H1B Report
H-1B salary guideSOC 13-2051Rank #8Updated Jun 2026

Financial and Investment Analysts

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Financial and Investment Analysts (SOC 13-2051). Based on 163,725 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$130,000
P50 · FY2026
P25 wage
$100,000
lower quartile · FY2026
P75 wage
$179,088
upper quartile · FY2026
Filings
3,266
Rank #8 · FY2026

Wage by DOL prevailing-wage level

P25 / P50 / P75 of offered annual wage at each PW_WAGE_LEVEL. Level I = entry, Level IV = expert — the I-to-IV gap is the career runway.

LevelNP25MedianP75
Level I18,413$69,000$82,500$98,000
Level II20,426$80,318$100,000$125,000
Level III8,201$112,500$140,000$175,000
Level IV7,578$140,000$175,000$228,800
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75): 4 levels
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75)
LevelP25MedianP75
Level I$69,000$82,500$98,000
Level II$80,318$100,000$125,000
Level III$112,500$140,000$175,000
Level IV$140,000$175,000$228,800

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.

#StateFilingsMedian
1NY53,223$100,000
2CA22,601$92,019
3TX10,473$79,498
4IL7,294$75,982
5NJ6,678$85,900
6MA5,910$84,000
7FL5,540$69,410
8GA4,505$74,734
9PA3,058$73,000
10CT2,720$100,000

Top sponsoring employers

Who actually files most for this role.

Median wage by fiscal year

How the typical offered wage for this SOC has drifted across fiscal years.

Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$75k
FY2011$71k
FY2012$67k
FY2013$75k
FY2014$72k
FY2015$75k
FY2016$76k
FY2017$79k
FY2018$84k
FY2019$90k
FY2020$85k
FY2021$93k
FY2022$100k
FY2023$107k
FY2024$113k
FY2025$116k
FY2026$130k
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