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Mathematicians: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 15-2021. 1,009 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $111,600, middle half $76,500–$155,000.

Applications (LCAs)1,009

Median offered salary$111,600

Middle half of salaries$76,500–$155,000

10th–90th percentile$62,000–$203,105

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	210	$70,000
Level II (qualified)	305	$96,600
Level III (experienced)	190	$132,475
Level IV (fully competent)	197	$175,000

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
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	145	$132,940
Meta Platforms, Inc	75	$209,720
MPG Operations LLC	54	$96,668
Triad National Security, LLC	33	$131,327
Simons Foundation	26	$95,249
Two Sigma Investments, LP	17	$220,000
The Trustees of Princeton University	17	$72,468
Viphemeral Inc.	17	—
Columbia University	12	$77,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	11	$76,125
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	10	$60,600
Carnegie Mellon University	9	$66,462
Michigan State University	9	$59,817
Brown University	9	$63,000
Barclays Capital Inc.	9	$145,000
University of Michigan	8	$71,000
The University of Texas at Austin	8	$70,000
Bloomberg L.P.	7	$118,477
Ut-Battelle, LLC (oak Ridge National Laboratory)	7	$142,052
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Inc.	7	$74,236
Ernst & Young U.S. LLP	7	$189,000
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC	7	$155,000
UChicago Argonne LLC	7	$82,451
Apple Inc.	7	$147,400
Louisiana State University and A&M College	7	$57,000
HRT Research LLC	7	$175,000
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute	6	$65,140
Citibank, N.A.	6	$145,756
University of Wisconsin System	6	$59,811
Open Avenues Foundation	6	—
Johns Hopkins University	6	$72,500
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	6	$105,924
Quantlab Financial, LLC	6	$89,315
Colorado State University	6	$75,150
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	6	$70,500
Harvard University	6	$69,580
Northwestern University	6	$72,000
National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa.	5	$75,000
University of Colorado	5	$70,000
The Clay Mathematics Institute, Inc.	5	$43,555
New York University	5	$72,788
Iowa State University of Science and Technology	5	$62,500
NYU Grossman School of Medicine	5	$121,275
Purdue University	5	$45,000
Educational Testing Service	5	$95,035
University of Maryland Baltimore	4	$61,000
The University of Kansas Medical Center	4	$60,000
The University of Virginia	4	$56,500
University of California, Davis	4	$63,758
SMBC Capital Markets, Inc.	4	$140,322

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	333	$111,000
FY2024	237	$107,143
FY2025	237	$109,666
FY2026	202	$119,000

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).