Economists
SOC Code: 19-3011.00
The DOL disclosure extract lists 2,963 H-1B LCA filings for Economists from 688 employer filers, with a 97.7% DOL certification rate and an average listed offered wage of $139,267. The highest-volume worksite state is NY with 578 filings. The highest-volume filer is Amazon.com Services LLC. These filings are not USCIS petition approvals or visa outcomes.
LCA filing profile: Economists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 19-3011.00, the extract lists 2,963 Labor Condition Application filings from 688 distinct employer filers. The DOL certified 97.7% 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, Economists ranks #83 of 1,219 occupational codes in the current PlainVisa dataset, placing it in the top 8% 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 Economists. The highest-volume employer filer is Amazon.com Services LLC with 298 filings at an average listed offered wage of $152,922, followed by Analysis Group, Inc., Cornerstone Research, Inc., National Economic Research Associates, INC.. Geographically, NY leads with 578 filings (average listed wage $158,615), followed by CA, DC, MA. These distributions describe DOL filing records only; they do not measure labor-market demand, confirmed sponsorship, hiring, or visa outcomes.
Top Employers for Economists
Employer filers with the most listed LCAs for this occupation
| Employer | LCA filings | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 298 | $152,922 |
| Analysis Group, Inc. | 188 | $142,014 |
| Cornerstone Research, Inc. | 125 | $177,599 |
| National Economic Research Associates, INC. | 125 | $125,681 |
| Federal Express Corporation | 101 | $104,818 |
| The Brattle Group | 97 | $138,582 |
| CRA International, Inc. | 80 | $145,391 |
| Compass Lexecon LLC | 56 | $207,152 |
| Goldman Sachs & CO. LLC | 38 | $178,526 |
| Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System | 35 | $175,714 |
| Econic Partners US LLC | 34 | $169,000 |
| FedEx Corporate Services, Inc. | 34 | $103,292 |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | 33 | $65,565 |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 29 | $138,791 |
| Bates White LLC | 27 | $225,843 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | 22 | $87,432 |
| Federal Reserve Bank of New York | 20 | $228,060 |
| Edgeworth Economics, LLC | 19 | $102,362 |
| The University of Chicago | 17 | $104,304 |
| Harvard University | 16 | $95,726 |
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