38,172 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 8,036 filings that reported a wage (of 38,172 certified filings in total) across all employers and levels. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $124,000 median of 6,137 | 6,137 |
| FY2025 | $125,000 median of 8,036 | 8,036 |
| FY2024 | $120,000 median of 7,032 | 7,032 |
| FY2023 | $117,750 median of 6,005 | 6,005 |
| FY2022 | $118,000 median of 6,721 | 6,721 |
| FY2021 | $119,000 median of 4,203 | 4,203 |
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
Staff Data Engineer filings (n = 874) have a median 58% above the 19,483 filings with no level stated. These groups combine FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) filings across employers and locations; they are not a personal salary estimate. Seniority labels in job titles are separate from DOL prevailing wage levels.
| Level as filed | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Intern | $100,235 1 filing | 1 |
| Junior | $89,000 median of 61 | 61 |
| Associate | $97,544 median of 262 | 262 |
| (unstated) | $104,000 median of 19,483 | 19,483 |
| Senior | $134,500 median of 8,558 | 8,558 |
| Lead | $142,625 median of 1,452 | 1,452 |
| Staff | $163,866 median of 874 | 874 |
| Principal | $142,386 median of 870 | 870 |
| Distinguished | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Fellow | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Level 1 | $120,510 median of 1,354 | 1,354 |
| Level 2 | $139,506 median of 3,223 | 3,223 |
| Level 3 | $141,400 median of 1,857 | 1,857 |
| Level 4 | $155,000 median of 117 | 117 |
| Level 5 | $139,879 median of 16 | 16 |
“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
| Employer | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. | $127,169 median of 778 | 778 |
| Caremark LLC | $135,000 median of 463 | 463 |
| Aetna Resources LLC | $131,000 median of 397 | 397 |
| Visa Technology & Operations LLC | $130,100 median of 337 | 337 |
| IBM | $100,443 median of 334 | 334 |
| Meta | $165,000 median of 324 | 324 |
| Expedia, Inc. | $134,118 median of 219 | 219 |
| Fidelity Investments | $117,832 median of 210 | 210 |
| Tesla, Inc. | $155,113 median of 208 | 208 |
| Optum Services, Inc. | $113,283 median of 181 | 181 |
| Bitwise Inc. | $95,000 median of 178 | 178 |
| NIKE, Inc. | $149,247 median of 173 | 173 |
| DFS Corporate Services LLC | $106,558 median of 171 | 171 |
| Vista Applied Solutions Group Inc | $100,797 median of 159 | 159 |
| Apple Inc. | $151,874 median of 158 | 158 |
| McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States | $153,500 median of 157 | 157 |
| Microsoft Corporation | $161,050 median of 154 | 154 |
| United Services Automobile Association | $132,612 median of 149 | 149 |
| Amazon | $150,000 median of 146 | 146 |
| American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I. | $126,090 median of 131 | 131 |
| Google LLC | $163,000 median of 129 | 129 |
Ranked by number of filings, not by pay and not by quality. This is not a “best employers” list. 6,678 employers in total filed for this role; the 21 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