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CITADEL SECURITIES AMERICAS SERVICES LLC

MIAMI, FLFEIN 87-2324710NAICS 523940

Certified LCAs, FY2026
149

149 filed, through June 30, 2026

Median offered pay, FY2026
$200,000

Yearly, certified full-time LCAs

Entry-level share
86%

222 software, data, finance or quant LCAs at level I or II, FY2025 and FY2026

USCIS initial approvals, FY2023
2

Workers new to H-1B employment with this employer

LCAs by fiscal year

Every Labor Condition Application this employer filed, by the status DOL gave it.

050100150FY2023: 113 certified LCAsFY2024: 130 certified LCAsFY2025: 109 certified LCAsFY2026 (partial year): 149 certified LCAs149FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
* partial fiscal year (latest DOL release so far)
Fiscal yearFiledCertifiedWithdrawnDeniedCertified workersSource
FY202311311300113DOL LCA FY2023 Q1-Q4, 113 rows
FY202413013000130DOL LCA FY2024 Q1-Q4, 130 rows
FY202511010910109DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 110 rows
FY202614914900149DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 149 rows

FY2026 covers October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 (the latest DOL release). Withdrawn includes certified-then-withdrawn.

What is an LCA, and what do these statuses mean?

A Labor Condition Application is the form an employer files with the Department of Labor before an H-1B, H-1B1 or E-3 petition. It names the job, the worksite and the wage.

Certified means DOL accepted it. Withdrawn means the employer withdrew it. Denied means DOL rejected it. A certified LCA shows intent to hire into a role; it is not a visa and not a petition approval.

Offered pay

Yearly pay on certified, full-time LCAs with a valid wage. The bar spans the 25th to 75th percentile; the tick is the median.

Offered wage by role group, FY2025 and FY2026

Per fiscal year; percentiles are not combined across years. The prevailing wage is the wage DOL requires for the occupation, area and level on each LCA, annualized the same way.

Role groupYearCertified25th pctMedian75th pctPrevailing wage, medianSource
Software engineeringFY202647$103,210$175,000$220,000$103,210DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 47 rows
Software engineeringFY202528$178,750$212,500$250,000$123,656DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 28 rows
Data and analyticsFY20261$200,000$200,000$200,000$93,808DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 1 rows
Data and analyticsFY20251$125,000$125,000$125,000$109,491DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 1 rows
FinanceFY202614$250,000$275,000$275,000$66,144DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 14 rows
FinanceFY202514$201,250$237,500$275,000$115,731DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 14 rows
Quant and actuarialFY202683$68,869$190,000$250,000$68,869DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 83 rows
Quant and actuarialFY202560$200,000$250,000$280,000$65,582DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 59 rows
IT and systemsFY20252$200,000$200,000$200,000$88,400DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 2 rows
OtherFY20264$151,036$175,000$187,500$107,141DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 4 rows
OtherFY20254$229,673$260,615$281,250$242,882DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 4 rows

Wage level mix, FY2025 and FY2026

The prevailing wage level the employer chose on each certified LCA. Level I is the entry level.

Level I
30%77
Level II
59%152
Level III
2%6
Level IV
9%23
Not stated
0%0

Since the FY2027 cap season, the H-1B lottery gives a registration 1 entry at wage level I, 2 at II, 3 at III and 4 at IV (rule effective February 27, 2026). USCIS announcement. Levels shown are those on past LCAs.

How is pay calculated?

Filed uses the lower end of the pay range on each LCA (the figure the employer commits to) and turns it into a yearly amount: hourly x 2,080, weekly x 52, every two weeks x 26, monthly x 12.

Amounts under $15,000 or over $1,000,000 a year are almost always a unit typo (a salary entered as hourly), so they are left out of pay figures but still counted as LCAs.

Role groups, FY2025 and FY2026

Certified LCAs by occupation group (from the SOC code on each LCA).

  • Quant and actuarial14355%
  • Software engineering7529%
  • Finance2811%
  • Other83%
  • Data and analytics21%
  • IT and systems21%

Entry-level signal

222 entry-level LCAs, 86% of 258 certified, FY2025 to FY2026

entry-level LCAs = certified LCAs in Software engineering, Data and analytics, Finance, or Quant and actuarial at wage level I or II
share = entry-level LCAs / all certified LCAs, same fiscal years

USCIS initial approvals, same years: not loaded (USCIS years loaded: FY2023)

A count of past filings, not a probability of sponsorship.

Top job titles, FY2026

  1. 1QUANTITATIVE RESEARCHER54
  2. 2SOFTWARE ENGINEER30
  3. 3QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH ANALYST11
  4. 4QUANTITATIVE DEVELOPER7
  5. 5QUANTITATIVE TRADER6

Top worksite states, FY2026

  1. 1NY84
  2. 2FL61
  3. 3IL4

USCIS petition decisions

From the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, matched by name, state and the last four tax ID digits.

Fiscal yearInitial approvedof which new employmentInitial deniedContinuing approvedContinuing deniedSource
FY20232–0242USCIS Data Hub FY2023, 1 rows

Initial = New Employment + New Concurrent (a change of status from F-1 counts as New Employment). The FY2023 file reports initial and continuing only, so New Employment is shown as – for it.

Initial or continuing: what is the difference?

Initial approvals are workers new to H-1B employment with this employer, including a student moving from F-1 (OPT) status. Continuing covers extensions, amendments and workers changing to this employer from another H-1B employer.

USCIS counts workers, not forms, and reports the first decision on each petition.

Name variants seen

Every spelling this employer used on its filings.

  • CITADEL SECURITIES AMERICAS SERVICES LLC483 LCAs
  • Citadel Securities Americas Services LLC19 LCAs
  • CITADEL SECURITIES AMERICAS SERVICES LLC1 USCIS rows

LCAs are grouped by the employer’s federal tax ID (FEIN). A few one-off names under a large employer are usually another company’s FEIN typo. 259 LCAs in the last two fiscal years.