Pay Gap Report · July 16, 2026
Where employers are paying below market
Each row below is an occupation where the median certified offered wage from real U.S. Department of Labor LCA filings runs meaningfully below the BLS Occupational Employment Statistics median for the same role and state. The bigger the gap, the more space there is to negotiate up.
| Occupation | State | DOL median | BLS median | Gap | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radiologists | PA | $94,558 | $455,380 | -79.2% | 23 |
| Physicians, All Other | NH | $80,746 | $361,300 | -77.7% | 35 |
| Physicians, All Other | MN | $92,376 | $367,320 | -74.9% | 68 |
| Physicists | TX | $65,100 | $184,040 | -64.6% | 31 |
| Pediatricians, General | MO | $83,720 | $223,910 | -62.6% | 18 |
| Physicists | FL | $87,735 | $225,390 | -61.1% | 8 |
| Physicists | OH | $67,475 | $162,900 | -58.6% | 9 |
| Physicists | OK | $87,362 | $200,050 | -56.3% | 5 |
| Physicists | WI | $76,377 | $173,120 | -55.9% | 11 |
| Physicians, All Other | MA | $106,767 | $236,580 | -54.9% | 201 |
| Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | GA | $280,800 | $618,090 | -54.6% | 16 |
| Physicists | NC | $84,000 | $174,180 | -51.8% | 11 |
| Physicists | GA | $70,803 | $144,870 | -51.1% | 5 |
| Physicists | MD | $85,505 | $174,390 | -51% | 22 |
| Physicists | MO | $70,000 | $140,460 | -50.2% | 7 |
| Industrial Production Managers | MS | $59,925 | $118,660 | -49.5% | 6 |
| Pediatricians, General | MN | $117,811 | $226,660 | -48% | 7 |
| Physicists | AZ | $68,808 | $130,500 | -47.3% | 8 |
| General Internal Medicine Physicians | RI | $206,600 | $379,490 | -45.6% | 6 |
| Physicists | CA | $113,341 | $207,490 | -45.4% | 110 |
| Pediatricians, General | PA | $124,658 | $226,440 | -44.9% | 16 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | MO | $70,750 | $127,820 | -44.6% | 8 |
| Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | MI | $243,360 | $428,570 | -43.2% | 5 |
| Physicists | PA | $120,059 | $210,990 | -43.1% | 26 |
| Personal Financial Advisors | CA | $74,760 | $130,330 | -42.6% | 8 |
| Physicists | IN | $60,808 | $105,940 | -42.6% | 10 |
| Materials Engineers | NM | $95,701 | $165,600 | -42.2% | 40 |
| Medical Scientists | OR | $64,356 | $111,030 | -42% | 9 |
| Lawyers | PA | $94,000 | $157,180 | -40.2% | 11 |
| Physicists | NY | $110,000 | $181,970 | -39.6% | 188 |
How to read this
The DOL median is the middle of all certified H-1B Labor Condition Application offered wages filed in the past 12 months for that occupation × state. The BLS median is the May 2024 Occupational Employment Statistics figure for the same cell. When DOL runs below BLS, employers are routinely offering closer to the regulatory floor than the broader job market median.
Cells need at least five recent filings to appear. Information, not advice.