The 30 occupations with the most H-1B labor condition applications, fiscal years 2025 to 2026
The occupation with the most LCAs in fiscal years 2025 to 2026 was Software Developers (SOC 15-1252), with 307,739, or 30.1% of all LCAs.
The ten occupations with the most LCAs filed 610,195, or 59.6% of the 1,023,348 in the United States.
The median offered wage was $138,494 a year for Software Developers and $122,221 for all occupations.
291 occupations have 50 or more LCAs in the same years and a page.
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Software Developers has 307,739 LCAs in the fiscal years of the table.
The table gives $138,494 as the median annual offered wage. That figure describes applications, not pay received by workers.
The fiscal-year columns count filings in separate periods. Certification is not a visa approval.
Open the occupation record for its yearly figures and download. Read the LCA and wage-level definitions.
Occupations by LCAs
| Occupation | SOC | Position | LCAs, fiscal year 2025 | LCAs, fiscal year 2026 (to 30 June 2026) | LCAs in all | Share of the United States | Median offered wage | PERM applications, fiscal years 2024 to 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 15-1252 | 1 | 181,565 | 126,174 | 307,739 | 30.1% | $138,494 | 57,838 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 15-1299 | 2 | 50,153 | 30,856 | 81,009 | 7.9% | $114,808 | 168 |
| Data Scientists | 15-2051 | 3 | 33,622 | 28,485 | 62,107 | 6.1% | $123,741 | 8,931 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 15-1253 | 4 | 19,679 | 13,516 | 33,195 | 3.2% | $104,728 | 4,690 |
| Computer Programmers | 15-1251 | 5 | 14,305 | 11,056 | 25,361 | 2.5% | $93,179 | 1,100 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 15-1211 | 6 | 14,021 | 8,650 | 22,671 | 2.2% | $106,553 | 11,588 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 11-3021 | 7 | 13,613 | 8,857 | 22,470 | 2.2% | $200,006 | 3,584 |
| Validation Engineers | 17-2112 | 8 | 10,940 | 8,594 | 19,534 | 1.9% | $108,000 | 4,688 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 17-2141 | 9 | 11,282 | 7,806 | 19,088 | 1.9% | $107,146 | 3,725 |
| Accountants and Auditors | 13-2011 | 10 | 10,380 | 6,641 | 17,021 | 1.7% | $94,973 | 3,561 |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | 13-2051 | 11 | 9,122 | 7,777 | 16,899 | 1.7% | $140,000 | 2,368 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | 17-2072 | 12 | 8,141 | 6,131 | 14,272 | 1.4% | $151,091 | 3,417 |
| Operations Research Analysts | 15-2031 | 13 | 8,179 | 5,619 | 13,798 | 1.3% | $118,000 | 1,130 |
| Electrical Engineers | 17-2071 | 14 | 7,523 | 5,572 | 13,095 | 1.3% | $121,459 | 2,369 |
| Management Analysts | 13-1111 | 15 | 7,148 | 5,608 | 12,756 | 1.2% | $124,000 | 2,363 |
| Database Administrators | 15-1242 | 16 | 7,394 | 4,657 | 12,051 | 1.2% | $112,690 | 1,023 |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | 13-1161 | 17 | 6,161 | 5,400 | 11,561 | 1.1% | $85,000 | 2,564 |
| Civil Engineers | 17-2051 | 18 | 6,303 | 5,154 | 11,457 | 1.1% | $91,900 | 2,416 |
| Physicians, All Other | 29-1229 | 19 | 6,419 | 4,814 | 11,233 | 1.1% | $245,000 | 476 |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | 15-1244 | 20 | 5,591 | 4,620 | 10,211 | 1.0% | $97,948 | 1,182 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | 19-1042 | 21 | 5,742 | 3,898 | 9,640 | 0.9% | $75,000 | 173 |
| Database Architects | 15-1243 | 22 | 5,088 | 3,832 | 8,920 | 0.9% | $139,725 | 3,386 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | 15-1221 | 23 | 4,073 | 4,698 | 8,771 | 0.9% | $185,000 | 324 |
| Bioinformatics Scientists | 19-1029 | 24 | 4,921 | 3,431 | 8,352 | 0.8% | $82,100 | 404 |
| Financial Quantitative Analysts | 13-2099 | 25 | 4,079 | 3,451 | 7,530 | 0.7% | $136,129 | 1,916 |
| Project Management Specialists | 13-1082 | 26 | 3,300 | 3,983 | 7,283 | 0.7% | $120,000 | 6,526 |
| Information Security Analysts | 15-1212 | 27 | 4,277 | 2,904 | 7,181 | 0.7% | $135,000 | 1,554 |
| Statisticians | 15-2041 | 28 | 4,390 | 2,505 | 6,895 | 0.7% | $127,075 | 1,282 |
| Logisticians | 13-1081 | 29 | 2,982 | 2,614 | 5,596 | 0.5% | $91,098 | 1,090 |
| Robotics Engineers | 17-2199 | 30 | 2,766 | 2,786 | 5,552 | 0.5% | $125,000 | 1,273 |
How the figures were made
The table orders rows by a count of filings. It is not a judgement of an employer, a place or an occupation.
An LCA is a filing. It is not a visa and it is not a job. The state is the state of the employer address on the form.
The occupation is the SOC code that the employer states on the form. The wage is the annual wage offered, not a wage paid, and it depends on the worksite and the wage level.
The counts are from the labor condition application (LCA) disclosure files of the Office of Foreign Labor Certification, fiscal years 2025 to 2026. Fiscal year 2026 is not complete: its data end on 30 June 2026.
A program makes this page from the agency files with fixed sentence rules. The methodology tells how records are matched and counted.
In earlier editions
- October 2026: the first row was Software Developers (307,739).
Other findings
- H-1B labor condition applications by state, fiscal years 2025 to 2026
- The 50 employers with the most H-1B labor condition applications, fiscal years 2025 to 2026
- The 30 industries with the most H-1B labor condition applications, fiscal years 2025 to 2026
- PERM labor certification applications by state, fiscal years 2024 to 2026
Where the figures come from
- OFLC Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Decisions to . Newest file fiscal year 2026, quarter 3. Read , from the committed copy.
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