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Economists salaries in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data
Employers filed 109 certified H-1B applications for economists in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 43 employers.
The middle half of offers were $120,000 to $190,000 a year, with a median of $154,000: 1% above the national median for this job ($152,000).
The most common wage level was Level I (33% of filings).
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Wage levels
DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 33% | — |
| Level II (qualified) | 31% | — |
| Level III (experienced) | 23% | — |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 13% | — |
We don't carry prevailing wages for this occupation yet; the DOL wage search has them.
Who sponsors economists here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 14 | $162,000 | — |
| Econic Partners US LLC | 8 | $125,000 | — |
| Edgeworth Economics, LLC | 7 | $130,000 | 1 |
| Compass Lexecon LLC | 7 | $205,000 | 14 |
| CRA International, Inc. | 6 | $151,500 | 9 |
| Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System | 6 | $170,000 | 11 |
| Cornerstone Research, Inc. | 5 | $240,000 | 52 |
| World Resources Institute | 3 | $123,000 | — |
| Analysis Group, Inc. | 3 | $180,000 | 42 |
| Cato Institute | 3 | $149,000 | — |
| Bates White, Llc | 3 | $230,000 | 14 |
| Berkeley Research Group, LLC | 3 | $230,500 | — |
| National Economic Research Associates, Inc. | 3 | $230,000 | 4 |
| Indeed, Inc. | 3 | $129,500 | — |
| The Urban Institute | 2 | $128,000 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Associate, Economist, Economist Ii, Economist I, Research Associate, Analyst, Senior Analyst, Economist Iii.
About this data
Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.