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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.

2,963
LCA filings
688
Employers
$139,267
Avg. Salary
97.7%
Certified

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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