Insights
Pay trend
Median certified base salary by fiscal year, inside the p25–p75 range — the headline number keeps rising.
This year
Share of filings at each OEWS prevailing-wage level (I–IV) — the lever in the new lottery.
The landscape
Every dot is an employer with ≥ 50 certified filings (FY2025). Further right files more; higher up pays more; pink marks the major sponsors (≥ 1,000 filings) and premium payers (≥ $180k median). Hover a dot to load that employer's base-salary distribution by year on the right — then click through for its full page.
Year over year
Change in median base salary, FY2024 → FY2025, among sponsors with ≥ 150 filings in both years. Green raised pay; red cut it.
○ FY2024 median · ● FY2025 median
By state
Median certified base salary by worksite state (FY2025). Deeper pink = a higher median. Hover any state for its figures.
Wage levels I–IV
Share of each big sponsor's filings at Wage Level I–IV. Higher levels get more lottery entries, so the right-hand columns are where the better odds live — and where IT-services filers and Big Tech part ways.
Rankings
Employers with the most certified LCA filings.
Source: U.S. DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosures. Medians are base salary; pay figures exclude bonus and equity.