Reporter H-1B salary at World Journal — 60 certified filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 3
- Filings · FY2025
- $57k
- Median base · FY2025
- $57k–$78k
- Middle 50% · FY2025
- +31%
- vs market median · all years
World Journal filed 3 certified H-1B LCAs for Reporter in FY2025, with a median base salary of $57k and the middle 50% of offers between $57k and $78k. Across all years its $56k median is 31% above the $43k market median for Reporter. It has filed 60 Reporter LCAs since FY2016, most often in Whitestone, NY.
How much does World Journal pay a Reporter?
Certified base salary for Reporter at World Journal by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $57k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
Does World Journal pay Reporters above the market?
World Journal's all-years median against every employer's certified Reporter LCAs — 31% above the market. Same cleaned DOL title, same base-salary definition, so the two rows compare like for like.
| Base salary for this title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| World Journal | 60 | $56k |
| All employers · Reporter | 575 | $43k |
How has World Journal's Reporter hiring changed by year?
14 certified Reporter filings in FY2016 → 1 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 1 | −67% | $63k |
| FY2025 | 3 | +50% | $57k |
| FY2024 | 2 | +100% | $57k |
| FY2023 | 1 | −75% | $55k |
| FY2022 | 4 | +33% | $71k |
| FY2021 | 3 | +50% | $65k |
| FY2020 | 2 | −85% | $60k |
| FY2019 | 13 | +86% | $58k |
| FY2018 | 7 | −30% | $57k |
| FY2017 | 10 | −29% | $37k |
| FY2016 | 14 | — | $30k |
Which wage levels does World Journal file for Reporter?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 0% of World Journal's Reporter filings sit at Level III–IV. Higher levels earn more entries in the wage-weighted H-1B lottery.
Share of 42 Reporter filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I31.0%13
- Level II69.0%29
Where does World Journal hire H-1B Reporters?
Worksite states and cities on the certified filings for this title, all years, with the median base salary at each.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 53 | $57k |
| Maryland | 3 | $52k |
| New Jersey | 2 | $33k |
| Illinois | 1 | $31k |
| Massachusetts | 1 | $48k |
| City | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Whitestone, NY | 48 | $57k |
| New York, NY | 5 | $33k |
| Rockville, MD | 3 | $52k |
| Metuchen, NJ | 2 | $33k |
| Boston, MA | 1 | $48k |
| Chicago, IL | 1 | $31k |
Also filed as
World Journal's other sponsored titles, and the employers that file the most Reporter LCAs. All years.
Top Reporter sponsors
| Employer | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Sinovision | 73 | $38k |
| Pacific Culture Enterprises | 45 | $31k |
| Bloomberg L P | 36 | $68k |
| Bloomberg | 26 | $91k |
| Sing Tao Newspapers New York | 25 | $38k |
| World Journal LA | 16 | $32k |
| Dow Jones And | 11 | $74k |
| Phoenix Satellite Television U.S. | 11 | $42k |
| Pacific Culture Enterprise | 9 | $35k |
Common questions about Reporter H-1B pay at World Journal
- How much does World Journal pay a Reporter on an H-1B?
- World Journal's median certified H-1B base salary for Reporter is $57k in FY2025, from 3 filings; the middle 50% of offers fall between $57k and $78k. Across all years the median is $56k.
- How many Reporter H-1B LCAs has World Journal filed?
- World Journal has 60 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications for Reporter on record (FY2016–FY2026), 1 of them in FY2026. That is 64% of its 94 certified filings across all titles.
- Does World Journal pay Reporters above the market?
- World Journal's all-years median of $56k is 31% above the $43k median for Reporter across all H-1B employers (575 certified filings).
- Where does World Journal hire H-1B Reporters?
- World Journal's Reporter LCAs name worksites mostly in New York, Maryland, New Jersey; the top cities are Whitestone, NY, New York, NY, Rockville, MD.
- 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 →