Bridgewater Associates, LP H-1B wage filings
Westport, CT. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Bridgewater Associates, LP filed 72 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $193,000, 9.6% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Investment Associate (16 filings, median $159,000).
- Filings
- 72
- Positions covered
- 71
- Certified
- 98.6%
- Job titles
- 32
- Worksite cities
- 3
- Filings since FY2020
- 400
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +63%
Offered wage since 2020
Bridgewater Associates, LP's median H-1B wage offer rose 63%, from $118,726 in fiscal 2020 to $193,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 22.2% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2022, with 65 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Bridgewater Associates, LP by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 58 | $193,000 | +17.7% | $126,630 | +22.2% |
| 2025 | 64 | $164,000 | +12.8% | $151,424 | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 35 | $145,454 | +2.3% | $139,318 | +7.3% |
| 2023 | 61 | $142,252 | +7.7% | $135,845 | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 65 | $132,142 | +8.0% | $130,021 | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 55 | $122,346 | +3.0% | $122,273 | at the minimum |
| 2020 | 62 | $118,726 | n/a | $118,726 | at the minimum |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing | Median since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment Associate | 16 | $159,000 | +64.1% | ||
| Investment Associate – Policy Analyst | 4 | $194,000 | +1.0% | ||
| Investment Engineer | 4 | $177,000 | +2.1% | ||
| Research Associate | 4 | $194,000 | +14.4% | ||
| Senior Software Engineer | 4 | $193,500 | +0.6% | ||
| Software Engineer | 4 | $177,500 | +30.7% | ||
| Associate, Client Investment Research | 3 | $159,000 | +56.3% | ||
| Investment Associate - Economic Analyst | 3 | $177,000 | +10.6% | +29% since 2020 | |
| Associate, Commercial Analytics | 2 | $159,000 | +38.9% | ||
| Associate Director, Client Service | 2 | $255,000 | +105.4% | ||
| Client Service Research Associate | 2 | $113,000 | +2.1% | +18% since 2021 | |
| Network Support Engineer | 2 | $138,500 | +4.5% | ||
| Senior Associate, Client Investment Research | 2 | $197,050 | +1.9% | ||
| Technology Operations Engineer | 2 | $163,500 | +0.2% | ||
| Analyst, Client Investment Research | 1 | $159,000 | +0.1% | ||
| Analyst, Client Reporting and Portfolio Analytics | 1 | $125,000 | +0.7% | ||
| Back End Software Engineer | 1 | $236,250 | +22.9% | ||
| Computer Scientist Investment Engineer | 1 | $143,000 | +9.6% | ||
| COO & Investment Associate, TPS | 1 | $299,000 | +6.4% | ||
| Head of Sustainability Research | 1 | $194,000 | +0.3% | ||
| Investment Associate - Computer Scientist | 1 | $125,000 | +10.6% | ||
| Investment Associate - Mathematical Analyst | 1 | $125,000 | +14.8% | ||
| Investment Associate “ Economic Analyst | 1 | $125,000 | +0.7% | ||
| Investment Writer | 1 | $159,000 | +34.5% | ||
| Machine Learning Research Engineer | 1 | $210,000 | +23.0% | ||
| Managing Deputy CIO | 1 | $299,000 | +6.4% | ||
| Member of Technical Staff, AIA Labs | 1 | $224,000 | +85.3% | ||
| Productivity Engineer | 1 | $193,000 | +0.4% | ||
| Quality Assurance Engineer | 1 | $193,000 | +0.4% | ||
| Senior Associate, Commercial Analytics | 1 | $194,000 | +22.2% | ||
| Senior Investment Associate | 1 | $275,000 | +42.2% | ||
| Technical Project Manager | 1 | $195,000 | +22.7% | ||
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Westport, CT | 57 | $193,000 |
| New York, NY | 14 | $194,000 |
| Elkridge, MD | 1 | $134,000 |
By visa type: 61 H-1B, 6 H-1B1 (Singapore), 5 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 53 certified, 18 certified and later withdrawn, 1 withdrawn before a decision.
Filings by quarter
Across all employers, filings bunch up in the first half of each year around the annual H-1B lottery, so compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, not with the one before it.
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages Bridgewater Associates, LP attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.