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Computer Network Architects

Occupation · SOC 2018 15-1241 · United States

SOC 2018 code
15-1241
Share of U.S. applications
0.24%
Applications on record
29,203
FY2025
2,737
Median offered wage
$137,218
Certified (last three years)
99.3%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$137,218certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Computer Network Architects (SOC 15-1241). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Computer Network Architects

1,7673,534FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
1,7673,534FY2012FY2015FY2018FY2021FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20129
FY2013115
FY2014642
FY2015957
FY20161,409
FY20171,337
FY20182,923
FY20193,534
FY20203,136
FY20212,534
FY20222,852
FY20232,490
FY20242,288
FY20252,737
FY2026*2,240
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*001,846394
FY2025002,235502
FY2024011,957330
FY2023002,037453
FY2022002,458394
FY2021002,114420
FY2020302,832301
FY2019003,223311
FY2018002,608315
FY2017011,064272
FY201600970439
FY201500766191
FY2014006411
FY2013001150
FY20120090

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Charter Communications, Inc.675
  2. Cisco Systems, Inc.633
  3. Deloitte Consulting LLP602
  4. Amazon Data Services, Inc537
  5. Facebook, Inc.533
  6. Juniper Networks (US), Inc.490
  7. Amazon.com Services LLC476
  8. Google LLC460
  9. Ericsson Inc.443
  10. AT&T Services, Inc.349
  11. Microsoft Corporation343
  12. T-mobile USA, Inc.307

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Computer Network Architects: applications by worksite state

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1+14+68+167+808+
Data table
StateApplications
CA6,110
TX4,393
WA2,371
NJ2,087
NY1,479
CO1,456
VA1,256
IL1,001
NC923
FL880
GA864
MA808
PA633
MI605
MD519
OH438
AZ436
MO276
TN240
IN226
MN202
KS191
WI167
CT147
DC135
UT131
OK123
KY107
SC100
OR89
NV84
NE81
RI78
DE68
MS62
LA58
IA58
AR58
AL52
NH47
PR24
HI21
GU19
NM16
ID14
AK12
WY10
WV9
MP7
ND6
ME6
MT5
SD5
VT3
VI1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2,976
  2. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX2,949
  3. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA2,834
  4. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA2,332
  5. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA1,840
  6. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV1,608
  7. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO1,383
  8. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA916
  9. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN912
  10. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA842

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $137,218; middle half $113,818 to $163,163 · median prevailing wage $127,421 (marker) · 5,926 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I729
  2. Level II2,407
  3. Level III1,236
  4. Level IV1,060
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Network Engineer3,957
  2. Senior Network Engineer807
  3. Network Architect728
  4. Computer Network Architect593
  5. Network Development Engineer II513
  6. Network Development Engineer I335
  7. Network Security Engineer312
  8. Network Engineer II286

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Cleveland, OH
  • Columbus, OH
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
  • Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
  • Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
  • Jacksonville, FL
  • Kansas City, MO-KS
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
  • Raleigh-Cary, NC
  • Richmond, VA
  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
  • Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
  • San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • St. Louis, MO-IL
  • Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
  • Trenton-Princeton, NJ
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV