Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
Occupation · SOC 2018 41-3031 · United States
- SOC 2018 code
- 41-3031
- Share of U.S. applications
- 0.07%
- Applications on record
- 7,946
- FY2025
- 396
- Median offered wage
- $160,000
- Certified (last three years)
- 98.9%
- Main route
- H-1B
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Applications year by year
Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents (SOC 41-3031). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.
Applications by fiscal year — Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
Data table
| FY2008 | 51 |
| FY2009 | 110 |
| FY2010 | 443 |
| FY2011 | 458 |
| FY2012 | 483 |
| FY2013 | 465 |
| FY2014 | 546 |
| FY2015 | 508 |
| FY2016 | 639 |
| FY2017 | 575 |
| FY2018 | 627 |
| FY2019 | 474 |
| FY2020 | 377 |
| FY2021 | 462 |
| FY2022 | 373 |
| FY2023 | 334 |
| FY2024 | 296 |
| FY2025 | 396 |
| FY2026* | 329 |
| Fiscal year | H-2B | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 0 | 197 | 132 |
| FY2025 | 1 | 256 | 139 |
| FY2024 | 0 | 207 | 89 |
| FY2023 | 0 | 234 | 100 |
| FY2022 | 0 | 263 | 110 |
| FY2021 | 0 | 322 | 140 |
| FY2020 | 0 | 264 | 113 |
| FY2019 | 1 | 329 | 144 |
| FY2018 | 0 | 385 | 242 |
| FY2017 | 0 | 411 | 164 |
| FY2016 | 1 | 383 | 255 |
| FY2015 | 0 | 364 | 144 |
| FY2014 | 1 | 429 | 116 |
| FY2013 | 0 | 396 | 69 |
| FY2012 | 0 | 414 | 69 |
| FY2011 | 1 | 369 | 88 |
| FY2010 | 0 | 371 | 72 |
| FY2009 | 0 | 84 | 26 |
| FY2008 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.
- JPMORGAN Chase & Co.337
- Hsbc Bank USA, N.A.182
- Barclays Capital Inc.177
- Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC156
- Citigroup Global Markets Inc.154
- BNP Paribas Securities Corp.130
- SG Americas Securities, LLC126
- Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC119
- Akuna Capital LLC105
- Ubs Securities LLC104
- Citibank, N.A.89
- Hsbc Securities (USA) Inc.87
Where the jobs are
Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| NY | 4,574 |
| IL | 655 |
| FL | 548 |
| TX | 468 |
| CA | 437 |
| NJ | 331 |
| CT | 229 |
| MA | 104 |
| MO | 93 |
| PA | 86 |
| NC | 50 |
| VA | 37 |
| MN | 37 |
| GA | 29 |
| CO | 28 |
| WA | 24 |
| MD | 23 |
| TN | 19 |
| OH | 18 |
| MI | 16 |
| SC | 12 |
| AL | 12 |
| KS | 12 |
| RI | 10 |
| UT | 10 |
| IA | 9 |
| DC | 9 |
| IN | 9 |
| PR | 9 |
| OR | 8 |
| WI | 6 |
| NE | 6 |
| LA | 4 |
| HI | 3 |
| NV | 3 |
| AZ | 3 |
| DE | 2 |
| ND | 2 |
| WV | 2 |
| NH | 2 |
| ME | 2 |
| OK | 2 |
| MT | 1 |
| AR | 1 |
| VT | 1 |
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ4,874
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN649
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL504
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX359
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT217
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA208
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA174
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH96
- St. Louis, MO-IL88
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD79
Pay
Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.
Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)
Median $160,000; middle half $118,825 to $225,000 · median prevailing wage $123,594 (marker) · 650 applications.
- Level I112
- Level II196
- Level III147
- Level IV195
- Trader366
- Vice President222
- Associate147
- Derivatives Trader81
- Broker81
- Quantitative Trader76
- Director64
- Analyst52
Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area
Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.
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