19,438 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 3,906 filings that reported a wage (of 19,438 certified filings in total) across all employers and levels. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $166,334 median of 2,830 | 2,830 |
| FY2025 | $162,026 median of 3,906 | 3,906 |
| FY2024 | $158,595 median of 3,572 | 3,572 |
| FY2023 | $153,044 median of 2,990 | 2,990 |
| FY2022 | $150,000 median of 3,675 | 3,675 |
| FY2021 | $143,000 median of 2,453 | 2,453 |
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
Principal Product Manager filings (n = 1,005) have a median 24% above the 9,599 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 | $92,700 1 filing | 1 |
| Junior | $91,270 median of 19 | 19 |
| Associate | $108,798 median of 756 | 756 |
| (unstated) | $155,250 median of 9,599 | 9,599 |
| Senior | $163,200 median of 4,200 | 4,200 |
| Lead | $180,000 median of 437 | 437 |
| Staff | $172,896 median of 729 | 729 |
| Principal | $192,941 median of 1,005 | 1,005 |
| Distinguished | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Level 1 | $115,000 median of 159 | 159 |
| Level 2 | $129,917 median of 726 | 726 |
| Level 3 | $146,743 median of 1,726 | 1,726 |
| Level 4 | $168,053 median of 45 | 45 |
| Level 5 | $153,046 median of 21 | 21 |
“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) |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Corporation | $173,707 median of 2,078 | 2,078 |
| Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. | $152,148 median of 953 | 953 |
| Google LLC | $190,000 median of 913 | 913 |
| Intuit Inc. | $179,171 median of 307 | 307 |
| Adobe Inc. | $167,632 median of 275 | 275 |
| Amazon | $140,442 median of 207 | 207 |
| Uber Technologies, Inc. | $173,600 median of 184 | 184 |
| LinkedIn Corporation | $154,000 median of 173 | 173 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | $198,702 median of 163 | 163 |
| Expedia, Inc. | $136,843 median of 153 | 153 |
| Visa U.S.A. Inc. | $135,149 median of 150 | 150 |
| Meta | $200,515 median of 144 | 144 |
| PayPal, Inc. | $186,000 median of 139 | 139 |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | $150,000 median of 138 | 138 |
| ByteDance | $239,000 median of 122 | 122 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | $192,555 median of 94 | 94 |
| Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | $161,000 median of 88 | 88 |
| Salesforce | $196,000 median of 84 | 84 |
| DocuSign Inc. | $194,567 median of 80 | 80 |
| TT Commerce & Global Services LLC | $240,000 median of 75 | 75 |
| ADP Technology Services, Inc. | $99,466 median of 73 | 73 |
| Stripe, Inc. | $167,024 median of 68 | 68 |
| TikTok Inc. | $210,000 median of 65 | 65 |
Ranked by number of filings, not by pay and not by quality. This is not a “best employers” list. 3,576 employers in total filed for this role; the 23 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