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Economist I in Seattle, WA

Job title · Seattle, Washington

Job title as filed
Economist I
City
Seattle, Washington
Applications FY2022–FY2026
62
Median offered wage
$147,000
Most common occupation
Economists
Median wage$147,000certified 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 "Economist I" and a worksite in Seattle.

Applications by fiscal year

1224FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1224FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202221
FY20238
FY20242
FY20257
FY2026*24
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
2

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

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

Median $147,000; middle half $86,674 to $147,000 · median prevailing wage $88,400 (marker) · 62 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I50
  2. Level II12

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Economist I" appears on 161 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 3 employers for worksites in 30 cities; the median offered wage is $140,000, so the median in Seattle is 5.0% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
161
Employers nationwide
3
Cities with filings
30
National median offered wage
$140,000
Share of national filings in Seattle
38.5%
Cities with the most applications for Economist I
  1. Seattle, WA62
  2. Arlington, VA18
  3. New York City, NY17
  4. Fort Worth, TX11
  5. Bellevue, WA9
  6. San Francisco, CA7
  7. Boston, MA4
  8. Ithaca, NY3
  9. Austin, TX3
  10. San Diego, CA2

The Seattle job market

Seattle has 70,656 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 9,153 job titles and 3,414 employers; "Economist I" ranks #143 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Seattle, all job titles
70,656
Job titles filed
9,153
Rank of Economist I in Seattle
143
Median offered wage in Seattle, all job titles
$150,000
National median wage, Economists (all job titles)
$122,004
Other job titles in Seattle
  1. Software Engineer5,057
  2. Software Development Engineer II4,848
  3. Software Development Engineer I3,414
  4. Software Dev Engineer II2,366
  5. Software Dev Engineer I1,857
  6. Software Development Engineer III1,601
  7. Manager III, Software Development1,179
  8. Software Development Engineer1,174
  9. Senior Software Engineer910
  10. Applied Scientist II892