3,107 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 584 filings that reported a wage (of 3,107 certified filings in total) across all employers and levels. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $120,000 median of 511 | 511 |
| FY2025 | $115,000 median of 584 | 584 |
| FY2024 | $110,000 median of 588 | 588 |
| FY2023 | $107,698 median of 566 | 566 |
| FY2022 | $105,000 median of 507 | 507 |
| FY2021 | $103,584 median of 349 | 349 |
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
Principal Cloud Engineer filings (n = 230) have a median 40% above the 1,640 filings with no level stated. A single figure for “Cloud Engineer” 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 | 6 filings — too few for a median | 6 |
| Associate | $105,800 median of 14 | 14 |
| (unstated) | $100,000 median of 1,640 | 1,640 |
| Senior | $122,500 median of 797 | 797 |
| Lead | $143,000 median of 113 | 113 |
| Staff | $163,437 median of 42 | 42 |
| Principal | $140,075 median of 230 | 230 |
| Distinguished | $139,194 1 filing | 1 |
| Level 1 | $103,750 median of 26 | 26 |
| Level 2 | $105,560 median of 167 | 167 |
| Level 3 | $134,500 median of 51 | 51 |
| Level 4 | $173,930 median of 12 | 12 |
| 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
| Employer | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Fidelity Investments | $122,583 median of 147 | 147 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | $131,487 median of 62 | 62 |
| Caremark LLC | $146,125 median of 57 | 57 |
| Virtusa Corporation | $94,000 median of 50 | 50 |
| Cnet Global Solutions, Inc | $100,000 median of 40 | 40 |
| Veridic Solutions LLC | $87,242 median of 32 | 32 |
| Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | $129,428 median of 26 | 26 |
| Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | $130,998 median of 25 | 25 |
| Dish Wireless LLC | $105,997 median of 23 | 23 |
| Aetna Resources LLC | $136,451 median of 21 | 21 |
| Ellucian Company L.P. | $92,040 median of 17 | 17 |
| DFS Corporate Services LLC | $108,000 median of 14 | 14 |
| Chewy, Inc. | $139,950 median of 14 | 14 |
| General Motors Financial Company, Inc. | $135,000 median of 13 | 13 |
| HP Inc. | $158,309 median of 13 | 13 |
| Cloudberg Tec Limited Company | $86,214 median of 13 | 13 |
| CVS Shared Services Resources LLC | $150,000 median of 13 | 13 |
| JNIT Technologies Inc | $105,591 median of 12 | 12 |
| TEKsystems Global Services, LLC | $140,150 median of 12 | 12 |
| Fanatics Retail Group Fulfillment LLC | $125,901 median of 12 | 12 |
| Infotech Prism LLC | $102,877 median of 12 | 12 |
| Workday, Inc. | $151,550 median of 12 | 12 |
| TekinvaderZ LLC | $90,397 median of 11 | 11 |
| Staples, Inc. | $134,720 median of 11 | 11 |
Ranked by number of filings, not by pay and not by quality. This is not a “best employers” list. 1,176 employers in total filed for this role; the 24 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