What LinkedIn filed with the US Department of Labor to sponsor foreign workers in FY2026 Q2: how many applications, what they pay, and which roles and cities.
Source: US DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, LCA disclosure data, FY2026 Q2. Government data is published roughly one quarter in arrears.
| Job title | Filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Sr. Software Engineer | 101 | $180,710 |
| Software Engineer | 86 | $148,740 |
| Sr. Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure | 67 | $180,710 |
| Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure | 66 | $147,182 |
| Sr. Software Engineer, Machine Learning | 57 | $190,942 |
| Software Engineer, Machine Learning | 56 | $174,304 |
| Staff Software Engineer | 48 | $213,512 |
| Strategic Operations Lead, AI Data Operations | 48 | $184,710 |
| Staff Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure | 27 | $207,000 |
| Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning | 15 | $217,492 |
| Sr Software Engineer, Machine Learning | 13 | $185,112 |
| Sr Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure | 11 | $170,000 |
| Worksite | Filings |
|---|---|
| Sunnyvale, CA | 585 |
| New York, NY | 84 |
| San Francisco, CA | 70 |
| Bellevue, WA | 49 |
| Chicago, IL | 4 |
| Seattle, WA | 3 |
| Boston, MA | 1 |
| Brentwood, CA | 1 |
| Brookline, MA | 1 |
| Bolingbrook, IL | 1 |
| Mountain View, CA | 1 |
| Richardson, TX | 1 |
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