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GOLDMAN SACHS SERVICES LLC

NEW YORK, NYFEIN 13-3937419NAICS 523150

Certified LCAs, FY2026
574

578 filed, through June 30, 2026

Median offered pay, FY2026
$139,000

Yearly, certified full-time LCAs

Entry-level share
35%

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

USCIS initial approvals, FY2023
6

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.

0200400600800FY2023: 664 certified LCAsFY2024: 542 certified LCAsFY2025: 644 certified LCAsFY2026 (partial year): 574 certified LCAs574FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
* partial fiscal year (latest DOL release so far)
Fiscal yearFiledCertifiedWithdrawnDeniedCertified workersSource
FY202366666411664DOL LCA FY2023 Q1-Q4, 666 rows
FY2024544542112,621DOL LCA FY2024 Q1-Q4, 544 rows
FY2025645644019,548DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 645 rows
FY20265785742214,335DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 578 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 Withdrawn includes certified-then-withdrawn.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 Withdrawn means the employer withdrew it.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 engineeringFY2026315$122,500$147,000$178,000$131,997DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 313 rows
Software engineeringFY2025383$121,000$145,000$176,000$123,656DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 382 rows
Data and analyticsFY202632$96,500$109,750$120,950$101,333DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 32 rows
Data and analyticsFY202544$94,375$114,250$139,625$92,040DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 44 rows
FinanceFY202656$70,000$84,500$113,000$78,427DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 56 rows
FinanceFY202549$69,000$82,500$120,200$73,618DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 49 rows
Quant and actuarialFY202615$70,000$86,000$102,050$85,675DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 15 rows
Quant and actuarialFY20254$67,500$94,300$121,100$85,031DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 4 rows
IT and systemsFY202660$104,750$130,000$171,500$118,456DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 59 rows
IT and systemsFY202555$104,850$130,000$151,000$104,042DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 55 rows
OtherFY202696$89,625$132,000$187,250$103,709DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 96 rows
OtherFY2025109$89,700$129,000$186,000$103,397DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 109 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%131
Level II
38%461
Level III
30%364
Level IV
13%158
Not stated
9%104

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).

  • Software engineering69857%
  • Other20517%
  • IT and systems1159%
  • Finance1059%
  • Data and analytics766%
  • Quant and actuarial192%

Entry-level signal

426 entry-level LCAs, 35% of 1,218 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. 1VICE PRESIDENT, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING161
  2. 2ASSOCIATE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING120
  3. 3VICE PRESIDENT40
  4. 4ASSOCIATE38
  5. 5ANALYST37

Top worksite states, FY2026

  1. 1TX264
  2. 2NY154
  3. 3UT129
  4. 4NJ24
  5. 5IL3

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
FY20236–0993USCIS Data Hub FY2023, 2 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.

  • GOLDMAN SACHS SERVICES LLC2,428 LCAs
  • Goldman Sachs Services LLC5 LCAs
  • GOLDMAN SACHS SERVICES LLC2 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. 1,223 LCAs in the last two fiscal years.