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What Goldman Sachs certifies it pays.

Base-pay bands from 5,559 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: Goldman Sachs’s full H-1B sponsor file

Base-salary bands by role

Financial and Investment Analysts

1,230 filings
p25 · $110Kmedian · $150Kp75 · $180K

Risk Management Specialists

1,201 filings
p25 · $85Kmedian · $125Kp75 · $165K

Software Developers

659 filings
p25 · $115Kmedian · $138Kp75 · $169K

Financial Risk Specialists

528 filings
p25 · $67Kmedian · $80Kp75 · $104K

Auditors

379 filings
p25 · $82Kmedian · $100Kp75 · $129K

Data Scientists

270 filings
p25 · $77Kmedian · $99Kp75 · $124K

Software Developers, Applications

263 filings
p25 · $97Kmedian · $129Kp75 · $151K

Financial Examiners

163 filings
p25 · $68Kmedian · $76Kp75 · $115K

Median by state

NY2,614 filings$156K
TX1,278 filings$110K
UT1,265 filings$74K
CA135 filings$162K
NJ99 filings$134K
FL68 filings$118K
IL35 filings$120K
WA26 filings$166K

Median by seniority level

Level I · Entry1,765 filings$86K
Level II · Qualified2,067 filings$130K
Level III · Experienced1,159 filings$172K
Level IV · Fully competent430 filings$210K

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

H-1B sponsorship profile

Goldman Sachs certifies 5,559 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
+36%

Median certified offer runs 36% 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
$125K

vs. $88K prevailing-wage floor.

Seniority mix (OES wage level)

Level I · Entry33%
Level II · Qualified38%
Level III · Experienced21%
Level IV · Fully competent8%

Filing volume by fiscal year

FY22 1,566FY23 1,425FY24 1,175FY25 1,338FY26 55

Filed across 4 legal entities under this brand — largest: GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC (5,293).

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

Goldman Sachs has 2,067 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
2,067

All fiscal years on record · applications, not people

Denial share
4%

Of 2,145 decided applications (certified + denied)

Conversion posture
37 / 100

Certified green-card applications per 100 certified H-1B wage filings (2,067 vs 5,559) — filings and applications, not headcount

Certified by fiscal year
106
FY2021
105
FY2022
150
FY2023
54
FY2024
289
FY2025
186
FY2026 · to date
Most-sponsored occupations
Financial Analysts · 447Financial Quantitative Analysts · 292Software Developers, Applications · 253Software Developers · 148Accountants and Auditors · 128Financial Managers · 125

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 Goldman Sachs pays — not total compensation. Our sources.

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