51 certified · Median $148,000 a year · Lake Forest, IL
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
16
6
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
35
3
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
$130,000
Median
$148,000
75th percentile
$162,546
A year, from 51 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Infrastructure EngineerSoftware Developers · median $156,1497
Security EngineerInformation Security Engineers · median $121,8004
Senior Data ScientistData Scientists · median $154,1214
Business Systems EngineerSoftware Developers · median $117,0003
Business Systems Engineer Senior, GUSSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $137,2453
Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $136,0003
Lead Applied Machine Learning ScientistComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $183,8742
Senior Applied Machine Learning ScientistComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $158,4252
Applied Machine Learning ScientistData Scientists · median $130,0001
Business Systems Analyst, GUSSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $97,1381
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.