Seattle, Washington
City · Washington, United States
- Applications on record
- 205,683
- FY2025
- 16,427
- FY2026 to 30 June
- 13,924
- Share of U.S. total
- 1.70%
- Median offered wage (LCA)
- $155,000
Median wage$155,000certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year
All Department of Labor work visa applications with a worksite in Seattle, Washington.
Applications by fiscal year — Seattle, Washington
Data table
| FY2008 | 2,616 |
| FY2009 | 2,322 |
| FY2010 | 2,802 |
| FY2011 | 2,879 |
| FY2012 | 3,765 |
| FY2013 | 4,639 |
| FY2014 | 5,690 |
| FY2015 | 6,946 |
| FY2016 | 8,695 |
| FY2017 | 10,758 |
| FY2018 | 14,569 |
| FY2019 | 16,002 |
| FY2020 | 18,630 |
| FY2021 | 17,228 |
| FY2022 | 22,529 |
| FY2023 | 19,031 |
| FY2024 | 16,231 |
| FY2025 | 16,427 |
| FY2026* | 13,924 |
| Fiscal year | H-2A | H-2B | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 0 | 9 | 12,854 | 1,061 |
| FY2025 | 0 | 9 | 14,881 | 1,537 |
| FY2024 | 0 | 9 | 13,159 | 3,063 |
| FY2023 | 0 | 14 | 12,984 | 6,033 |
| FY2022 | 0 | 6 | 16,778 | 5,745 |
| FY2021 | 0 | 1 | 12,241 | 4,986 |
| FY2020 | 0 | 1 | 15,031 | 3,598 |
| FY2019 | 0 | 3 | 12,339 | 3,660 |
| FY2018 | 0 | 4 | 9,624 | 4,941 |
| FY2017 | 0 | 6 | 8,618 | 2,134 |
| FY2016 | 1 | 3 | 6,440 | 2,251 |
| FY2015 | 0 | 1 | 5,758 | 1,187 |
| FY2014 | 0 | 0 | 4,775 | 915 |
| FY2013 | 0 | 0 | 4,174 | 465 |
| FY2012 | 0 | 0 | 3,237 | 528 |
| FY2011 | 0 | 0 | 2,423 | 456 |
| FY2010 | 0 | 0 | 2,348 | 454 |
| FY2009 | 0 | 0 | 2,154 | 168 |
| FY2008 | 0 | 0 | 2,409 | 207 |
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications for jobs in Seattle, Washington.
- Amazon.com Services LLC47,478
- Amazon Corporate LLC19,580
- Amazon.com Services, Inc.14,987
- Amazon Web Services, Inc.10,100
- Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.6,570
- Facebook, Inc.6,322
- Google LLC4,371
- Infosys Limited4,277
- University of Washington3,875
- Expedia, Inc.2,658
- Nordstrom, Inc.2,645
- Starbucks Coffee Company2,209
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026
Occupations and routes
SOC 2018 occupation and visa programme of the applications.
- Software Developers97,334
- Computer Occupations, All Other14,021
- Computer and Information Systems Managers10,172
- Computer Systems Analysts9,631
- Operations Research Analysts7,024
- Statisticians5,890
- Data Scientists4,598
- Computer and Information Research Scientists3,319
- Accountants and Auditors3,315
- Marketing Managers2,987
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026
Pay
Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.
Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)
Median $155,000; middle half $129,000 to $182,000 · median prevailing wage $135,866 (marker) · 40,494 applications.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026
Among cities in Washington
Seattle, Washington ranks #1 of 132 cities in Washington by work visa applications on record, with 37.61% of the applications for worksites in the state's cities that have their own page.
- Rank in Washington
- 1 of 132
- Share of Washington's city applications
- 37.61%
- Share of U.S. total
- 1.70%
- Seattle, WA205,683
- Redmond, WA155,700
- Bellevue, WA95,871
- Bothell, WA14,870
- Kirkland, WA12,239
- Issaquah, WA8,999
- Renton, WA4,118
- Everett, WA3,744
- Richland, WA3,511
- Vancouver, WA2,777
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026
Job titles with their own pages
Titles with at least 30 labor condition applications here since FY2022.
- Acting Assistant Professor
- Acting Instructor
- Analyst
- Applied Scientist
- Applied Scientist I
- Applied Scientist II
- Applied Scientist III
- Architect
- Assistant Professor
- Assistant Professor Without Tenure
- Associate
- Associate, Software Engineer
- Audit & Assurance Assistant
- Audit & Assurance Senior
- Business Analyst
- Business Analyst I
- Business Analyst II
- Business Analyst III
- Business Intel Engineer I
- Business Intel Engineer II
- Business Intel Engineer III
- Business Intelligence Engineer
- Business Intelligence Engineer I
- Business Intelligence Engineer II
- Business Intelligence Engineer III
- Consultant
- Data Analyst
- Data Center Infrastructure Engineer II
- Data Engineer
- Data Engineer I
- Data Engineer II
- Data Engineer III
- Data Scientist
- Data Scientist I
- Data Scientist II
- Data Scientist III
- Data Scientist, Analytics
- Design Engineer
- Designer
- Economist I
- Economist II
- Economist III
- Electrical Engineer
- Engineer 1 Es
- Engineer 2
- Engineer II
- Engineer SR
- Engineer SR 2
- Engineering Manager
- Engineering Project Manager
- Enterprise Act Engineer II
- Enterprise Act Engineer III
- Financial Analyst II
- Financial Analyst III
- Financial Analyst III - Mba
- Front-end Engineer I
- Front-end Engineer II
- Front-end Engineer III
- Hardware Commodity Specialist II
- Hardware Commodity Specialist III
- Hardware Development Engineer II
- Hardware Development Engineer III
- HW Commodity Specialist II
- HW Commodity Specialist III
- Industry Specialist II
- Instock Manager II
- Instock Manager III
- IT App Analyst II
- IT App Development Engineer II
- IT Consultant (data Engineer)
- IT Consultant(software Systems Engineer)
- Lead Software Engineer
- Machine Learning
- Machine Learning Engineer
- Machine Learning Engineer II
- Machine Learning Scientist
- Manager
- Manager II, Software Development
- Manager III, Applied Science
- Manager III, Business Intelligence
- Manager III, Data Engineering
- Manager III, Data Science
- Manager III, Finance
- Manager III, Product Management
- Manager III, Quality
- Manager III, Software Dev
- Manager III, Software Development
- Manager, Software Engineering
- Member of Technical Staff
- MGR Engineering
- Network Development Engineer I
- Network Development Engineer II
- Network Development Engineer III
- Network Engineer
- PMT III - External Services
- PMT III - External Svcs
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Postdoctoral Scholar
- Principal Product Management
- Principal Product Manager
- Principal Software Development Engineer
- Principal Software Engineer
- Principal Technical Program Manager
- Principal, Product Management - Technical
- Principal, Product Manager Technical - External Services
- Product Designer
- Product Manager
- Product Manager II
- Product Manager II - Technical
- Product Manager III
- Product Manager III - Mba
- Product Manager III - Technical
- Product Manager III - Technical - Mba
- Product Manager Technical III -external Services
- Product Marketing II
- Product Marketing III
- Product MGR III - Tech
- Product MGR III - Tech - Mba
- Professional Services II
- Program Manager
- Program Manager I
- Program Manager II
- Program Manager III
- Program Manager III - Mba
- Project Engineer
- Project Manager
- Quality Assurance Engineer I
- Quality Assurance Engineer II
- Quality Assurance Engineer III
- Research Associate
- Research Scientist
- Research Scientist I
- Research Scientist II
- Research Scientist III
- Research Technician II
- Resident
- Retail Rotation Program - Mba
- Retail Vendor Manager II
- Retail Vendor Manager III
- Risk Manager II
- Risk Manager III
- Risk Specialist I
- Sales Operations I
- Sales Operations II
- Sales Operations III
- Scientist I
- Scientist II
- Security Engineer
- Security Engineer I
- Security Engineer II
- Security Engineer III
- Senior Associate
- Senior Consultant
- Senior Data Engineer
- Senior Data Scientist
- Senior IT Engineer
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer
- Senior Manager
- Senior Manager, Data Engineering
- Senior Manager, Finance
- Senior Manager, Product Management
- Senior Manager, Product Management - Technical
- Senior Manager, Software Development
- Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering
- Senior Product Designer
- Senior Product Manager
- Senior Software Development Engineer
- Senior Software Engineer
- Senior Software Engineer I
- Senior Technical Program Manager
- Software Dev Engineer I
- Software Dev Engineer II
- Software Dev Engineer III
- Software Developer
- Software Developer II
- Software Development Engineer
- Software Development Engineer - Applications
- Software Development Engineer - Data
- Software Development Engineer I
- Software Development Engineer II
- Software Development Engineer Ii-test
- Software Development Engineer III
- Software Development Engineer Iii-test
- Software Development Engineer in Test
- Software Development Engineering
- Software Development Manager
- Software Engineer
- Software Engineer (4)
- Software Engineer (5)
- Software Engineer 2
- Software Engineer I
- Software Engineer II
- Software Engineer III
- Software Engineering
- Software Engineering Applications
- Software Engineering Lmts
- Software Engineering Manager
- Software Engineering MTS
- Software Engineering Smts
- Software Senior Engineer
- Solutions Architect I
- Solutions Architect II
- Solutions Architect III
- Specialist Master
- SR. Data Scientist
- SR. Machine Learning Engineer
- SR. Software Development Engineer
- SR. Software Engineer
- Staff Engineer
- Staff Scientist
- Staff Software Engineer
- Supply Chain Manager II
- Support Engineer I-external
- Support Engineer Ii-external
- Support Engineer III
- Support Engineer IV
- System Admin/engineer II
- System Development Engineer I
- System Development Engineer II
- System Development Engineer III
- Tax Consultant
- Tax Manager
- Tax Senior
- Technical Business Developer III
- Technical Infrastructure Program Manager II
- Technical Infrastructure Program Manager III
- Technical Program Manager
- Technical Program Manager I
- Technical Program Manager II
- Technical Program Manager III
- Technology Lead - US
- Ux Designer
- Ux Designer I
- Ux Designer II
- Ux Designer III
- Vice President
- Vice President, Lead Software Engineer
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026
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