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McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States

NEW YORK, NYFEIN 13-3796161NAICS 54161

Certified LCAs, FY2026
453

455 filed, through June 30, 2026

Median offered pay, FY2026
$192,000

Yearly, certified full-time LCAs

Entry-level share
19%

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

USCIS initial approvals, FY2023
19

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: 638 certified LCAsFY2024: 653 certified LCAsFY2025: 633 certified LCAsFY2026 (partial year): 453 certified LCAs453FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
* partial fiscal year (latest DOL release so far)
Fiscal yearFiledCertifiedWithdrawnDeniedCertified workersSource
FY2023639638106,491DOL LCA FY2023 Q1-Q4, 639 rows
FY20246686531326,912DOL LCA FY2024 Q1-Q4, 668 rows
FY2025636633306,275DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 636 rows
FY2026455453206,230DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 455 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 Withdrawn includes certified-then-withdrawn.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 Withdrawn means the employer withdrew it.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 engineeringFY202630$163,650$180,000$198,750$131,997DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 30 rows
Software engineeringFY2025100$152,500$175,500$197,250$127,504DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 100 rows
Data and analyticsFY202676$140,000$179,700$203,647$109,491DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 76 rows
Data and analyticsFY2025101$145,000$175,500$200,000$110,822DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 101 rows
FinanceFY20267$118,250$135,000$141,000$76,107DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 7 rows
FinanceFY20254$100,000$100,000$123,000$72,176DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 4 rows
Quant and actuarialFY20269$121,700$135,000$140,000$89,190DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 9 rows
Quant and actuarialFY202524$115,225$141,700$193,800$88,462DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 24 rows
IT and systemsFY20266$196,225$203,050$206,800$127,202DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 6 rows
IT and systemsFY202516$166,450$186,100$205,250$122,470DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 15 rows
OtherFY2026325$112,000$192,000$200,000$101,816DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 325 rows
OtherFY2025388$112,000$192,000$220,000$103,709DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 387 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
20%214
Level II
38%410
Level III
28%309
Level IV
14%153
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).

  • Other71366%
  • Data and analytics17716%
  • Software engineering13012%
  • Quant and actuarial333%
  • IT and systems222%
  • Finance111%

Entry-level signal

201 entry-level LCAs, 19% of 1,086 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. 1ASSOCIATE (MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT)73
  2. 2ENGAGEMENT MANAGER (MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT)61
  3. 3SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST (MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT)52
  4. 4ASSOCIATE PARTNER (MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT)30
  5. 5BUSINESS ANALYST (MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT)26

Top worksite states, FY2026

  1. 1NY83
  2. 2TX53
  3. 3MA47
  4. 4IL42
  5. 5CA41

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
FY202319–31141USCIS 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.

  • McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States1,887 LCAs
  • MCKINSEY & COMPANY, INC. UNITED STATES471 LCAs
  • McKinsey & Company, Inc United States23 LCAs
  • McKinsey & Company, Inc., United States14 LCAs
  • MCKINSEY COMPANY INC UNITED STATES2 USCIS rows
  • McKinsey and Company, Inc. United States2 LCAs
  • McKinsey & Company, Inc. UnitedStates1 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. 1,091 LCAs in the last two fiscal years.