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Economists: H-1B salaries and wage levels

852certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$150,000median offer
$110k to $185kmiddle half of offers
38%of new-employment offers reach Level IV for their area
Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27

Wage levels by city

same scale for every row · black mark: median offer in that city
New York, NY IV $225k
under Level ILevel IIIIIIIV and upmedian offerscale $92k to $237k
CityLCAsMedianLevel ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
New York, NY164$180,000 $102,648$143,541$184,454$225,347

What employers offer

852 certified LCAs, coloured by the level each salary reaches in its own area
$50k to $60k: 4 LCAs$60k to $70k: 26 LCAs$70k to $80k: 30 LCAs$80k to $90k: 49 LCAs$90k to $100k: 58 LCAs$100k to $110k: 40 LCAs$110k to $120k: 62 LCAs$120k to $130k: 53 LCAs$130k to $140k: 41 LCAs$140k to $150k: 60 LCAs$150k to $160k: 55 LCAs$160k to $170k: 62 LCAs$170k to $180k: 40 LCAs$180k to $190k: 71 LCAs$190k to $200k: 26 LCAs$200k to $210k: 29 LCAs$210k to $220k: 11 LCAs$220k to $230k: 17 LCAs$230k to $240k: 28 LCAs$240k to $250k: 37 LCAs$250k to $260k: 20 LCAs$260k to $270k: 5 LCAs$270k to $280k: 2 LCAs$280k to $290k: 7 LCAs$300k+: 18 LCAs $50k to $60k: 4 LCAs$60k to $70k: 26 LCAs$70k to $80k: 30 LCAs$80k to $90k: 49 LCAs$90k to $100k: 58 LCAs$100k to $110k: 40 LCAs$110k to $120k: 62 LCAs$120k to $130k: 53 LCAs$130k to $140k: 41 LCAs$140k to $150k: 60 LCAs$150k to $160k: 55 LCAs$160k to $170k: 62 LCAs$170k to $180k: 40 LCAs$180k to $190k: 71 LCAs$190k to $200k: 26 LCAs$200k to $210k: 29 LCAs$210k to $220k: 11 LCAs$220k to $230k: 17 LCAs$230k to $240k: 28 LCAs$240k to $250k: 37 LCAs$250k to $260k: 20 LCAs$260k to $270k: 5 LCAs$270k to $280k: 2 LCAs$280k to $290k: 7 LCAs$300k+: 18 LCAs
$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 5 LCAs = 5 LCAs

Lottery entries

378 new-employment LCAs
Economists 19%15%22%38% 378
All employers 12%28%25%18%16% 149,984
1 entry · Level I2 · Level II3 · Level III4 · Level IVunder Level I, still 1 entry
How this is calculated
New-employment H-1B LCAs only, the filings behind most cap petitions; extensions, transfers and amendments do not go through the lottery, and cap-exempt universities and nonprofit research organizations are left out. Each offered salary (low end of the range) is compared with the OFLC Level I to IV wages for its occupation and worksite area, wage year 2026-27; a filing with several worksites counts at its lowest level, as the rule requires. Numbers on the right are LCAs. Full methodology.

Over time

fiscal years, October to September · hatched: year to date

Certified H-1B LCAs

704 FY2026 to date

Median offer

$152,000 FY2026

Top employers

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
#EmployerCertified LCAsMedian salary
1 Amazon.com Services LLC 91 $160,784
2 Analysis Group, Inc. 66 $180,000
3 Cornerstone Research, Inc. 56 $235,000
4 National Economic Research Associates, Inc. 31 $118,500
5 CRA International, Inc. 27 $228,500
6 Compass Lexecon LLC 25 $200,000
7 Federal Express Corporation 24 $114,931
8 Econic Partners US LLC 21 $165,000
9 The Brattle Group 17 $127,950
10 Keystone Strategy LLC 11 $189,966
11 Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC 10 $156,000
12 Edgeworth Economics, LLC 7 $130,000
13 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 7 $190,000
14 Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania 7 $88,000
15 The University of Southern California 7 $120,000
16 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 6 $170,000
17 PA Consulting Group, Inc. 6 $93,267
18 Amazon Web Services, Inc. 5 $147,000
19 Harvard University 5 $89,610
20 North Dakota State University 5 $65,000
21 The University of Chicago 5 $116,733
22 Berkeley Research Group, LLC 4 $237,700
23 Bloomberg L.P. 4 $114,536
24 Boston College 4 $112,000
25 EmployStats Consulting Partners LLC 4 $118,080
All other employers 397 –