106 certified · Median $190,000 a year · Palo Alto, 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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
40
0
2
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
66
1
4
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
$169,078
Median
$190,000
75th percentile
$220,524
A year, from 106 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $187,36217
Senior Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $220,6987
Senior Machine Learning EngineerEngineers, All Other · median $230,0005
Motion Planning EngineerMechanical Engineers · median $170,0004
Application Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $180,0003
Software Engineer IISoftware Developers · median $185,0003
Machine Learning Engineer, BehaviorComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $160,0002
Perception Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $208,0002
Product ManagerInformation Technology Project Managers · median $210,0942
Senior Product Manager, AutonomyArchitectural and Engineering Managers · median $230,0002
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.