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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
8
0
1
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
$80,413
Median
$82,347
75th percentile
$89,253
A year, from 13 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Java ProgrammerComputer Programmers · median $89,2533
Quality Assurance Analyst – Systems ValidationSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $81,2863
Software ProgrammerComputer Programmers · median $83,3362
Back End DeveloperSoftware Developers · median $80,4131
DotNet ProgrammerComputer Programmers · median $85,5301
Java DeveloperSoftware Developers · median $90,8961
QA EngineerSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $79,6021
Software Validation EngineerSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $82,3471
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.