Financial and Investment Analysts H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Financial and Investment Analysts (SOC 13-2051).

Employers filed 619 wage applications for Financial and Investment Analysts jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 10 employers. The median offered wage was $185,000, 55.3% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Ernst & Young U.S. LLP filed the most (602, median $185,000).

Filings: 619
Positions covered: 618
Employers: 10
Median offered: $185,000
Median prevailing wage: $118,248
Filings since FY2021: 3,633
Median offer change since FY2022: +19%

Financial and Investment Analysts, all employers619 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$185,000Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$133,250 to $235,000Where the middle half of the filings fall

$118,248Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2021

The median wage offered for Financial and Investment Analysts jobs rose 19%, from $155,000 in fiscal 2022 to $185,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 54.4% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2023, with 1,145 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.

Financial and Investment Analysts by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	513	$185,000	+13.0%	$118,248	+54.4%
2025	984	$163,668	+12.1%	$106,933	+51.2%
2024	880	$146,000	−1.3%	$104,645	+44.0%
2023	1,145	$147,985	−4.5%	$97,136	+53.7%
2022	110	$155,000	n/a	$101,587	+58.7%
2021	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Ernst & Young U.S. LLP	602	$185,000	+56.1%
Ernst & Young Infrastructure Advisors LLC	5	$197,500	+60.2%
CIBC World Markets Corp.	3	$148,678	at the minimum
Relic Solutions LLC	1	$118,560	+1.4%

Showing the 4 employers with the most filings of 10. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Financial and Investment Analysts jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
New York, NY	136	$162,653	+32.1%
Chicago, IL	58	$205,000	+79.3%
Los Angeles, CA	42	$173,108	+76.9%
San Francisco, CA	35	$182,420	+35.7%
Boston, MA	27	$130,000	+32.4%
Houston, TX	22	$180,000	+89.2%
Atlanta, GA	19	$195,000	+100.1%
Hoboken, NJ	19	$205,000	+48.0%
Jersey City, NJ	17	$184,204	+37.9%
Austin, TX	16	$220,000	+87.9%
Dallas, TX	16	$188,500	+97.1%
Mclean, VA	12	$185,000	+70.0%
San Jose, CA	12	$217,770	+36.2%
Philadelphia, PA	11	$235,000	+104.2%
Seattle, WA	9	$235,000	+84.8%
Charlotte, NC	8	$145,244	+56.8%
Miami, FL	8	$215,000	+80.5%
Alpharetta, GA	6	$235,000	+105.4%
Brooklyn, NY	6	$183,084	+37.1%
Santa Clara, CA	6	$212,066	+42.0%
Louisville, KY	5	$232,322	+187.8%
Washington, DC	5	$156,289	+37.6%
Irving, TX	4	$235,000	+107.9%
Long Island City, NY	4	$130,000	+9.9%
Norfolk, VA	4	$212,503	+110.1%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry8%

Level II, qualified43%

Level III, experienced31%

Level IV, fully competent18%

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 employers 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.
6 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).

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