3,174 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 595 filings that reported a wage (of 3,174 certified filings in total) across all employers and levels. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $262,218 median of 482 | 482 |
| FY2025 | $245,000 median of 595 | 595 |
| FY2024 | $240,000 median of 530 | 530 |
| FY2023 | $235,000 median of 527 | 527 |
| FY2022 | $224,203 median of 509 | 509 |
| FY2021 | $210,850 median of 495 | 495 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| Associate | $257,500 median of 54 | 54 |
| (unstated) | $240,000 median of 2,720 | 2,720 |
| Senior | 2 filings — too few for a median | 2 |
| Lead | $400,000 1 filing | 1 |
| Staff | $248,000 median of 194 | 194 |
| Fellow | $76,130 median of 164 | 164 |
| Level 3 | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
“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. 718 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