3,445 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 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 (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 · Basis certified filings only, median not average
| 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. 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. 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 (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