Aqr Capital Management — 361 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 36
- Filings · FY2025
- $145k
- Median base · FY2025
- Analyst
- Top role · 85 all-time
- CT
- Top state · 356 all-time
Aqr Capital Management filed 36 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 125% from the year before), with a median base salary of $145k and the middle 50% of offers between $125k and $180k. That is 37% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 361 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Analyst in Connecticut.
How much does Aqr Capital Management pay H-1B workers?
Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $145k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Aqr Capital Management's H-1B hiring changed by year?
45 certified filings in FY2016 → 36 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 36 | 0% | $192k |
| FY2025 | 36 | +125% | $145k |
| FY2024 | 16 | +33% | $145k |
| FY2023 | 12 | −56% | $130k |
| FY2022 | 27 | +80% | $140k |
| FY2021 | 15 | −40% | $150k |
| FY2020 | 25 | −39% | $130k |
| FY2019 | 41 | −28% | $141k |
| FY2018 | 57 | +12% | $150k |
| FY2017 | 51 | +13% | $120k |
| FY2016 | 45 | — | $120k |
Which wage levels does Aqr Capital Management file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 25% of Aqr Capital Management's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.
Share of 301 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I50.2%151
- Level II24.6%74
- Level III9.3%28
- Level IV15.9%48
What jobs does Aqr Capital Management sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles. Open a title for Aqr Capital Management's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Analyst | 85 | $125k |
| Associate | 71 | $150k |
| Vice President | 40 | $180k |
| Research Associate | 6 | $145k |
| Gaa Research Associate | 6 | $140k |
| Research Analyst | 5 | $125k |
| Gaa Portfolio Management Developer | 4 | $140k |
| Associate, Quantitative Software Developer | 4 | $115k |
| Executive Director | 4 | $212k |
| Portfolio Implementation Analyst | 4 | $130k |
Where does Aqr Capital Management hire H-1B workers?
Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| CT | 356 | $140k |
| TX | 4 | $120k |
| NY | 1 | $160k |
What has Aqr Capital Management filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 361 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Aqr Capital Management's H-1B filings
- How much does Aqr Capital Management pay H-1B workers?
- Aqr Capital Management's median certified H-1B base salary is $145k (FY2025), from 36 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Aqr Capital Management sponsor?
- Aqr Capital Management has 361 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Aqr Capital Management sponsor for H-1B?
- Aqr Capital Management's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Analyst, Associate, Vice President, Research Associate.
- Where does Aqr Capital Management hire H-1B workers?
- Aqr Capital Management's top H-1B worksite states are CT, TX, NY.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2016–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →