8,439 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 1,983 filings that reported a wage (of 8,439 certified filings in total) across all employers and levels. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $178,729 median of 1,692 | 1,692 |
| FY2025 | $174,096 median of 1,983 | 1,983 |
| FY2024 | $172,114 median of 1,491 | 1,491 |
| FY2023 | $165,000 median of 1,160 | 1,160 |
| FY2022 | $160,000 median of 1,220 | 1,220 |
| FY2021 | $150,342 median of 887 | 887 |
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 Machine Learning Engineer filings (n = 482) have a median 22% above the 4,702 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) |
|---|---|---|
| Junior | $88,000 median of 15 | 15 |
| Associate | $125,000 median of 24 | 24 |
| (unstated) | $160,805 median of 4,702 | 4,702 |
| Senior | $181,272 median of 1,944 | 1,944 |
| Lead | $184,300 median of 113 | 113 |
| Staff | $196,957 median of 482 | 482 |
| Principal | $215,000 median of 155 | 155 |
| Distinguished | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Level 1 | $140,000 median of 116 | 116 |
| Level 2 | $160,000 median of 483 | 483 |
| Level 3 | $144,250 median of 144 | 144 |
| Level 4 | $162,333 median of 172 | 172 |
| Level 5 | $196,524 median of 80 | 80 |
“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) |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc. | $186,956 median of 898 | 898 |
| Adobe Inc. | $183,000 median of 456 | 456 |
| Pinterest, Inc. | $170,186 median of 357 | 357 |
| Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | $133,000 median of 322 | 322 |
| Snap Inc. | $167,149 median of 246 | 246 |
| TikTok Inc. | $211,440 median of 202 | 202 |
| Meta | $210,690 median of 150 | 150 |
| ByteDance | $235,000 median of 145 | 145 |
| Twitter, Inc. | $175,000 median of 137 | 137 |
| Expedia, Inc. | $146,551 median of 131 | 131 |
| PayPal, Inc. | $173,427 median of 116 | 116 |
| Spotify USA, Inc. | $193,280 median of 92 | 92 |
| Maplebear Inc. | $190,000 median of 91 | 91 |
| ServiceNow, Inc. | $167,149 median of 84 | 84 |
| Uber Technologies, Inc. | $203,400 median of 80 | 80 |
| Visa Technology & Operations LLC | $136,448 median of 64 | 64 |
| Wayfair LLC | $181,500 median of 59 | 59 |
| Cruise LLC | $210,000 median of 57 | 57 |
| DoorDash, Inc. | $180,064 median of 54 | 54 |
| Netflix, Inc. | $226,158 median of 49 | 49 |
| Atlassian US, Inc. | $200,000 median of 49 | 49 |
| Bloomberg L.P. | $151,819 median of 47 | 47 |
| Roblox Corporation | $274,030 median of 46 | 46 |
| PathAI, Inc. | $163,000 median of 43 | 43 |
| Airbnb, Inc. | $191,000 median of 43 | 43 |
Ranked by number of filings, not by pay and not by quality. This is not a “best employers” list. 1,721 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