579 certified · Median $156,200 a year · Pleasanton, 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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
255
2
9
1
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
324
2
6
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
$134,452
Median
$156,200
75th percentile
$181,317
A year, from 579 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Software Development EngineerSoftware Developers · median $155,09686
Sr Software Development EngineerSoftware Developers · median $172,80079
Sr Associate Software Development EngineerSoftware Developers · median $109,28334
Sr Software Engineer (Distributed Systems)Software Developers · median $176,00025
Principal, Software Development EngineerSoftware Developers · median $206,35818
Sr Manager, Software Development EngineeringComputer and Information Systems Managers · median $217,77613
Manager, Software Development EngineeringSoftware Developers · median $175,82112
Sr Information Systems Software Application EngineerSoftware Developers · median $161,63711
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $125,90010
Sr Machine Learning EngineerSoftware Developers · median $177,80010
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.