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Ernst & Young U.S. LLP

SECAUCUS, NJFEIN 34-6565596NAICS 541211

Certified LCAs, FY2026
5,158

5,494 filed, through June 30, 2026

Median offered pay, FY2026
$156,289

Yearly, certified full-time LCAs

Entry-level share
35%

5,124 software, data, finance or quant LCAs at level I or II, FY2025 and FY2026

USCIS initial approvals, FY2023
35

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.

05,00010,00015,000FY2023: 10,822 certified LCAsFY2024: 9,817 certified LCAsFY2025: 9,552 certified LCAsFY2026 (partial year): 5,158 certified LCAs5,158FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
* partial fiscal year (latest DOL release so far)
Fiscal yearFiledCertifiedWithdrawnDeniedCertified workersSource
FY202311,11610,822293110,822DOL LCA FY2023 Q1-Q4, 11,116 rows
FY202410,0479,817207239,817DOL LCA FY2024 Q1-Q4, 10,047 rows
FY202510,3599,55280619,552DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 10,359 rows
FY20265,4945,15833515,158DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 5,494 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 Withdrawn includes certified-then-withdrawn.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 Withdrawn means the employer withdrew it.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 engineeringFY2026679$150,140$170,000$202,864$131,997DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 679 rows
Software engineeringFY20251,349$142,000$164,600$200,001$126,589DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 1,349 rows
Data and analyticsFY202665$122,640$152,372$169,199$112,965DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 64 rows
Data and analyticsFY2025167$115,600$138,338$171,700$102,523DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 167 rows
FinanceFY20261,717$100,259$130,000$175,000$97,406DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 1,713 rows
FinanceFY20253,901$94,000$117,518$158,625$87,693DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 3,894 rows
Quant and actuarialFY2026177$142,545$180,234$235,000$100,506DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 177 rows
Quant and actuarialFY2025397$139,000$175,000$205,000$94,910DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 397 rows
IT and systemsFY2026412$107,400$150,047$198,899$120,286DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 412 rows
IT and systemsFY2025562$108,000$149,999$191,101$107,266DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 562 rows
EngineeringFY20264$118,264$118,264$118,264$99,736DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 4 rows
EngineeringFY202530$115,500$141,020$196,067$97,115DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 30 rows
OtherFY20262,104$125,655$172,638$215,617$105,186DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 2,104 rows
OtherFY20253,146$123,300$157,652$202,606$102,211DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 3,146 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
11%1,650
Level II
46%6,731
Level III
27%3,997
Level IV
15%2,135
Not stated
1%197

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).

  • Finance5,61838%
  • Other5,25036%
  • Software engineering2,02814%
  • IT and systems9747%
  • Quant and actuarial5744%
  • Data and analytics2322%
  • Engineering340%

Entry-level signal

5,124 entry-level LCAs, 35% of 14,710 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. 1FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT ANALYSTS - KBGFJG97500-1514
  2. 2FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT ANALYSTS - KBOEYTEST2315-2614
  3. 3MANAGEMENT ANALYSTS - KBGFJG97500-1813
  4. 4INFORMATION SECURITY ANALYSTS - KBGFJG52456-2112
  5. 5COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGERS - KBGFJG01966-3111

Top worksite states, FY2026

  1. 1TX834
  2. 2NY821
  3. 3CA713
  4. 4NJ433
  5. 5IL357

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
FY202335–21,14230USCIS Data Hub FY2023, 5 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.

  • Ernst & Young U.S. LLP37,015 LCAs
  • ERNST YOUNG US LLP5 USCIS rows
  • Ernst & Young US LLP1 LCAs

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. 15,853 LCAs in the last two fiscal years.