Counts are Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) employers filed with the US Department of Labor. Certified means DOL accepted the LCA, the step before a visa petition: it is not a visa or a hire. Wages are what the employer wrote on it. Data sources
By year
Fiscal year
Certified
Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn
Denied
FY2026October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026
32
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
26
8
0
0
Every decision, by when it was made. From the US Department of Labor’s LCA disclosure files for FY2025 and FY2026, all listed in Data sources.
Wages
25th percentile
$200,000
Median
$237,500
75th percentile
$250,000
A year, from 58 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
TraderFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $250,00011
Quantitative ResearcherFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $250,00010
Quantitative TraderFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $200,0009
Graduate Quantitative TraderFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $250,0006
Graduate Quantitative ResearcherFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $250,0005
Graduate Quant ResearcherFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $200,0003
Graduate ML ResearcherFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $300,0002
Graduate Quant TraderFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $200,0002
Graduate Research AnalystFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $165,0002
Equity AnalystFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $185,0001
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.