1,954 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 365 filings that reported a wage (of 1,954 certified filings in total) across all employers and levels. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $84,942 median of 242 | 242 |
| FY2025 | $81,224 median of 365 | 365 |
| FY2024 | $77,079 median of 365 | 365 |
| FY2023 | $77,998 median of 332 | 332 |
| FY2022 | $71,722 median of 366 | 366 |
| FY2021 | $66,785 median of 280 | 280 |
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
| Level as filed | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Junior | 2 filings — too few for a median | 2 |
| Senior | $77,854 median of 1,645 | 1,645 |
| Lead | 5 filings — too few for a median | 5 |
| Staff | $71,202 median of 237 | 237 |
| Principal | $107,603 median of 59 | 59 |
| Fellow | 2 filings — too few for a median | 2 |
“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. 486 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