Investment Analyst H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 153 wage applications for Investment Analyst jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 110 employers. The median offered wage was $125,000, 17.1% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. filed the most (5, median $350,000).

Filings: 153
Positions covered: 150
Employers: 110
Median offered: $125,000
Median prevailing wage: $94,058
Filings since FY2020: 835
Median offer change since FY2020: +35%

Investment Analyst, all employers153 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$125,000Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$100,000 to $180,000Where the middle half of the filings fall

$94,058Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Investment Analyst jobs rose 35%, from $97,700 in fiscal 2020 to $131,500 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 17.1% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2024, with 135 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.

Investment Analyst by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	133	$131,500	+14.3%	$99,050	+17.1%
2025	129	$115,000	+15.0%	$92,456	+12.5%
2024	135	$100,000	−1.5%	$83,689	+13.1%
2023	100	$101,525	−2.4%	$83,907	+15.2%
2022	131	$104,000	+1.9%	$85,363	+13.5%
2021	102	$102,024	+4.4%	$89,149	+13.9%
2020	105	$97,700	n/a	$74,652	+10.9%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.	5	$350,000	+196.0%
Marshall Wace North America LP	5	$200,000	+43.4%
Ardmore Road Asset Management LP	3	$180,000	+0.5%
DUMAC, Inc.	3	$110,000	+146.9%
Zurich Alternative Asset Management	3	$149,350	+26.3%
LMR Partners LLC	3	$150,000	+26.9%
Capital Research and Management Company	3	$210,000	+88.5%
Insight Venture Management LLC	3	$125,000	+42.3%
GIC Special Investments Pte. Ltd.	3	$150,000	+0.9%
GQG Partners LLC	2	$180,000	+26.4%
Essent Guaranty, Inc.	2	$81,037	at the minimum
Community Investment Management LLC	2	$149,750	+0.9%
Nautic Partners, LLC	2	$150,000	+151.3%
The Prudential Insurance Company of America	2	$100,000	+17.7%
D1 Capital Partners LP	2	$200,000	+34.5%
Arena Investment Management Group, LLC	2	$110,000	+17.9%
LNR Property Payroll LLC	2	$77,500	+18.7%
The Principia Corporation	2	$70,000	+18.0%
Machine Intelligence LLC	2	$70,886	at the minimum
Newlight GP I LLC	1	$87,900	+0.1%
Anbang Insurance Center	1	$72,218	at the minimum
Intellipro Group Inc	1	$126,173	at the minimum
SVIG Insurance Center	1	$72,218	at the minimum
Maxim Group LLC	1	$88,000	+0.2%
Driftwood Capital LLC	1	$87,975	+1.4%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 110. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Investment Analyst jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
New York, NY	62	$150,000	+16.0%
Chicago, IL	6	$102,000	+8.6%
Boston, MA	5	$139,000	+55.5%
San Francisco, CA	5	$180,100	+51.9%
Durham, NC	4	$110,000	+141.9%
Coral Gables, FL	3	$110,000	+71.1%
Irvine, CA	3	$140,000	+20.8%
Los Angeles, CA	3	$200,000	+52.5%
Newport Beach, CA	3	$180,000	+30.7%
Providence, RI	3	$130,000	+117.8%
St. Louis, MO	3	$69,500	+17.2%
Stamford, CT	3	$200,000	+3.4%
Arlington, VA	2	$170,000	+37.0%
Bethesda, MD	2	$130,035	+29.9%
Dallas, TX	2	$94,099	at the minimum
Greenwich, CT	2	$103,220	at the minimum
Miami, FL	2	$114,225	+0.4%
Newark, NJ	2	$100,000	+17.7%
Pheonix, AZ	2	$77,500	+18.7%
Radnor, PA	2	$81,037	at the minimum
San Marino, CA	2	$72,218	at the minimum
Wayne, NJ	2	$88,000	+0.2%
Arcadia, CA	1	$94,058	at the minimum
Atherton, CA	1	$183,000	+51.0%
Austin, TX	1	$150,000	+10.6%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry38%

Level II, qualified29%

Level III, experienced16%

Level IV, fully competent16%

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.