Merrill Lynch H-1B wage filings
Charlotte, NC. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Merrill Lynch filed 49 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $155,000, 2.6% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Vice President; Feature Lead - Technology (11 filings, median $153,500).
- Filings
- 49
- Positions covered
- 49
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 22
- Worksite cities
- 7
- Filings since FY2020
- 485
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +25%
Offered wage since 2020
Merrill Lynch's median H-1B wage offer rose 25%, from $125,000 in fiscal 2020 to $156,761 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 3.2% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2020, with 133 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.
Merrill Lynch by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 34 | $156,761 | +3.0% | $153,005 | +3.2% |
| 2025 | 48 | $152,131 | +3.5% | $141,243 | +8.2% |
| 2024 | 40 | $146,950 | +6.5% | $121,004 | +24.9% |
| 2023 | 82 | $138,000 | +1.9% | $118,435 | +13.3% |
| 2022 | 72 | $135,450 | +2.6% | $123,822 | +11.4% |
| 2021 | 76 | $131,962 | +5.6% | $111,946 | +18.1% |
| 2020 | 133 | $125,000 | n/a | $119,974 | +11.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vice President; Feature Lead - Technology | 11 | $153,500 | +0.2% | +11% since 2022 | |
| Vice President; Technology Services Lead | 7 | $160,805 | +2.2% | ||
| Senior Vice President; Senior Technology Manager | 3 | $173,000 | +13.1% | ||
| Vice President; Senior Engineer | 3 | $154,669 | at the minimum | ||
| Vice President; Technology Manager | 3 | $155,522 | +3.3% | ||
| Vice President; Architect | 2 | $154,014 | +0.1% | ||
| Vice President; Production Services Specialist II | 2 | $152,536 | +4.5% | ||
| Vice President; Quant Inv Analyst I | 2 | $185,500 | +95.4% | ||
| Vice President; Senior Technology Manager | 2 | $170,608 | +5.9% | ||
| Vice President; Software Engineer III | 2 | $149,953 | +6.2% | +1% since 2022 | |
| Assistant Vice President; Software Engineer II | 1 | $136,680 | +23.1% | ||
| Assistant Vice President; Software Engineer III | 1 | $148,000 | +10.8% | ||
| Director; Investment Strategist II | 1 | $170,000 | +0.3% | ||
| Director; Quantitative Finance Manager | 1 | $163,000 | +44.5% | ||
| Director; Sr Quant Inv Analyst II | 1 | $178,000 | +23.3% | ||
| Director; Senior Technology Manager | 1 | $167,700 | +9.6% | ||
| Officer; Tech Analyst Program | 1 | $105,000 | +22.3% | ||
| Vice President; Delivery Lead - Technology | 1 | $153,358 | +0.2% | ||
| Vice President; DevOps Engineer II | 1 | $154,669 | at the minimum | ||
| Vice President; Infrastructure Engineer II | 1 | $155,000 | +37.9% | ||
| Vice President; Senior Architect | 1 | $176,786 | +6.4% | ||
| Vice President; Software Engineer II | 1 | $130,603 | at the minimum | ||
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Pennington, NJ | 25 | $153,500 |
| New York, NY | 11 | $175,000 |
| Charlotte, NC | 7 | $154,669 |
| Jersey City, NJ | 2 | $167,108 |
| Plano, TX | 2 | $138,500 |
| Chandler, AZ | 1 | $136,680 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 1 | $155,522 |
By visa type: 49 H-1B. By outcome: 49 certified.
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 Merrill Lynch 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.