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Associate in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Associate
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
727
Median offered wage
$150,900
Most common occupation
Financial and Investment Analysts
Median wage$150,900certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Associate" and a worksite in San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

104207FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
104207FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022207
FY2023129
FY2024149
FY2025119
FY2026*123
Certified (decided applications)
99.3%
Employers filing
147
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Blackrock Financial Management, Inc.108
  2. Blackrock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.40
  3. Kirkland & Ellis LLP32
  4. BlackRock Corporation US, Inc.29
  5. Pricewaterhousecoopers Advisory Services LLC22
  6. Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP20
  7. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC18
  8. Fenwick & West, LLP15
  9. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC15
  10. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.14
  11. Moelis & Company Group LP14
  12. The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.13
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $150,900; middle half $121,763 to $215,000 · median prevailing wage $116,522 (marker) · 709 applications.

$80k$125k$170k$215k$260k
$80k$125k$170k$215k$260k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I120
  2. Level II403
  3. Level III94
  4. Level IV60
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Associate" appears on 14,479 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 1,192 employers for worksites in 326 cities; the median offered wage is $145,000, so the median in San Francisco is 4.1% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
14,479
Employers nationwide
1,192
Cities with filings
326
National median offered wage
$145,000
Share of national filings in San Francisco
5.0%
Cities with the most applications for Associate
  1. New York City, NY7,483
  2. San Francisco, CA727
  3. Dallas, TX580
  4. Chicago, IL441
  5. Salt Lake City, UT393
  6. Alpharetta, GA373
  7. Washington, DC363
  8. Boston, MA357
  9. Atlanta, GA338
  10. Los Angeles, CA319
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The San Francisco job market

San Francisco has 62,593 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 16,467 job titles and 6,403 employers; "Associate" ranks #3 by applications, with 1.2% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Associate in San Francisco
3
Median offered wage in San Francisco, all job titles
$167,000
National median wage, Financial and Investment Analysts (all job titles)
$130,790
Other job titles in San Francisco
  1. Software Engineer5,831
  2. Senior Software Engineer2,179
  3. Staff Software Engineer723
  4. Software Engineering Smts719
  5. Data Scientist702
  6. Product Manager678
  7. Postdoctoral Scholar642
  8. Engineering Manager520
  9. Member of Technical Staff517
  10. Software Engineering Lmts481
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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