9,084 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 1,601 filings that reported a wage (of 9,084 certified filings in total) across all employers and levels. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $100,901 median of 1,251 | 1,251 |
| FY2025 | $93,096 median of 1,601 | 1,601 |
| FY2024 | $91,187 median of 1,611 | 1,611 |
| FY2023 | $87,503 median of 1,418 | 1,418 |
| FY2022 | $84,906 median of 1,679 | 1,679 |
| FY2021 | $82,867 median of 1,511 | 1,511 |
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
Senior Mechanical Engineer filings (n = 997) have a median 41% above the 6,828 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 | $74,710 1 filing | 1 |
| Junior | $73,424 median of 47 | 47 |
| Associate | $85,000 median of 31 | 31 |
| (unstated) | $85,000 median of 6,828 | 6,828 |
| Senior | $120,000 median of 997 | 997 |
| Lead | $111,962 median of 86 | 86 |
| Staff | $160,000 median of 131 | 131 |
| Principal | $138,507 median of 62 | 62 |
| Fellow | $115,003 1 filing | 1 |
| Level 1 | $77,900 median of 141 | 141 |
| Level 2 | $89,440 median of 472 | 472 |
| Level 3 | $105,000 median of 221 | 221 |
| Level 4 | $123,317 median of 42 | 42 |
| Level 5 | $119,330 median of 11 | 11 |
“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. 2,794 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