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What Charles Schwab certifies it pays.

Base-pay bands from 1,555 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: Charles Schwab’s full H-1B sponsor file

Base-salary bands by role

Software Developers

1,063 filings
p25 · $139Kmedian · $151Kp75 · $165K

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

205 filings
p25 · $125Kmedian · $137Kp75 · $149K

Web Administrators

63 filings
p25 · $140Kmedian · $153Kp75 · $171K

Information Systems Managers

47 filings
p25 · $159Kmedian · $174Kp75 · $201K

Data Scientists

36 filings
p25 · $127Kmedian · $141Kp75 · $163K

Database Administrators

23 filings
p25 · $131Kmedian · $140Kp75 · $156K

Information Security Analysts

17 filings
p25 · $148Kmedian · $165Kp75 · $190K

Financial Quantitative Analysts

14 filings
p25 · $123Kmedian · $142Kp75 · $155K

Median by state

TX1,157 filings$150K
CO128 filings$151K
IL58 filings$150K
NC50 filings$136K
AZ49 filings$148K
CA30 filings$176K
NJ23 filings$165K
MI20 filings$136K

Median by seniority level

Level I · Entry26 filings$94K
Level II · Qualified158 filings$127K
Level III · Experienced563 filings$142K
Level IV · Fully competent754 filings$158K

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

H-1B sponsorship profile

Charles Schwab certifies 1,555 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
+15%

Median certified offer runs 15% 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
$150K

vs. $131K prevailing-wage floor.

Seniority mix (OES wage level)

Level I · Entry2%
Level II · Qualified11%
Level III · Experienced38%
Level IV · Fully competent50%

Filing volume by fiscal year

FY23 416FY24 469FY25 577FY26 93

Filed across 1 legal entity under this brand — largest: Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. (1,555).

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

Charles Schwab has 790 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
790

All fiscal years on record · applications, not people

Denial share
2%

Of 803 decided applications (certified + denied)

Conversion posture
51 / 100

Certified green-card applications per 100 certified H-1B wage filings (790 vs 1,555) — filings and applications, not headcount

Certified by fiscal year
126
FY2021
110
FY2022
82
FY2023
68
FY2024
114
FY2025
154
FY2026 · to date
Most-sponsored occupations
Software Developers, Applications · 229Software Developers · 224Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers · 73Software Developers, Systems Software · 54Computer Systems Analysts · 48Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · 30

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 Charles Schwab pays — not total compensation. Our sources.

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