Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
SOC Code: 13-1161.00
The DOL disclosure extract lists 17,981 H-1B LCA filings for Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists from 7,534 employer filers, with a 95.7% DOL certification rate and an average listed offered wage of $98,903. The highest-volume worksite state is CA with 4,825 filings. The highest-volume filer is Amazon.com Services LLC. These filings are not USCIS petition approvals or visa outcomes.
LCA filing profile: Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 13-1161.00, the extract lists 17,981 Labor Condition Application filings from 7,534 distinct employer filers. The DOL certified 95.7% of those filings, a DOL record status for the wage and working-condition attestations. Filing volume does not establish that a role qualifies for H-1B, that a USCIS petition was filed or approved, or that anyone was hired.
Where this occupation sits in the corpus. By disclosed LCA volume, Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists ranks #20 of 1,219 occupational codes in the current PlainVisa dataset, placing it in the top 3% by filings. This is a corpus-relative rank computed from the same FY2023–FY2026 DOL disclosure snapshot as this profile, not a measure of job quality, worker demand, or visa approval odds.
Where LCA filings are recorded for Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists. The highest-volume employer filer is Amazon.com Services LLC with 732 filings at an average listed offered wage of $120,034, followed by Microsoft Corporation, Google LLC, ByteDance Inc.. Geographically, CA leads with 4,825 filings (average listed wage $107,268), followed by NY, TX, WA. These distributions describe DOL filing records only; they do not measure labor-market demand, confirmed sponsorship, hiring, or visa outcomes.
Top Employers for Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
Employer filers with the most listed LCAs for this occupation
| Employer | LCA filings | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 732 | $120,034 |
| Microsoft Corporation | 589 | $168,710 |
| Google LLC | 541 | $162,120 |
| ByteDance Inc. | 125 | $163,025 |
| Amazon Web Services, Inc. | 120 | $128,063 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 117 | $184,428 |
| Adobe Inc. | 114 | $155,431 |
| Apple Inc. | 108 | $153,696 |
| TikTok Inc. | 107 | $149,513 |
| TT Commerce & Global Services LLC | 99 | $153,918 |
| Amazon Advertising LLC | 77 | $118,990 |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 76 | $197,298 |
| GroupM Worldwide LLC | 71 | $119,972 |
| Simon-Kucher & Partners Strategy & Marketing Consultants LLC | 67 | $145,612 |
| LinkedIn Corporation | 64 | $133,735 |
| Dell USA L.P. | 63 | $159,963 |
| Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA), Inc. | 52 | $64,772 |
| HP Inc. | 51 | $93,519 |
| Dell Marketing L.P. | 50 | $153,537 |
| Dell Products L.P. | 49 | $172,653 |
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