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
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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
Data table
| FY2012 | 9 |
| FY2013 | 115 |
| FY2014 | 642 |
| FY2015 | 957 |
| FY2016 | 1,409 |
| FY2017 | 1,337 |
| FY2018 | 2,923 |
| FY2019 | 3,534 |
| FY2020 | 3,136 |
| FY2021 | 2,534 |
| FY2022 | 2,852 |
| FY2023 | 2,490 |
| FY2024 | 2,288 |
| FY2025 | 2,737 |
| FY2026* | 2,240 |
| Fiscal year | CW-1 | H-2B | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 0 | 0 | 1,846 | 394 |
| FY2025 | 0 | 0 | 2,235 | 502 |
| FY2024 | 0 | 1 | 1,957 | 330 |
| FY2023 | 0 | 0 | 2,037 | 453 |
| FY2022 | 0 | 0 | 2,458 | 394 |
| FY2021 | 0 | 0 | 2,114 | 420 |
| FY2020 | 3 | 0 | 2,832 | 301 |
| FY2019 | 0 | 0 | 3,223 | 311 |
| FY2018 | 0 | 0 | 2,608 | 315 |
| FY2017 | 0 | 1 | 1,064 | 272 |
| FY2016 | 0 | 0 | 970 | 439 |
| FY2015 | 0 | 0 | 766 | 191 |
| FY2014 | 0 | 0 | 641 | 1 |
| FY2013 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 0 |
| FY2012 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.
- Charter Communications, Inc.675
- Cisco Systems, Inc.633
- Deloitte Consulting LLP602
- Amazon Data Services, Inc537
- Facebook, Inc.533
- Juniper Networks (US), Inc.490
- Amazon.com Services LLC476
- Google LLC460
- Ericsson Inc.443
- AT&T Services, Inc.349
- Microsoft Corporation343
- T-mobile USA, Inc.307
Where the jobs are
Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).
Computer Network Architects: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| CA | 6,110 |
| TX | 4,393 |
| WA | 2,371 |
| NJ | 2,087 |
| NY | 1,479 |
| CO | 1,456 |
| VA | 1,256 |
| IL | 1,001 |
| NC | 923 |
| FL | 880 |
| GA | 864 |
| MA | 808 |
| PA | 633 |
| MI | 605 |
| MD | 519 |
| OH | 438 |
| AZ | 436 |
| MO | 276 |
| TN | 240 |
| IN | 226 |
| MN | 202 |
| KS | 191 |
| WI | 167 |
| CT | 147 |
| DC | 135 |
| UT | 131 |
| OK | 123 |
| KY | 107 |
| SC | 100 |
| OR | 89 |
| NV | 84 |
| NE | 81 |
| RI | 78 |
| DE | 68 |
| MS | 62 |
| LA | 58 |
| IA | 58 |
| AR | 58 |
| AL | 52 |
| NH | 47 |
| PR | 24 |
| HI | 21 |
| GU | 19 |
| NM | 16 |
| ID | 14 |
| AK | 12 |
| WY | 10 |
| WV | 9 |
| MP | 7 |
| ND | 6 |
| ME | 6 |
| MT | 5 |
| SD | 5 |
| VT | 3 |
| VI | 1 |
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2,976
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX2,949
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA2,834
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA2,332
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA1,840
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV1,608
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO1,383
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA916
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN912
- 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.
- Level I729
- Level II2,407
- Level III1,236
- Level IV1,060
- Network Engineer3,957
- Senior Network Engineer807
- Network Architect728
- Computer Network Architect593
- Network Development Engineer II513
- Network Development Engineer I335
- Network Security Engineer312
- 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
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