Daniel J. Edelman Inc. H-1B wage filings

Chicago, IL. Last filed in fiscal 2026. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five. Also filed as Daniel J. Edelman.

Daniel J. Edelman Inc. filed 38 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2026. The median wage it offered was $138,000, 13.1% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Senior Business Analyst (7 filings, median $134,000).

Filings since FY2020
38
Positions covered
35
Certified
92.1%
Job titles
24
Worksite cities
8
Last filed
FY2026

Offered wage since 2020

Daniel J. Edelman Inc.'s median H-1B wage offer rose 8%, from $130,000 in fiscal 2021 to $140,000 in fiscal 2024. In fiscal 2024 it was 19.0% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2021, with 19 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

$80k$120k$160k$200k$240k$280k$123k$130k$170k$140k$155k420201920214202222023520243202512026*

Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.

Daniel J. Edelman Inc. by fiscal year

Fiscal yearFilingsMedian offeredvs year beforeMedian prevailingvs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)1n/an/an/an/a
20253$155,000+10.7%$137,010+13.1%
20245$140,000n/a$120,328+19.0%
20232n/an/an/an/a
20224$170,000+30.8%$141,378+10.0%
202119$130,000+6.1%$121,389+16.1%
20204$122,500n/a$102,305+13.2%

Offered wage by job title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Job titleFilingsMedian offeredOffered range and prevailing wagevs prevailing
Senior Business Analyst7$134,000+8.6%
SVP, Corporate Development3$310,000+91.0%
Executive Vice President2$280,000+29.0%
Manager Enterprise Systems.2$160,850+6.1%
Senior Architect, Development and BI2$183,033+23.4%
Senior Vice President2$220,000+17.8%
VP Business Analysis & QA2$185,000+13.9%
Account Supervisor1$95,000+16.1%
Account Supervisor, Brand Digital1$75,000+12.7%
Analyst, Digital Intelligence1$67,000+22.5%
Art Director1$74,318at the minimum
Associate Data Scientist1$78,853at the minimum
Client Financial Specialist1$59,530at the minimum
Finance Manager1$110,000+0.2%
Financial Analyst1n/a
Senior Analyst, Analytics1$78,000+19.1%
Senior Copywriter1$108,000+19.0%
Senior Designer1$80,000+11.7%
Sr. Manager, Marketing Analytics1$90,000+7.9%
Senior Vice President, International Public Affairs1$170,000+18.0%
SVP, Group Creative Director1$240,000+4.0%
Vice President, Creative Director1$155,000+13.1%
Vice President, Finance Director1$123,000+8.0%
Vice President, Technology Media Specialist1$135,000+42.3%

Where the jobs are

WorksiteFilingsMedian offered
Chicago, IL16$141,800
New York, NY11$187,500
Washington, DC3$123,000
Austin, TX2$140,000
Los Angeles, CA2$220,000
Seattle, WA2$59,530
Atlanta, GA1$67,000
Miami, FL1$75,000

By visa type: 31 H-1B, 6 E-3 (Australia), 1 H-1B1 (Chile). By outcome: 34 certified, 1 certified and later withdrawn, 2 withdrawn before a decision, 1 denied.

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry14%
Level II, qualified11%
Level III, experienced20%
Level IV, fully competent54%

The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.

What these numbers are

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.

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