8,828 certified filings · FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3)
Reported wages are what employers filed with the Department of Labor — not actual take-home pay. One LCA is not one job.
FY2025 median, from the 1,661 filings that reported a wage (of 8,828 certified filings in total) across all employers and levels. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $76,960 median of 1,230 | 1,230 |
| FY2025 | $71,136 median of 1,661 | 1,661 |
| FY2024 | $69,514 median of 1,435 | 1,435 |
| FY2023 | $69,120 median of 1,317 | 1,317 |
| FY2022 | $65,832 median of 1,451 | 1,451 |
| FY2021 | $65,000 median of 1,717 | 1,717 |
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 certified filings only, median not average
Senior Accountant filings (n = 1,294) have a median 30% above the 4,954 filings with no level stated. A single figure for “Accountant” averages those together, which overstates the junior end and understates the senior end. We never merge them.
| Level as filed | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Junior | $64,958 median of 68 | 68 |
| Associate | $67,912 median of 88 | 88 |
| (unstated) | $67,558 median of 4,954 | 4,954 |
| Senior | $87,984 median of 1,294 | 1,294 |
| Lead | $98,800 median of 18 | 18 |
| Staff | $66,310 median of 2,244 | 2,244 |
| Principal | 7 filings — too few for a median | 7 |
| Level 1 | $61,153 median of 44 | 44 |
| Level 2 | $64,022 median of 73 | 73 |
| Level 3 | $78,800 median of 15 | 15 |
| Level 4 | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Level 5 | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
“Level as filed” is taken from the job title on the filing itself — we do not infer a level that the employer did not write down. Rows below 10filings show the count only; a median from a handful of filings is not a market rate. “(unstated)” means the title carried no level, not that the role is junior.
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035, level read from the job title as filed) ·Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) · Updated 2026-08-28 ·Basis certified filings only; medians, not averages
Ranked by number of filings, not by pay and not by quality. This is not a “best employers” list. 4,801 employers in total filed for this role; 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 filings counted across the whole coverage period, not one year
We build a page only for roles we can classify with confidence. The filings we do not classify are mostly three things: employer-internal job codes (“Manager JC50”), generic words that would make a useless page (“Analyst”, “Associate”), and spellings that appear only a handful of times. None of those can be grouped reliably —so we do not guess. To see every role at one company, use its employer page.
For the record: 866,533 of 3,034,814 certified filings (28.6%) reduce to one of our 29 role pages. That percentage on its own would mislead — the remainder is not a missing 71% of the job market, it is mostly text that cannot become a page.
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 ·Basis certified filings with a job title, across the whole coverage period