H-1B sponsorship profile: Merrill Lynch. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, Merrill Lynch filed 209 Labor Condition Applications covering 209 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2026. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 99.5% (208 certified of 209 filed), a useful proxy for how cleanly their prevailing-wage attestations pass the Labor Department’s preliminary review before USCIS adjudication.

Compensation spread. Offered wages on Merrill Lynch’s H-1B petitions range from $70,000 at the low end to $400,000 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $149,719. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Vice President; Feature Lead - Technology (31 petitions at $146,625 avg), followed by Vice President; Software Engineer III and Vice President; Software Engineer II. H-1B salaries reported on LCAs must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage for the role and worksite, so the spread also tracks wage-level geography and seniority.

Geographic footprint. Merrill Lynch is headquartered in CHARLOTTE, NC under NAICS code 523110, and places H-1B workers across 10 states, most heavily in NJ, NY, TX. Combined, these signals give a granular view of how one employer uses the H-1B program, volume, approval cleanliness, wage posture, and where the jobs actually sit on the map.

Where Merrill Lynch ranks. By H-1B petition volume, Merrill Lynch is #988 of 119,880 employers nationally and #22 of 2,377 employers headquartered in NC. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.