Optiver US LLC H-1B wage filings
Chicago, IL. Last filed in fiscal 2021. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five.
Optiver US LLC filed 17 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021. The median wage it offered was $150,000, 32.0% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Quantitative Trader (3 filings, median $150,000).
- Filings since FY2020
- 17
- Positions covered
- 17
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 10
- Worksite cities
- 1
- Last filed
- FY2021
Offered wage since 2020
Optiver US LLC made 17 filings across 2 fiscal years since 2020, too few in most years to track the wage year by year. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2020, with 15 filings.
Fiscal years run October to September.
Optiver US LLC by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2020 | 15 | $150,000 | n/a | $106,662 | +40.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantitative Trader | 3 | $150,000 | +40.6% | |
| Trader | 3 | $150,000 | +30.5% | |
| Options Trader | 2 | $150,000 | +40.6% | |
| Quantitative Researcher | 2 | $143,750 | +34.8% | |
| Senior Options Trader | 2 | $150,000 | +33.0% | |
| Risk Analyst | 1 | $96,000 | +6.4% | |
| Senior FX Options Trader | 1 | $150,000 | +32.0% | |
| Software Engineer | 1 | $150,000 | +17.6% | |
| Trader 1, Analyst | 1 | $150,000 | +23.4% | |
| Trader Team Lead | 1 | $150,000 | +32.0% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago, IL | 17 | $150,000 |
By visa type: 13 H-1B, 4 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 17 certified.
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 Optiver US LLC 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 One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn.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.