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Economist in Washington, DC

Job title · Washington, District of Columbia

Job title as filed
Economist
City
Washington, District of Columbia
Applications FY2022–FY2026
100
Median offered wage
$170,000
Most common occupation
Economists
Median wage$170,000certified 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" and a worksite in Washington.

Applications by fiscal year

1734FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1734FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202234
FY202317
FY202420
FY202518
FY2026*11
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
15
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. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System48
  2. Bates White, LLC27
  3. Compass Lexecon LLC10
  4. Environmental Defense Fund Inc.2
  5. Cbre, Inc.2
  6. Bloomberg, LP1
  7. Keystone Strategy, LLC1
  8. American Institutes for Research1
  9. Cato Institute1
  10. Baker & McKenzie Consulting LLC1
  11. Institute of International Finance1
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 $170,000; middle half $160,000 to $190,320 · median prevailing wage $146,266 (marker) · 97 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I8
  2. Level II12
  3. Level III51
  4. Level IV29
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 "Economist" appears on 346 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 121 employers for worksites in 68 cities; the median offered wage is $150,000, so the median in Washington is 13.3% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
346
Employers nationwide
121
Cities with filings
68
National median offered wage
$150,000
Share of national filings in Washington
28.9%
Cities with the most applications for Economist
  1. Washington, DC100
  2. New York City, NY47
  3. San Francisco, CA21
  4. Chicago, IL20
  5. Boston, MA19
  6. Los Angeles, CA12
  7. Houston, TX7
  8. Indianapolis, IN7
  9. Atlanta, GA6
  10. Oakland, CA5
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Washington job market

Washington has 13,260 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 4,796 job titles and 2,716 employers; "Economist" ranks #10 by applications, with 0.8% of them.

Applications in Washington, all job titles
13,260
Job titles filed
4,796
Rank of Economist in Washington
10
Median offered wage in Washington, all job titles
$108,000
National median wage, Economists (all job titles)
$122,004
Other job titles in Washington
  1. Software Developer519
  2. Associate363
  3. Software Engineer257
  4. Secondary Teacher205
  5. Senior Associate199
  6. Elementary Teacher155
  7. Teacher151
  8. Assistant Professor149
  9. Manager133
  10. Manager JC50 - Computer Systems Engineers/architects97
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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