Salaries / Financial and Investment Analysts / Seattle
Financial and Investment Analysts salaries in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 317 certified H-1B applications for financial and investment analysts in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 59 employers.
The middle half of offers were $100,000 to $137,000 a year, with a median of $117,500: 20% below the national median for this job ($146,500).
The most common wage level was Level IV (37% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $84,926 at Level I and $106,579 at Level II.
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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) | 11% | $84,926 |
| Level II (qualified) | 33% | $106,579 |
| Level III (experienced) | 19% | $128,253 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 37% | $149,906 |
Who sponsors financial and investment analysts here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 228 | $116,000 | 4 |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 11 | $235,000 | 29 |
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | 5 | $107,000 | 18 |
| Russell Investments Group LLC | 5 | $99,000 | 2 |
| Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC | 3 | $70,000 | — |
| Google LLC | 2 | $187,500 | — |
| Aurora Wealth LLC | 2 | $87,500 | — |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 2 | $133,000 | — |
| Adobe Inc. | 2 | $140,500 | 14 |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. Llc | 2 | $131,000 | 86 |
| Kpmg Llp | 2 | $154,000 | 16 |
| Booking.com (USA) Inc. | 2 | $165,000 | — |
| Amazon Web Services, Inc. | 2 | $116,000 | — |
| Cocoyoo Agency Inc. | 2 | $80,500 | — |
| DSC Capital LLC | 2 | $108,500 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Financial Analyst, Associate, Analyst, Vice President, Financial Analyst Iii, Financial Analyst Ii, Senior Associate, Senior Financial Analyst.
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.