2,150 certified filings with a worksite in this city · FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3)
Reported wages are what employers filed with the Department of Labor — not actual take-home pay. Filings are counted by worksite, so a company headquartered elsewhere appears here if the job is here.
FY2025 median across the 280 filings that reported a wage for a worksite in Columbia, MD — of 2,150 certified filings in total. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $111,925 median of 169 | 169 |
| FY2025 | $104,156 median of 280 | 280 |
| FY2024 | $100,360 median of 337 | 337 |
| FY2023 | $100,539 median of 424 | 424 |
| FY2022 | $95,183 median of 514 | 514 |
| FY2021 | $96,000 median of 419 | 419 |
How these wages are computed · All cities · All job titles
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 · Basis worksite city as filed; median not average
Filings from Columbia, MD fall inside the federal statistical area BALTIMORE-COLUMBIA-TOWSON, MD. That area is larger than this city — it spans several cities and, where the name says so, more than one state. Everything on this page is computed from filings whose worksite city is Columbia itself, so the numbers above are city figures, not area figures.
| Employer | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FEI.COM, Inc. | $105,000 median of 144 | 144 |
| Sparksoft Corporation | $116,752 median of 133 | 133 |
| Blend360, LLC | $97,000 median of 95 | 95 |
| Variyas Global Solutions Inc | $96,500 median of 66 | 66 |
| Chags Health Information Technology, LLC | $105,000 median of 59 | 59 |
| Optum Services, Inc. | $111,738 median of 50 | 50 |
| Alliance Global Tech Inc | $73,000 median of 47 | 47 |
| Enewvision LLC | $100,672 median of 40 | 40 |
| Teckpros LLC | $94,037 median of 39 | 39 |
| Gcom Information Technology Inc | $91,000 median of 38 | 38 |
| Merican, Inc. | $95,680 median of 38 | 38 |
| Sysrs IT Services LLC | $87,256 median of 35 | 35 |
| Merkle Inc. | $129,266 median of 31 | 31 |
| W.R. Grace & Co. | $167,154 median of 26 | 26 |
| Apex IT Services LLC | $124,740 median of 23 | 23 |
| Walden University, LLC | $116,273 median of 20 | 20 |
| Pace Computer Solutions Inc | $87,256 median of 19 | 19 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp | $100,277 median of 18 | 18 |
| Next Phase Solutions and Services, Inc. | $150,000 median of 18 | 18 |
| Decalogue Inc. | $93,153 median of 18 | 18 |
| Ardra Tech Solutions LLC | $90,000 median of 18 | 18 |
| Scope Infotech, Inc. | $111,554 median of 16 | 16 |
| Unify Solutions Inc | $85,000 median of 16 | 16 |
| Oracle America, Inc. | $136,996 median of 15 | 15 |
| PerigonSoft LLC | $97,200 median of 13 | 13 |
Ranked by number of filings, not by pay and not by quality. This is not a “best employers” list. Employers with fewer than 10 filings here show the count only. 502 employers in total filed for a worksite in Columbia; the 25 above are those with the most filings. Those with at least 10 certified filings have their own page; the rest are counted here but do not.
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 ·Basis worksite city as filed; counted across the whole coverage period, not one year
The table above ranks employers by how many roles they filed for a worksite here. This list is a different question: employers whose filing address is in Columbia, MD, that have their own page, and that are not already in that table. The two are not the same set — an employer can be headquartered here and file most of its roles elsewhere.
AceTech Group Corporation (276) · GCOM Software LLC (245) · Aditi LLC (123) · Scepter Technologies, Inc (118) · Rohde & Schwarz USA, Inc. (97) · MedStar Health, Inc. (78) · HH MedStar Health, Inc. (48)
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035, employer address as filed) ·Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Basis employer filing address, not worksite; counts are that employer’s certified filings everywhere, not only in Columbia
We build a page for a city once it has at least 50 certified filings — 2,578 cities qualify, and 2,298 of those also clear our content threshold and are listed in the city index. Below the filing threshold we do not publish a median, because a median from a small number of filings reads like a market rate and is not one. Those filings are still counted on their employer's page.