H1B Pay

Trader H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Financial Quantitative Analysts (SOC 13-2099.01).

Employers filed 111 wage applications for Trader jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 33 employers. The median offered wage was $200,000, 67.5% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Jane Street Group, LLC filed the most (10, median $300,000).

Filings
111
Positions covered
123
Employers
33
Median offered
$200,000
Median prevailing wage
$112,778
Filings since FY2020
546
Median offer change since FY2020
+33%
Trader, all employers111 filings, July 2025 to June 2026
$200,000Median wage employers told the government they would pay
$150,000 to $250,000Where the middle half of the filings fall
$112,778Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Trader jobs rose 33%, from $150,000 in fiscal 2020 to $200,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 71.8% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 114 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

$80k$120k$160k$200k$240k$280k$150k$150k$160k$150k$200k$175k$200k5920206720217620227520237220241142025832026*

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

Trader by fiscal year

Fiscal yearFilingsMedian offeredvs year beforeMedian prevailingvs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)83$200,000+14.3%$112,778+71.8%
2025114$175,000−12.5%$115,731+50.1%
202472$200,000+33.3%$106,413+85.4%
202375$150,000−6.3%$105,456+48.0%
202276$160,000+6.7%$105,602+55.5%
202167$150,000no change$102,024+37.8%
202059$150,000n/a$105,622+42.0%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

EmployerFilingsMedian offeredOffered range and prevailing wagevs prevailing
Jane Street Group, LLC10$300,000+101.8%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.10$225,000+32.1%
Optiver Services US LLC8$200,000+59.5%
Citadel Securities Americas Services LLC7$175,000+39.5%
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.7$300,000+207.4%
IMC Americas, Inc.7$250,000+156.5%
SG Americas Securities, LLC7$232,500+77.4%
Akuna Investment Operations LLC6$169,900+131.3%
Citibank, N.A.6$200,000+59.2%
Fttny LLC5$175,000+14.9%
MPG Operations LLC4$125,809at the minimum
Citigroup Energy Inc.4$200,000+134.7%
Akuna Capital, LLC3$140,000+79.6%
Capula Investment US LP3$151,000+33.0%
Alphadyne Asset Management LP2$212,500+20.6%
Centiva Capital, LP2$225,000+82.2%
Bunge North America, Inc.2$100,000+82.7%
PEAK6 Capital Management LLC2$117,569+9.4%
Maven Securities US Limited2$127,500+98.5%
Denali Advisors, LLC1$75,000+2.0%
Millennium Advisors, LLC1$200,000+51.9%
Jump Operations, LLC1$300,000+56.3%
BTG Pactual US Capital LLC1$105,600+37.1%
Erudite Trading LLC1$140,000+81.7%
Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank1$160,000+18.4%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 33. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Trader jobs are filed

WorksiteFilingsMedian offeredOffered range and prevailing wagevs prevailing
New York, NY69$200,000+55.2%
Chicago, IL28$175,000+100.9%
Houston, TX5$150,000+131.6%
Chesterfield, MO2$100,000+82.7%
El Segundo, CA2$225,000+82.2%
Miami, FL2$122,800+59.4%
Charlotte, NC1$200,000+51.9%
Newport Beach, CA1$135,000+63.4%
San Diego, CA1$75,000+2.0%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry19%
Level II, qualified42%
Level III, experienced19%
Level IV, fully competent20%

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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