Market research analysts study market conditions to assess the potential sales of products and services. Based on 18,347 certified H-1B and PERM filings from U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data, the median sponsored salary for a Market Research Analyst is $66,000 per year.
| Percentile | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| 10th (entry) | $38,459 |
| 25th | $46,550 |
| 50th (median) | $66,000 |
| 75th | $97,573 |
| 90th (senior) | $135,000 |
Every other salary site shows the LCA-posted wage — the wage for the position. Using USCIS I-129 petition data, we can compare that against the actual pay the sponsored worker received, and the prevailing-wage floor, across 4,293 matched Market Research Analysts petitions.
The median worker is paid essentially at the posted LCA wage, but the mean actual pay runs 1.8% above the mean posted wage — so the upside is concentrated in the top earners. 18.5% are paid above their posted wage, 72.0% at it, and 9.5% below.
Actual-pay data covers FY2021–FY2024 cap-subject H-1B lottery petitions matched to certified LCAs (aggregates only). Base wage excludes equity and bonuses, so it is not total compensation. Source: I-129 petition data sourced from USCIS, obtained by Bloomberg.
Of 18,347 filings, 4,888 are H-1B (temporary work visa) and 13,459 are PERM (green-card labor certification, 73% of the total).
| # | Employer | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Google LLC | 526 | $114,654 |
| 2 | Microsoft Corporation | 322 | $142,019 |
| 3 | AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC. | 134 | $125,594 |
| 4 | Facebook, Inc. | 114 | $140,806 |
| 5 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | 59 | $128,618 |
| 6 | BYTEDANCE INC. | 53 | $145,468 |
| 7 | ADOBE INC. | 52 | $149,284 |
| 8 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 46 | $174,588 |
| 9 | COMPUNNEL SOFTWARE GROUP, INC | 42 | $86,614 |
| 10 | APPLE INC. | 41 | $143,041 |
| 11 | Dell Marketing L.P. | 40 | $120,117 |
| 12 | PayPal, Inc. | 33 | $141,810 |
| 13 | Amazon Advertising, LLC | 32 | $132,653 |
| 14 | GROUPM WORLDWIDE, LLC | 32 | $146,962 |
| 15 | LinkedIn Corporation | 31 | $125,323 |
| 16 | Dell USA L.P. | 31 | $119,476 |
| 17 | Pinterest, Inc. | 30 | $119,582 |
| 18 | AMAZON CORPORATE LLC | 27 | $79,869 |
| 19 | WORLD JOINT CORP. D/B/A IACE TRAVEL, INC. | 27 | $58,251 |
| 20 | FEDEX CORPORATE SERVICES | 27 | $88,841 |
| State | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|
| California | 5,155 | $78,747 |
| New York | 3,843 | $90,610 |
| Florida | 1,312 | $55,425 |
| Texas | 856 | $71,499 |
| New Jersey | 705 | $72,840 |
| Washington | 489 | $112,305 |
| Illinois | 468 | $66,659 |
| Massachusetts | 378 | $80,328 |
| Virginia | 354 | $60,499 |
| Georgia | 284 | $58,920 |
| Pennsylvania | 191 | $70,786 |
| Maryland | 189 | $62,766 |
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Salaries are the certified offered annual wage on public U.S. Department of Labor H-1B (LCA) and PERM disclosure filings, not a guarantee of pay. Occupation is the DOL-assigned Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code.