Occupation · SOC 13-2051

Financial and Investment Analysts: H-1B salaries and wage levels

Level IV starts anywhere from $130,458 to $178,402 depending on the city. The median offer is $143,162.

8,564certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

$143,162median offer

$110k to $183kmiddle half of offers

29%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

IV $178k

IV $171k

IV $133k

IV $150k

IV $155k

IV $134k

IV $138k

IV $142k

IV $137k

IV $130k

under Level ILevel IIIIIIIV and upmedian offerscale $62k to $187k

City	LCAs	Median	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
New York, NY	3,625	$175,000	$87,339	$117,686	$148,054	$178,402
San Francisco, CA	422	$170,000	$85,800	$114,046	$142,272	$170,518
Chicago, IL	283	$134,000	$72,072	$92,269	$112,486	$132,683
Seattle, WA	238	$117,499	$84,926	$106,579	$128,253	$149,906
Boston, MA	188	$140,000	$82,950	$107,016	$131,061	$155,126
Houston, TX	159	$125,280	$72,134	$92,685	$113,256	$133,806
Los Angeles, CA	152	$138,000	$74,485	$95,493	$116,522	$137,530
Miami, FL	147	$120,000	$69,410	$93,558	$117,707	$141,856
Dallas, TX	120	$106,687	$68,640	$91,437	$114,213	$137,010
Atlanta, GA	103	$125,000	$73,154	$92,248	$111,363	$130,458
Austin, TX	101	$126,000	$71,864	$94,515	$117,146	$139,797

What employers offer

8,564 certified LCAs, coloured by the level each salary reaches in its own area

$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k

Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 25 LCAs = 50 LCAs

Lottery entries

4,009 new-employment LCAs

Financial and Investment Analysts 19%23%25%29% 4,009

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

7,255 FY2026 to date

6.7kFY23

7.0kFY24

8.1kFY25

7.3kFY26

Median offer

$142,800 FY2026

$125kFY23

$130kFY24

$130kFY25

$143kFY26

Top employers

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

#	Employer	Certified LCAs	Median salary
1	Ernst & Young U.S. LLP	594	$185,000
2	Amazon.com Services LLC	395	$117,499
3	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	384	$155,075
4	Bofa Securities, INC.	194	$200,000
5	Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC	174	$172,000
6	Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC	159	$179,088
7	Evercore Partners Services East, LLC	102	$185,000
8	Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.	97	$175,000
9	BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	85	$140,000
10	Jefferies LLC	85	$175,000
11	Citigroup Global Markets Inc.	75	$175,000
12	Barclays Capital Inc.	72	$186,125
13	MPG Operations LLC	69	$118,248
14	Blackstone, Inc.	64	$155,000
15	Google LLC	64	$160,500
16	Citibank, N.A.	63	$180,044
17	PJT Partners Holdings LP	59	$200,000
18	UBS Securities LLC	59	$200,000
19	RBC Capital Markets LLC	54	$175,000
20	Moelis & Company Group LP	50	$175,000
21	Scotia Capital (USA), INC.	47	$175,000
22	Bridgewater Associates, LP	40	$177,000
23	Bank of America N.A.	39	$160,000
24	Nomura Securities International, Inc.	39	$175,000
25	Moody's Investors Service, Inc.	38	$134,500
	All other employers	5,463	–