127 certified Labor Condition Applications on file with the U.S. Department of Labor, FY2021–FY2026.
Since September 2025, DOL's Project Firewall opens H-1B investigations without waiting for a complaint. These checkpoints come from MarketAxess Corporation's own public LCA filings (FY2024–FY2026) — the same records an investigator pulls first.
Each worksite needs its own 10-business-day LCA notice and a PAF record of that posting; a move to a new area of intended employment needs a new LCA before the worker starts there.
Level I is the entry-level prevailing-wage tier and the band DOL's Project Firewall reviews first for misclassification (senior duties filed at an entry-level wage). The national share is 17%.
Next end date: 2026-10-15. Employing an H-1B worker past the LCA end date without a new certified LCA is a strict-liability violation — the replacement LCA must be certified before the I-129 extension is filed.
Median offered wage is 30% above the DOL prevailing wage across 57 recent certified LCAs. Paying at the floor is lawful, but it invites the question of whether the wage level itself is right.
No additional recruitment or non-displacement attestations apply.
Public DOL disclosure data can lag actual filings by a quarter. Descriptive only — not legal advice.
Yes — MarketAxess Corporation is an active H-1B sponsor, with 127 certified LCAs on file (FY2021–FY2026), including 18 in FY2026. The median certified salary is $152,400 (P25 $125,000, P75 $188,212). 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
MarketAxess Corporation H-1B sponsorship at a glance, from public U.S. DOL LCA disclosure data (FY2021–FY2026).
Certified LCAs are a prerequisite to H-1B petitions, not visa approvals; one LCA can cover multiple workers. Descriptive only — not legal advice.
The shaded band is the middle half of certified salaries (P25–P75); the bar spans the lowest to highest certified salary.
Levels I–IV are DOL prevailing-wage experience tiers; 53% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| FY2022 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| FY2023 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| FY2024 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| FY2025 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| FY2026 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
Case dispositions from the U.S. DOL OFLC disclosure files. Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.
| Job title | Salary | Level | Location | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Manager, Information Security and Technology Risk I-200-26169-029070 | $180,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Jun 18, 2026 | Certified |
Site Reliability Engineer I-200-26169-029049 | $478,400,000/yr$230,000/hr as filed | IV | Marlboro, NJ | Jun 18, 2026 | Certified |
Software Engineer I-200-26152-967278 | $135,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Jun 01, 2026 | Certified |
Software Engineer I-200-26118-845575 | $135,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Apr 28, 2026 | Certified |
Senior Trade Desk Manager, Pragma I-200-26103-788359 | $260,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Apr 13, 2026 | Certified |
Software Engineer I-200-26103-787268 | $135,000/yr | II | North Bergen, NJ | Apr 13, 2026 | Certified, withdrawn |
Software Engineer I-200-26099-777330 | $142,500/yr | II | New York, NY | Apr 09, 2026 | Certified |
Software Engineer I-200-26098-770991 | $142,500/yr | II | New York, NY | Apr 08, 2026 | Certified |
Associate Software Engineer I-200-26098-770795 | $135,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Apr 08, 2026 | Certified |
Software Engineer Manager I-200-26097-767317 | $280,000/yr | IV | Princeton Junction, NJ | Apr 07, 2026 | Certified |
Software Engineer I-200-26091-748116 | $152,500/yr | II | New York, NY | Apr 01, 2026 | Certified |
Software Engineer I-200-26091-748099 | $150,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Apr 01, 2026 | Certified |
Sr. DevOps Engineer I-200-26083-726572 | $191,100/yr | IV | Brooklyn, NY | Mar 24, 2026 | Certified |
Senior Software Engineer I-200-26075-706389 | $198,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Mar 16, 2026 | Certified |
Chief Technology Officer I-203-26057-666641 | $375,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Feb 26, 2026 | Certified |
Senior Software Engineer I-200-26026-591496 | $211,250/yr | IV | New York, NY | Jan 26, 2026 | Certified |
Chief Audit Executive I-200-25356-503938 | $245,000/yr | IV | Issaquah, WA | Dec 22, 2025 | Certified |
QA Manager I-200-25330-439828 | $200,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Nov 26, 2025 | Certified |
Senior Database Engineer I-200-25314-394100 | $203,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Nov 10, 2025 | Certified |
Test Engineer, Pragma I-200-25219-228443 | $150,000/yr | III | New York, NY | Aug 07, 2025 | Certified |
Senior DevOps Engineer I-200-25181-142473 | $225,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Jun 30, 2025 | Certified |
Senior Software Engineer I-200-25161-073774 | $200,000/yr | III | New York, NY | Jun 10, 2025 | Certified |
Senior Software Engineer I-200-25156-059514 | $200,000/yr | III | New York, NY | Jun 05, 2025 | Certified |
Senior Associate - Operations Reporting I-200-25129-956677 | $167,500/yr | III | New York, NY | May 08, 2025 | Certified |
Product Associate I-200-25105-868198 | $132,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Apr 15, 2025 | Certified |
Associate Software Engineer I-200-25104-861296 | $133,500/yr | I | New York, NY | Apr 14, 2025 | Certified |
Sr. Quant Researcher I-200-25104-861289 | $185,000/yr | III | New York, NY | Apr 14, 2025 | Certified |
Senior Quantitative Researcher I-200-25104-861321 | $175,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Apr 14, 2025 | Certified |
Finance Systems Associate I-200-25099-848684 | $95,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Apr 09, 2025 | Certified |
Associate, Quant Research I-200-25099-848571 | $125,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Apr 09, 2025 | Certified |
Quant Researcher I-200-25099-848539 | $150,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Apr 09, 2025 | Certified |
Associate Software Engineer I-200-25097-839631 | $124,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Apr 07, 2025 | Certified |
Software Engineer I-200-25097-839602 | $127,500/yr | II | New York, NY | Apr 07, 2025 | Certified |
Software Engineer Manager I-200-25022-635089 | $268,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Jan 22, 2025 | Certified |
Senior Software Engineer I-200-25016-623381 | $276,246/yr | IV | New York, NY | Jan 16, 2025 | Certified |
Senior Software Engineer I-200-25013-615429 | $232,000/yr | IV | Huntersville, NC | Jan 13, 2025 | Certified |
Software Engineer I-200-24276-381403 | $175,000/yr | III | New York, NY | Oct 02, 2024 | Certified |
Senior Software Engineer I-200-24256-332146 | $200,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Sep 12, 2024 | Certified |
Senior Software Engineer I-200-24254-327790 | $155,000/yr | III | New York, NY | Sep 10, 2024 | Certified |
Associate Software Engineer I-200-24239-293920 | $124,000/yr | I | Boston, MA | Aug 26, 2024 | Certified |
Associate Software Engineer I-200-24232-276473 | $119,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Aug 19, 2024 | Certified |
Human Resources Business Partner I-203-24138-010300 | $140,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | May 17, 2024 | Certified |
Product Associate - Core Trading I-200-24124-954612 | $140,000/yr | II | New York, NY | May 03, 2024 | Certified |
Lead Software Engineer I-200-24123-949740 | $225,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | May 02, 2024 | Certified |
Product Associate - Core Trading I-200-24113-912921 | $140,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Apr 22, 2024 | Certified |
Quant Researcher I-200-24103-881538 | $147,500/yr | II | New York, NY | Apr 12, 2024 | Certified |
Software Engineer I-200-24103-881523 | $127,500/yr | II | New York, NY | Apr 12, 2024 | Certified |
Principal Software Engineer – Product Architecture I-200-24102-879525 | $245,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Apr 11, 2024 | Certified |
Software Engineer Analyst I-200-24102-878809 | $112,500/yr | I | New York, NY | Apr 11, 2024 | Certified |
Associate Software Engineer I-200-24100-867925 | $124,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Apr 09, 2024 | Certified |
Associate Software Engineer I-200-24100-869437 | $125,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Apr 09, 2024 | Certified |
Associate Software Engineer I-200-24100-867890 | $125,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Apr 09, 2024 | Certified |
Software Engineer I-200-24100-869507 | $127,500/yr | II | New York, NY | Apr 09, 2024 | Certified |
Software Engineer I-200-24100-868009 | $127,500/yr | II | New York, NY | Apr 09, 2024 | Certified |
Associate Software Engineer I-200-24099-864286 | $129,500/yr | I | New York, NY | Apr 08, 2024 | Certified |
Senior DevOps Engineer I-200-24080-816136 | $205,000/yr | III | New York, NY | Mar 20, 2024 | Certified |
Chief Audit Executive I-200-24047-727026 | $245,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Feb 16, 2024 | Certified |
Product Manager -Muni Bonds I-200-24036-695207 | $160,000/yr | III | New York, NY | Feb 05, 2024 | Certified |
Senior Software Engineer I-200-24004-616377 | $195,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Jan 04, 2024 | Certified |
Senior Test Engineer I-200-23241-303942 | $155,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Aug 29, 2023 | Certified |
Software Engineer I-200-23221-250242 | $152,300/yr | II | New York, NY | Aug 09, 2023 | Certified |
Test Engineer I-200-23220-247669 | $99,985/yr$48/hr as filed | I | New York, NY | Aug 08, 2023 | Certified |
Associate Software Engineer I-200-23216-239643 | $125,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Aug 04, 2023 | Certified |
Senior Software Engineer I-200-23102-925041 | $210,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Apr 12, 2023 | Certified |
Associate Software Engineer I-200-23102-925007 | $120,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Apr 12, 2023 | Certified |
Senior Software Engineer I-200-23096-909395 | $200,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Apr 06, 2023 | Certified |
Research Analyst I-200-23095-905677 | $135,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Apr 05, 2023 | Certified |
Associate Software Engineer I-200-23095-905613 | $125,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Apr 05, 2023 | Certified |
Audit Manager, Technology I-200-23090-892394 | $157,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Mar 31, 2023 | Certified |
DevOps Engineer I-200-23079-861252 | $155,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Mar 20, 2023 | Certified |
Senior Software Engineer I-200-23076-858155 | $180,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Mar 17, 2023 | Certified |
Senior Software Engineer I-200-23038-754273 | $200,000/yr | III | New York, NY | Feb 06, 2023 | Certified |
DevOps Engineer I-200-23034-747613 | $150,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Feb 02, 2023 | Certified |
Senior DevOps Engineer I-200-22348-638959 | $186,000/yr | IV | Henrico, VA | Dec 13, 2022 | Certified |
QA Manager I-200-22335-613628 | $150,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Nov 30, 2022 | Certified |
Database Administrator I-200-22308-570813 | $184,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Nov 04, 2022 | Certified |
Software Engineer I-200-22286-528366 | $155,000/yr | III | New York, NY | Oct 13, 2022 | Certified |
Sr. DevOps Engineer I-200-22216-397365 | $170,000/yr | III | Allen, TX | Aug 04, 2022 | Certified |
Senior Associate, Operations Reporting I-200-22181-326553 | $145,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Jun 30, 2022 | Certified |
Senior Software Engineer I-200-22179-317869 | $200,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Jun 28, 2022 | Certified |
Senior Cloud Engineer I-200-22159-258781 | $187,250/yr | IV | New York, NY | Jun 08, 2022 | Certified |
Associate Recruiter I-203-22139-191295 | $100,000/yr | III | New York, NY | May 19, 2022 | Certified |
Senior Software Engineer I-200-22139-191027 | $240,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | May 19, 2022 | Certified |
Senior Software Engineer I-200-22137-177798 | $220,000/yr | IV | Huntersville, NC | May 16, 2022 | Certified |
Senior Software Engineer I-200-22128-148128 | $200,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | May 08, 2022 | Certified |
Software Engineer I-200-22096-043193 | $130,000/yr | III | New York, NY | Apr 06, 2022 | Certified |
Sr. DevOps Engineer I-200-22073-976128 | $186,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Mar 14, 2022 | Certified |
Research Analyst I-200-22059-936106 | $120,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Feb 28, 2022 | Certified |
Research Analyst I-200-22056-933130 | $120,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Feb 25, 2022 | Certified |
Research Analyst I-200-22053-922091 | $150,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Feb 22, 2022 | Certified |
Software Engineer I-200-22047-908253 | $115,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Feb 16, 2022 | Certified |
Associate Software Engineer I-200-22020-842439 | $105,250/yr | I | New York, NY | Jan 20, 2022 | Certified |
Solutions Architect I-200-22003-804485 | $150,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Jan 03, 2022 | Certified |
Solutions Architect I-200-21340-746512 | $165,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Dec 06, 2021 | Certified |
Solutions Architect I-200-21333-730447 | $165,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Nov 29, 2021 | Certified |
Senior Software Engineer I-200-21315-700507 | $180,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Nov 11, 2021 | Certified |
Core Java Developer I-200-21194-459946 | $165,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Jul 13, 2021 | Certified |
Core Java Developer (Senior) I-200-21176-427080 | $195,000/yr | IV | Morrisville, NC | Jun 25, 2021 | Certified |
Application Developer I-200-21131-304875 | $130,000/yr | I | New York, NY | May 11, 2021 | Certified |
Solutions Architect I-200-21099-213913 | $185,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Apr 09, 2021 | Certified |
Cloud Engineer I-200-21085-178261 | $130,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Mar 26, 2021 | Certified |
Developer Analyst I-200-21061-112808 | $105,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Mar 02, 2021 | Certified |
Head of Internal Audit I-200-21056-100463 | $193,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Feb 24, 2021 | Certified |
Research Analyst I-200-21052-090913 | $105,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Feb 21, 2021 | Certified |
Core Java Developer (mid) I-200-21047-078262 | $110,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Feb 15, 2021 | Certified |
Junior Developer I-200-21039-061901 | $100,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Feb 08, 2021 | Certified |
Product Owner I-200-21039-062071 | $120,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Feb 08, 2021 | Certified |
Research Analyst I-200-21039-061740 | $110,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Feb 08, 2021 | Certified |
Core Java Developer I-200-20357-975394 | $165,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Dec 22, 2020 | Certified |
Recruiting and Learning Associate I-203-20296-885352 | $80,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Oct 22, 2020 | Certified |
Senior Dev Ops I-200-20274-851740 | $175,000/yr | IV | Concord, NC | Sep 30, 2020 | Certified |
One row per LCA case (its latest version), from U.S. DOL OFLC disclosure data. Salaries are the offered wage, converted to a yearly figure. Certified LCAs are not visa approvals.
Worker positions by LCA filing purpose, summed across FY2021–FY2026 disclosure records.
Most active filing months: Apr and Feb — useful for timing transfer conversations.
Attestations from the employer's own LCA filings (Form ETA-9035), as disclosed by the U.S. DOL.
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