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Economists: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 19-3011. 3,370 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $132,200, middle half $95,000–$180,000.

Applications (LCAs)3,370

Median offered salary$132,200

Middle half of salaries$95,000–$180,000

10th–90th percentile$75,000–$220,000

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	1,098	$92,500
Level II (qualified)	1,043	$140,000
Level III (experienced)	573	$174,500
Level IV (fully competent)	425	$208,200

The Department of Labor sets four prevailing wage levels for each occupation and area, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). The employer picks the level that matches the job's requirements.

Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
Amazon.com Services LLC	318	$154,800
Analysis Group, Inc.	241	$153,608
Cornerstone Research, Inc.	167	$208,750
National Economic Research Associates, Inc.	117	$110,000
The Brattle Group	117	$113,478
Federal Express Corporation	113	$101,499
CRA International, Inc.	87	$133,000
Compass Lexecon LLC	65	$195,000
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC	46	$175,000
Econic Partners US LLC	44	$135,000
FedEx Corporate Services, Inc.	30	$100,396
Ernst & Young U.S. LLP	29	$150,685
The Trustees of Princeton University	29	$64,500
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System	28	$170,000
Bates White, LLC	28	$222,500
Keystone Strategy LLC	24	$198,765
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	24	$85,000
Edgeworth Economics, LLC	23	$103,000
The University of Chicago	20	$105,060
Federal Reserve Bank of New York	18	$228,700
Amazon Web Services, Inc.	17	$155,700
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	17	$106,000
Harvard University	15	$90,000
Purdue University	14	$61,758
Columbia University	14	$72,100
Deloitte Tax LLP	14	$97,946
CIBC World Markets Corp.	13	$250,000
Northwestern University	12	$70,000
General Motors Financial Company, Inc.	12	$103,500
Cornell University	11	$85,000
Neuberger Berman Group LLC	11	$185,000
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland	11	$180,000
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	11	$187,460
Boston College	11	$120,000
Oxford Economics USA, Inc.	10	$88,295
The Ohio State University	10	$61,008
American Institutes for Research	10	$146,616
North Dakota State University	10	$65,000
ICF Resources, LLC	10	$127,556
Bloomberg L.P.	10	$115,284
The University of Southern California	10	$120,000
Berkeley Research Group, LLC	9	$237,700
Competition Dynamics, Inc.	9	$101,358
Johns Hopkins University	9	$104,000
Secretariat Advisors LLC	9	$220,000
World Resources Institute	8	$116,505
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	8	$240,454
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco	8	$179,795
University of Connecticut	8	$61,551
Mastercard International Incorporated	8	$114,546

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	794	$122,886
FY2024	816	$125,632
FY2025	1,024	$120,000
FY2026	736	$152,000

Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications only. An LCA is not a visa approval and one LCA can cover several positions. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2023–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).