26,126 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 4,329 filings that reported a wage (of 26,126 certified filings in total) across all employers and levels. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $105,720 median of 3,066 | 3,066 |
| FY2025 | $103,418 median of 4,329 | 4,329 |
| FY2024 | $99,840 median of 4,319 | 4,319 |
| FY2023 | $97,760 median of 4,201 | 4,201 |
| FY2022 | $96,637 median of 5,259 | 5,259 |
| FY2021 | $91,553 median of 4,931 | 4,931 |
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
Staff QA Engineer filings (n = 392) have a median 65% above the 13,336 filings with no level stated. A single figure for “QA Engineer” averages those together, which overstates the junior end and understates the senior end. We never merge them.
| Level as filed | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Junior | $74,524 median of 20 | 20 |
| Associate | $87,672 median of 120 | 120 |
| (unstated) | $87,911 median of 13,336 | 13,336 |
| Senior | $110,000 median of 6,064 | 6,064 |
| Lead | $114,899 median of 1,076 | 1,076 |
| Staff | $145,000 median of 392 | 392 |
| Principal | $132,484 median of 498 | 498 |
| Distinguished | $220,000 1 filing | 1 |
| Level 1 | $100,000 median of 707 | 707 |
| Level 2 | $113,900 median of 2,751 | 2,751 |
| Level 3 | $119,080 median of 1,033 | 1,033 |
| Level 4 | $123,385 median of 96 | 96 |
| Level 5 | $138,050 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. 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
| Employer | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon | $135,200 median of 1,966 | 1,966 |
| Tesla, Inc. | $127,600 median of 617 | 617 |
| Mphasis Corporation | $100,000 median of 424 | 424 |
| Virtusa Corporation | $100,000 median of 349 | 349 |
| The MathWorks, Inc. | $115,939 median of 341 | 341 |
| Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. | $110,638 median of 261 | 261 |
| Intellectt, Inc. | $93,600 median of 252 | 252 |
| GlobalLogic Inc. | $91,291 median of 215 | 215 |
| Wipro Limited | $72,030 median of 199 | 199 |
| CitiusTech Inc. | $85,000 median of 183 | 183 |
| Google LLC | $165,000 median of 171 | 171 |
| Etouch Systems Corporation | $116,043 median of 169 | 169 |
| Fusion Life Sciences Technologies LLC | $95,680 median of 168 | 168 |
| Zimmer, Inc. | $83,684 median of 152 | 152 |
| L&T Technology Services Limited | $86,141 median of 146 | 146 |
| Optum Services, Inc. | $110,869 median of 140 | 140 |
| Charter Communications, Inc. | $102,086 median of 129 | 129 |
| Fidelity Investments | $98,904 median of 121 | 121 |
| American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. | $132,400 median of 111 | 111 |
| IBM | $99,549 median of 107 | 107 |
| ADP Technology Services, Inc. | $112,362 median of 104 | 104 |
| Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc. | $101,200 median of 101 | 101 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $101,442 median of 99 | 99 |
| VAStek Inc. | $89,419 median of 94 | 94 |
| Atos Syntel Inc | $81,723 median of 84 | 84 |
Ranked by number of filings, not by pay and not by quality. This is not a “best employers” list. 5,750 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 (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