496,325 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 84,508 filings that reported a wage (of 496,325 certified filings in total) across all employers and levels. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $140,026 median of 56,247 | 56,247 |
| FY2025 | $133,900 median of 84,508 | 84,508 |
| FY2024 | $123,781 median of 89,849 | 89,849 |
| FY2023 | $117,900 median of 87,459 | 87,459 |
| FY2022 | $115,000 median of 100,335 | 100,335 |
| FY2021 | $108,410 median of 77,502 | 77,502 |
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
Staff Software Engineer filings (n = 10,259) have a median 59% above the 325,205 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 | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
| Junior | $85,000 median of 280 | 280 |
| Associate | $125,000 median of 5,891 | 5,891 |
| (unstated) | $110,240 median of 325,205 | 325,205 |
| Senior | $134,024 median of 77,417 | 77,417 |
| Lead | $134,347 median of 10,078 | 10,078 |
| Staff | $175,000 median of 10,259 | 10,259 |
| Principal | $165,000 median of 6,785 | 6,785 |
| Distinguished | $197,623 median of 58 | 58 |
| Fellow | $131,997 median of 15 | 15 |
| Level 1 | $125,200 median of 13,049 | 13,049 |
| Level 2 | $145,454 median of 28,571 | 28,571 |
| Level 3 | $137,500 median of 16,015 | 16,015 |
| Level 4 | $143,900 median of 1,903 | 1,903 |
| Level 5 | $169,229 median of 370 | 370 |
“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 | $160,000 median of 31,071 | 31,071 |
| Google LLC | $177,000 median of 26,095 | 26,095 |
| Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. | $135,960 median of 10,249 | 10,249 |
| Compunnel Software Group, Inc | $109,500 median of 6,673 | 6,673 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | $130,000 median of 4,781 | 4,781 |
| Intel Corporation | $120,400 median of 4,113 | 4,113 |
| Mphasis Corporation | $121,000 median of 4,049 | 4,049 |
| Amazon | $146,400 median of 3,237 | 3,237 |
| Mastech Digital Technologies, Inc. | $98,904 median of 2,848 | 2,848 |
| Meta | $175,000 median of 2,548 | 2,548 |
| LinkedIn Corporation | $156,959 median of 2,485 | 2,485 |
| CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. | $112,000 median of 2,392 | 2,392 |
| Apple Inc. | $179,900 median of 2,243 | 2,243 |
| Uber Technologies, Inc. | $187,000 median of 2,151 | 2,151 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited | $117,693 median of 2,050 | 2,050 |
| Adobe Inc. | $168,000 median of 2,013 | 2,013 |
| U.S. Bank National Association | $125,445 median of 1,985 | 1,985 |
| Oracle America, Inc. | $127,629 median of 1,967 | 1,967 |
| Randstad Technologies, LLC | $125,000 median of 1,814 | 1,814 |
| Intuit Inc. | $147,713 median of 1,720 | 1,720 |
| PayPal, Inc. | $144,424 median of 1,712 | 1,712 |
| Kforce Inc. | $102,690 median of 1,690 | 1,690 |
Ranked by number of filings, not by pay and not by quality. This is not a “best employers” list. 23,771 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