4,528 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 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 ·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 3 Security Engineer filings (n = 270) have a median 50% above the 1,867 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 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. 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 ·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