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SOC 15-1296

Software Developers, R&D Visa Sponsoring Employers

Compare U.S. employers using LCA filing history from FY2022 through FY2026 Q3 YTD for Software Developers, R&D.

5-period LCA filings

534

Employers

152

Median reported wage

$101,000

Filing history

FY2022–FY2026 Q3 YTD

FY2026 is partial through Q3

FY2022

49

FY2023

152

FY2024

125

FY2025

116

FY2026 Q3

92

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#Employer5-period filingsActiveRecent streakFY2026 Q3Median wage
1University of Michigan295/555$96,784
2Resolve AI, Inc.222/5212$240,000
3The University of Chicago215/554$122,472
4University of Illinois205/555$80,978
5Ithaka Harbors, Inc.154/526$117,744
6National Radio Astronomy Observatory155/551$94,453
7Children's Hospital Corporation134/543$105,000
8Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC114/540$92,414
9The University of Southern California114/540$89,440
10Battelle Memorial Institute104/540$94,500
11Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab103/532$124,707
12University of Utah103/522$87,602
13Brookhaven National Laboratory93/526$136,000
14Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.94/513$83,860
15University Corporation for Atmospheric Research92/520$96,501
16Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center94/542$117,160
17Carnegie Mellon University84/540$77,500
18UT-BATTELLE, LLC (OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY)84/541$117,459
19Vanderbilt University83/512$106,750
20The Jackson Laboratory74/542$106,517
21The University of Alabama at Birmingham73/521$87,078
22TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA73/511$115,000
23University of Wisconsin System73/531$74,460
24Fermi Research Alliance, LLC61/510$73,800
25General Hospital Corporation64/540$84,552
26The Trustees of Princeton University64/540$90,244
27Johns Hopkins University53/530$115,534
28The Leland Stanford, Jr University53/521$115,000
29The University of Texas at Austin53/522$109,200
30UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO54/541$100,284
31University of Pittsburgh53/530$80,000
32BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC43/521$125,970
33California Institute of Technology43/530$130,699
34Children's National Medical Center43/530$84,155
35Educational Testing Service43/530$144,807
36JMR INFO TECH LLC41/510$96,000
37Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory43/530$108,000
38Old Dominion University43/512$100,000
39Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego41/510$138,923
40The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia42/510$74,381
41University of Colorado43/512$102,100
42University of Oklahoma42/520$71,191
43University of Washington42/520$146,004
44Washington University42/510$79,200
45City of Hope National Medical Center33/530$148,000
46Clemson University32/511$88,000
47Georgia Institute of Technology32/511$85,000
48Indiana University32/520$77,376
49Lahey Clinic, Inc.32/510$97,240
50Northeastern University32/522$100,117
51Purdue University31/510$110,796
52Rowan University32/520$66,217
53Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory32/520$108,705
54The University of Kansas33/511$85,031
55University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences33/521$69,462
56University of Maryland College Park32/512$144,280
57University of Rochester32/520$62,941
58ALLEN INSTITUTE22/520$103,471
59Arizona State University22/510$118,951
60Baylor College of Medicine21/510$95,988
61Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason22/520$109,782
62Brown University21/510$90,709
63Cedars-Sinai Medical Center21/510$103,833
64Colorado State University22/511$71,105
65Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC21/512$88,798
66H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER & RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.21/510$105,373
67Midjourney, Inc.21/510$307,500
68MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER22/510$107,663
69Mount Sinai Hospital22/520$166,500
70New York Genome Center, Inc.22/510$134,813
71PRAANEEL LLC22/520$150,000
72Rochester Institute of Technology21/510$87,422
73Texas A&M University22/510$107,966
74Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi22/521$65,949
75The Broad Institute, Inc.21/510$149,903
76The Curators of the University of Missouri/University of Missouri-Kansas City21/510$84,200
77The Scripps Research Institute21/510$79,290
78The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention22/520$126,384
79The University of Texas at Dallas21/510$94,454
80The University of Virginia22/510$115,100
81University of California, Los Angeles22/511$94,097
82University of California, San Francisco22/511$152,652
83University of Illinois at Chicago21/510$84,806
84University of Maryland21/510$127,547
85University of Maryland, Baltimore County22/510$96,425
86UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL21/510$122,400
87Weill Cornell Medical College21/510$139,256
88Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund11/510$74,381
89Albert Einstein College of Medicine11/510$100,000
90AlcaCruz Inc11/510$116,000
91Alliance for Sustainable Energy11/510$102,950
92Bentley University11/510$62,941
93Board of Trustees, Univ of IL, behalf of Discovery Partners Inst11/510$160,000
94Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science11/510$116,000
95Clifint LLC11/510$82,000
96Columbia University11/510$103,502
97CORTEK USA CORP11/510$135,000
98DePaul University11/511$63,211
99Drexel University11/510$61,339
100Duke University11/510$65,666

Results use LCA applications appearing in the available Department of Labor disclosure history, grouped by received fiscal year. FY2026 is partial through Q3. An LCA is not a USCIS visa approval, and historical activity does not guarantee current hiring or future sponsorship.