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Financial Quantitative Analysts

SOC 13-2099. Offered wages, prevailing wage levels and sponsoring employers on H-1B labor condition applications, with PERM counts.

Employers filed 7,530 labor condition applications for Financial Quantitative Analysts (SOC 13-2099) in fiscal years 2025–2026, 7,393 of them certified.

The median offered wage is $136,129 a year (quartiles $100,547–$175,000), close to the $122,221 median across all occupations; the median prevailing wage cited is $100,506. Level II is the most common prevailing wage level (40% of filings).

PERM applications for the occupation number 1,916 with a median offered wage of $145,000.

7,530labor condition applicationsFY2025–2026

$136,129median offered wageall occupations $122,221

$100,506median prevailing wage

98%certified

H-1B labor condition applications

Employer-specific case information was provided to OFLC by employers who submitted foreign labor certification applications. These are not employer responses to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' survey. Wage levels I–IV are as stated on the application. Data through 30 Jun 2026.

Applications by fiscal year

4,079

3,451

FY2025FY2026 (to date)

Applications by fiscal year of decision; FY2025: 4,020 certified · FY2026: 3,373 certified. The latest fiscal year is partial.

Prevailing wage levels

Level I 19%Level II 40%Level III 20%Level IV 19%Not stated 2%

Measure	SOC 13-2099	All occupations
Median offered wage	$136,129	$122,221
25th–75th percentile	$100,547–$175,000	—
Share at Level I or II	59%	56%
Share certified	98%	98%

Wages annualised from the rate and unit on the application; medians use up to 4,000 sampled applications per occupation (4,000 here).

Offered wages by employer

Employer	City	Applications	Mean offered wage
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC	New York	497	$134,362
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Chicago	350	$173,780
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	Princeton	195	$131,453
Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc.	New York	183	$176,075
Ernst & Young U.S. LLP	Secaucus	169	$150,941
Bank of America N.A.	Charlotte	125	$156,027
Squarepoint Services US LLC	New York	92	$185,453
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.	New York	86	$184,616
Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC	New York	82	$227,561
Barclays Capital Inc.	New York	82	$189,401
Bofa Securities, Inc.	Charlotte	79	$193,699
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	Phoenix	78	$133,166
Balyasny Asset Management, L.P.	Chicago	72	$194,830
State Street Bank and Trust Company	Boston	72	$118,157
Jump Operations, LLC	Chicago	61	$251,148
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.	Jersey City	59	$188,893
SG Americas Securities, LLC	New York	57	$210,502
IMC Americas, Inc.	Chicago	56	$227,080
UBS Business Solutions US LLC	Nashville	56	$118,441
Ubs Securities LLC	Nashville	54	$170,278
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	Sioux Falls	51	$143,888
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.	Stamford	47	$275,532
Moody's Analytics, Inc.	New York	45	$133,488
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.	New York	43	$156,360
Fifth Third Bank, National Association	Cincinnati	43	$103,955
Radix Trading, LLC	Chicago	41	$180,488
Tower Research Capital LLC	New York	40	$148,725
AQR Capital Management, LLC	Greenwich	39	$172,533
The Bank of New York Mellon	Pittsburgh	39	$137,321
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments	Boston	37	$105,028
Barclays Services Corp.	New York	37	$167,088
Verition Group LLC	Greenwich	37	$160,282
Virtu Financial Operating LLC	New York	35	$142,650
Susquehanna International Group, LLP	Bala Cynwyd	35	$96,831
Truist Bank	Charlotte	34	$119,842
U.S. Bank National Association	Minneapolis	33	$101,719
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.	Pittsburgh	32	$140,902
Msci, Inc.	New York	31	$108,456
RBC Capital Markets LLC	Minneapolis	29	$175,704
Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc.	Atlanta	29	$94,558

The list names employers that have a page on this site (organisations above the size floor); the totals above count every record in the files.

All employers, A to Z

All employers for Financial Quantitative Analysts: 858 records. The A to Z list names every employer with a page that has this occupation among its most-filed H-1B occupations.

Worksite states

New York 3,376 · California 617 · Illinois 503 · Texas 482 · New Jersey 435 · Massachusetts 336 · Florida 237 · North Carolina 233 · Connecticut 188 · Georgia 157

PERM labor certification

PERM applications as disclosed by OFLC; FY2024 covers the new Form 9089 only. Status is as recorded at the data date. Data through 30 Jun 2026.

977

939

FY2024FY2025FY2026 (to date)

PERM applications by fiscal year; FY2024: 0 certified · FY2025: 911 certified · FY2026: 886 certified.

Median offered wage on PERM applications: $145,000.

Employer	City	PERM applications
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC	New York	165
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Chicago	76
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	Princeton	51
Bank of America N.A.	Charlotte	50
Citadel Americas Services LLC	Miami	44
Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc.	New York	37
Jump Operations, LLC	Chicago	32
Two Sigma Investments, LP	New York	30
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.	New York	29
MPG Operations LLC	New York	27
Citadel Securities Americas Services LLC	Miami	26
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	Sioux Falls	23
IMC Americas, Inc.	Chicago	23
Squarepoint Services US LLC	New York	22
Virtu Financial Operating LLC	New York	21

The list names employers that have a page on this site (organisations above the size floor); the totals above count every record in the files.

Questions and answers

What is the H-1B salary for Financial Quantitative Analysts?

The median offered wage on labor condition applications for SOC 13-2099 is $136,129 a year, with the middle half between $100,547 and $175,000; the median prevailing wage cited is $100,506.

Which employers file the most H-1B applications for Financial Quantitative Analysts?

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (497), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (350), BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. (195), Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc. (183), Ernst & Young U.S. LLP (169)

Which wage level is most common for Financial Quantitative Analysts?

Level II: Level I 19%, Level II 40%, Level III 20%, Level IV 19% of filings.

How many PERM applications name Financial Quantitative Analysts?

1,916 in fiscal years 2024–2026, median offered wage $145,000.

Source: OFLC LCA and PERM disclosure files, fiscal years 2025–2026, through 30 Jun 2026. Occupation pages are built for SOC codes with at least 50 applications. How H-1B wage levels work.