3,445 certified filings · FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3)
Historical filed wages are not verified amounts paid to workers or current salary offers. One LCA is not one job.
FY2025 median, from the 751 filings that reported a wage (of 3,445 certified filings in total) across all employers and levels. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $83,454 median of 530 | 530 |
| FY2025 | $76,000 median of 751 | 751 |
| FY2024 | $74,000 median of 561 | 561 |
| FY2023 | $74,231 median of 510 | 510 |
| FY2022 | $71,781 median of 621 | 621 |
| FY2021 | $70,900 median of 466 | 466 |
How these wages are computed · All cities · All job titles
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files ·Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Loaded 2026-08-28 ·Files and method · Basis certified filings only, single-file values or qualifying medians, not averages
| Level as filed | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Intern | 6 filings — too few for a median | 6 |
| Junior | $69,722 median of 21 | 21 |
| Associate | 7 filings — too few for a median | 7 |
| (unstated) | $74,339 median of 2,859 | 2,859 |
| Senior | $110,000 median of 71 | 71 |
| Lead | 6 filings — too few for a median | 6 |
| Staff | $71,761 median of 67 | 67 |
| Principal | 2 filings — too few for a median | 2 |
| Level 1 | $76,190 median of 179 | 179 |
| Level 2 | $85,000 median of 119 | 119 |
| Level 3 | $94,154 median of 68 | 68 |
| Level 4 | $102,258 median of 28 | 28 |
| Level 5 | 6 filings — too few for a median | 6 |
“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. A sample of 1 shows the single filed wage, not a median. Samples from 2 to9 show the count with the wage withheld; samples of10 or more show a median with their sample size. “(unstated)” means the title carried no level, not that the role is junior.
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files ·Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Loaded 2026-08-28 ·Files and method · Basis certified filings only; single-file values or medians above the sample threshold; not averages
Ranked by number of filings, not by pay and not by quality. This is not a “best employers” list. 979 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 ·Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Loaded 2026-08-28 ·Files and method · 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 ·Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Loaded 2026-08-28 ·Files and method · Basis certified filings with a job title, across the whole coverage period