Job Title → Occupation

How common job titles map to official U.S. Department of Labor SOC occupations, based on certified H-1B LCA disclosure filings. Each percentage is the share of certified filings with that job title filed under the given SOC occupation — an occupation mix only. For wages and filing counts, open the linked occupation page.

Everyday job title

Software Engineer

Employers file it under

Software Developers

official DOL SOC occupation

H-1B JOB TITLE

Software Engineer

→ classified under these official U.S. DOL SOC occupations:

share of certified filings

Software Developers92.7%
Computer Programmers1.8%
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects1.3%
Computer and Information Systems Managers1.1%
Other occupations3.1%

H-1B JOB TITLE

Frontend Engineer

→ classified under these official U.S. DOL SOC occupations:

share of certified filings

Software Developers89.0%
Computer Programmers2.6%
Web Developers1.9%
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects1.6%
Other occupations4.9%

H-1B JOB TITLE

Backend Engineer

→ classified under these official U.S. DOL SOC occupations:

share of certified filings

Software Developers91.9%
Computer Programmers2.0%
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects1.8%
Computer and Information Systems Managers1.2%
Other occupations3.2%

H-1B JOB TITLE

Full Stack Engineer

→ classified under these official U.S. DOL SOC occupations:

share of certified filings

Software Developers92.0%
Computer Programmers2.4%
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects1.5%
Web Developers0.6%
Other occupations3.5%

H-1B JOB TITLE

DevOps Engineer

→ classified under these official U.S. DOL SOC occupations:

share of certified filings

Software Developers76.8%
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects9.7%
Computer Programmers2.6%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators2.2%
Other occupations8.7%

H-1B JOB TITLE

Cloud Engineer

→ classified under these official U.S. DOL SOC occupations:

share of certified filings

Software Developers65.3%
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects16.9%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators2.9%
Computer Programmers2.4%
Other occupations12.4%

H-1B JOB TITLE

Data Analyst

→ classified under these official U.S. DOL SOC occupations:

share of certified filings

H-1B JOB TITLE

Data Engineer

→ classified under these official U.S. DOL SOC occupations:

share of certified filings

H-1B JOB TITLE

Data Scientist

→ classified under these official U.S. DOL SOC occupations:

share of certified filings

H-1B JOB TITLE

Machine Learning Engineer

→ classified under these official U.S. DOL SOC occupations:

share of certified filings

Software Developers54.7%
Data Scientists18.4%
Computer and Information Research Scientists9.8%
Statisticians3.7%
Other occupations13.4%

H-1B JOB TITLE

AI Engineer

→ classified under these official U.S. DOL SOC occupations:

share of certified filings

Software Developers37.5%
Data Scientists18.6%
Computer and Information Research Scientists12.8%
Computer and Information Systems Managers4.1%
Other occupations27.0%

H-1B JOB TITLE

Product Manager

→ classified under these official U.S. DOL SOC occupations:

share of certified filings

Information Technology Project Managers35.0%
Computer and Information Systems Managers14.3%
Software Developers9.2%
Operations Research Analysts5.9%
Other occupations35.6%

H-1B JOB TITLE

Business Analyst

→ classified under these official U.S. DOL SOC occupations:

share of certified filings

H-1B JOB TITLE

QA Engineer

→ classified under these official U.S. DOL SOC occupations:

share of certified filings

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers74.4%
Software Developers14.5%
Computer Occupations, All Other1.9%
Industrial Engineers1.0%
Other occupations8.2%