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What American Express Travel Related Services certifies it pays.

Base-pay bands from 2,465 certified Department of Labor wage filings across every fiscal year on record, through FY2026. (The /pay index card counts FY2026 alone.) Filed under penalty of perjury — not self-reported.

Related record: American Express Travel Related Services’s full H-1B sponsor file

Base-salary bands by role

Software Developers

988 filings
p25 · $135Kmedian · $147Kp75 · $162K

Computer and Information Systems Managers

278 filings
p25 · $175Kmedian · $187Kp75 · $204K

Software Developers, Applications

256 filings
p25 · $125Kmedian · $138Kp75 · $150K

Information Technology Project Managers

249 filings
p25 · $131Kmedian · $147Kp75 · $158K

Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers

113 filings
p25 · $115Kmedian · $130Kp75 · $140K

Data Scientists

84 filings
p25 · $112Kmedian · $128Kp75 · $143K

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

74 filings
p25 · $130Kmedian · $140Kp75 · $150K

Network and Computer Systems Administrators

47 filings
p25 · $131Kmedian · $139Kp75 · $158K

Median by state

AZ1,570 filings$145K
NY496 filings$150K
FL236 filings$147K
CA33 filings$154K
TX32 filings$139K
UT26 filings$150K
GA22 filings$146K
NC12 filings$142K

Median by seniority level

Level I · Entry63 filings$155K
Level II · Qualified351 filings$120K
Level III · Experienced733 filings$137K
Level IV · Fully competent1,266 filings$155K

OES prevailing-wage levels from the filings — a defensible seniority proxy, not job ladders.

H-1B sponsorship profile

American Express Travel Related Services certifies 2,465 H-1B / E-3 wage filings through FY2026 — filing volume cooling. Below, how those offers compare to the legal prevailing-wage floor each role must clear.

Offered vs. prevailing floor
+13%

Median certified offer runs 13% above the floor.

Filings paid above the floor
98%

The rest are set exactly at the prevailing wage — legal, and common among high-volume filers.

Median offered · floor
$145K

vs. $128K prevailing-wage floor.

Seniority mix (OES wage level)

Level I · Entry3%
Level II · Qualified15%
Level III · Experienced30%
Level IV · Fully competent52%

Filing volume by fiscal year

FY22 646FY23 424FY24 568FY25 759FY26 68

Filed across 2 legal entities under this brand — largest: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (2,463).

Every H-1B role carries a legally required prevailing-wage floor (the OES rate for that occupation, area, and level). The offered wage on the certified filing must meet or exceed it — so “% above floor” distinguishes employers who genuinely pay a premium from those who file at the minimum. Certified DOL disclosure data, offered base wage only; reusable under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.

Green-card sponsorship record

American Express Travel Related Services has 1,633 certified permanent-residency (PERM) applications on the federal record through FY2026 — filing volume rising. The question this answers: does this employer put workers on the path to a green card, or only on visas?

Certified PERM applications
1,633

All fiscal years on record · applications, not people

Denial share
1%

Of 1,652 decided applications (certified + denied)

Conversion posture
66 / 100

Certified green-card applications per 100 certified H-1B wage filings (1,633 vs 2,465) — filings and applications, not headcount

Certified by fiscal year
104
FY2021
57
FY2022
81
FY2023
74
FY2024
82
FY2025
44
FY2026 · to date
Most-sponsored occupations
Software Developers, Applications · 793Computer Systems Analysts · 159Computer Occupations, All Other · 109Software Developers · 84Financial Analysts · 56Computer and Information Systems Managers · 28

Source: DOL OFLC PERM (Form ETA-9089) disclosure data, decision-basis by federal fiscal year; the current fiscal year is partial by construction. PERM has no prevailing-wage field — this card reads sponsorship posture, not pay.

What this data is — and isn't

These bands come from certified H-1B Labor Condition Application disclosures — the base salary employers commit to on the record. They exclude equity, bonus, and benefits, and they cover only roles companies sponsor, which skews technical. Read them as a conservative, citable floor on what American Express Travel Related Services pays — not total compensation. Our sources.

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