1,257 certified · Median $127,878 a year · Minneapolis, MN
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
428
6
4
2
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
829
14
7
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
$118,058
Median
$127,878
75th percentile
$141,898
A year, from 1,256 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Senior Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $132,267331
Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $120,649323
Lead Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $149,78186
Quantitative Model AnalystFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $106,05942
Data AnalyticsData Scientists · median $123,60031
Software Engineering ManagerInformation Technology Project Managers · median $144,33530
Automation EngineerSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $119,64420
Reliability EngineerSoftware Developers · median $127,87817
Sr. Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $134,97117
Data ScientistData Scientists · median $132,36512
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.