4,528 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 940 filings that reported a wage (of 4,528 certified filings in total) across all employers and levels. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $155,000 median of 767 | 767 |
| FY2025 | $147,359 median of 940 | 940 |
| FY2024 | $144,800 median of 890 | 890 |
| FY2023 | $132,000 median of 682 | 682 |
| FY2022 | $130,001 median of 750 | 750 |
| FY2021 | $123,501 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 3 Security Engineer filings (n = 270) have a median 50% above the 1,867 filings with no level stated. A single figure for “Security 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 | $92,000 median of 11 | 11 |
| Associate | $124,500 median of 48 | 48 |
| (unstated) | $114,400 median of 1,867 | 1,867 |
| Senior | $145,000 median of 747 | 747 |
| Lead | $143,000 median of 122 | 122 |
| Staff | $187,262 median of 116 | 116 |
| Principal | $162,000 median of 67 | 67 |
| Level 1 | $146,600 median of 492 | 492 |
| Level 2 | $160,000 median of 745 | 745 |
| Level 3 | $171,321 median of 270 | 270 |
| Level 4 | $148,938 median of 32 | 32 |
| Level 5 | 7 filings — too few for a median | 7 |
“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) |
|---|---|---|
| Google LLC | $180,500 median of 165 | 165 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | $131,022 median of 76 | 76 |
| Meta | $190,000 median of 69 | 69 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | $139,550 median of 32 | 32 |
| Snap Inc. | $151,549 median of 30 | 30 |
| Certified Kernel Tech LLC | $161,650 median of 30 | 30 |
| Intuit Inc. | $147,689 median of 30 | 30 |
| Secureapp Technologies | $84,469 median of 29 | 29 |
| Saan International, LLC | $83,658 median of 28 | 28 |
| Praetorian Security, Inc. | $130,000 median of 25 | 25 |
| Oracle America, Inc. | $141,139 median of 24 | 24 |
| eBay Inc. | $148,000 median of 23 | 23 |
| Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | $124,000 median of 21 | 21 |
| Compunnel Software Group, Inc | $95,000 median of 21 | 21 |
| Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. | $138,382 median of 19 | 19 |
| PayPal, Inc. | $124,908 median of 19 | 19 |
| Amazon | $136,000 median of 19 | 19 |
| Securonix, Inc. | $101,067 median of 18 | 18 |
| NCC Group (Americas) Inc | $112,000 median of 17 | 17 |
| The Northern Trust Company | $133,444 median of 17 | 17 |
| Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | $130,187 median of 17 | 17 |
| Autodesk, Inc. | $122,965 median of 16 | 16 |
Ranked by number of filings, not by pay and not by quality. This is not a “best employers” list. 1,155 employers in total filed for this role; the 22 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