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Two occupations, head to head

// LCA filings, states, top employers

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You're comparing Software Developers and Data Scientists: filing volume, the states and employers filing for each most, and typical wage levels, below.

Occupation 1

Software Developers

603,895 total LCAs

Occupation 2

Data Scientists

47,577 total LCAs

Software Developers had 12.7× more LCA filings than Data Scientists (603,895 vs 47,577), but Software Developers's certification rate runs 1.0 points higher (95.4% vs 94.4%). Both roles' single largest employer is the same: Amazon.com Services LLC.

Filing volume, head to head

// 2020–2025 combined

Total LCA filingscombined 651,472

603,895

47,577

95.4%

94.4%

LCA certification rate

Software Developers · where it's filed

// worksite state, latest LCA year

AKAlaska: 1 filing

MEMaine: 70 filings

WAWashington: 17,586 filings

MTMontana: 9 filings

NDNorth Dakota: 32 filings

MNMinnesota: 1,624 filings

WIWisconsin: 894 filings

MIMichigan: 3,980 filings

VTVermont: 22 filings

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NHNew Hampshire: 572 filings

OROregon: 1,019 filings

IDIdaho: 121 filings

WYWyoming: 34 filings

SDSouth Dakota: 40 filings

ILIllinois: 6,610 filings

INIndiana: 999 filings

OHOhio: 3,457 filings

NYNew York: 8,803 filings

MAMassachusetts: 4,385 filings

RIRhode Island: 440 filings

CACalifornia: 36,159 filings

NVNevada: 332 filings

COColorado: 1,615 filings

NENebraska: 487 filings

KSKansas: 619 filings

MOMissouri: 2,106 filings

KYKentucky: 491 filings

WVWest Virginia: 21 filings

PAPennsylvania: 4,537 filings

NJNew Jersey: 8,178 filings

CTConnecticut: 1,106 filings

AZArizona: 3,146 filings

NMNew Mexico: 105 filings

OKOklahoma: 201 filings

ARArkansas: 2,270 filings

TNTennessee: 1,815 filings

VAVirginia: 5,461 filings

MDMaryland: 1,542 filings

DEDelaware: 1,001 filings

HIHawaii: 20 filings

TXTexas: 35,235 filings

LALouisiana: 198 filings

MSMississippi: 90 filings

ALAlabama: 293 filings

GAGeorgia: 7,690 filings

SCSouth Carolina: 713 filings

NCNorth Carolina: 8,337 filings

DCDistrict of Columbia: 430 filings

FLFlorida: 5,532 filings

036,159+

California36,159

Texas35,235

Washington17,586

New York8,803

North Carolina8,337

Data Scientists · where it's filed

// worksite state, latest LCA year

AKAlaska: 0 filings

MEMaine: 6 filings

WAWashington: 1,901 filings

MTMontana: 0 filings

NDNorth Dakota: 3 filings

MNMinnesota: 163 filings

WIWisconsin: 55 filings

MIMichigan: 283 filings

VTVermont: 6 filings

NHNew Hampshire: 30 filings

OROregon: 52 filings

IDIdaho: 26 filings

WYWyoming: 9 filings

SDSouth Dakota: 7 filings

IAIowa: 49 filings

ILIllinois: 945 filings

INIndiana: 146 filings

OHOhio: 300 filings

NYNew York: 1,881 filings

MAMassachusetts: 811 filings

RIRhode Island: 46 filings

CACalifornia: 4,219 filings

NVNevada: 72 filings

UTUtah: 102 filings

COColorado: 160 filings

NENebraska: 24 filings

KSKansas: 49 filings

MOMissouri: 125 filings

KYKentucky: 52 filings

WVWest Virginia: 4 filings

PAPennsylvania: 395 filings

NJNew Jersey: 999 filings

CTConnecticut: 187 filings

AZArizona: 218 filings

NMNew Mexico: 16 filings

OKOklahoma: 55 filings

ARArkansas: 192 filings

TNTennessee: 204 filings

VAVirginia: 931 filings

MDMaryland: 153 filings

DEDelaware: 101 filings

HIHawaii: 3 filings

TXTexas: 2,610 filings

LALouisiana: 13 filings

MSMississippi: 12 filings

ALAlabama: 49 filings

GAGeorgia: 732 filings

SCSouth Carolina: 63 filings

NCNorth Carolina: 561 filings

DCDistrict of Columbia: 91 filings

FLFlorida: 491 filings

04,219+

California4,219

Texas2,610

Washington1,901

New York1,881

New Jersey999

LCA volume by year

// bars grow outward from center, same scale both sides

181,867

2025

19,603

173,583

2024

14,004

212,762

2023

12,677

35,456

2022

1,292

164

2021

2020