringComputer and Information Systems Managers · median $207,2721
Director, GTM Business ApplicationsInformation Technology Project Managers · median $185,9941
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.