H-1B sponsor profile

Optiver

Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications · trailing 12 months

Median base salary

$150,000

▲ +0% YoY

Average salary

$168,596

Mean of all filings

Certified LCAs

Full-time positions

Occupations

SOC codes with 5+ filings

H-1B wage level mix

Level I1019.2% of LCAs

Level II2548.1% of LCAs

Level III1019.2% of LCAs

Level IV713.5% of LCAs

Top occupations

Software Developers
Financial and Investment Analysts
Financial Specialists, All Other
Data Scientists
Computer Hardware Engineers

Top worksite metros

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

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Optiver H-1B pay range

Annual base pay across all 52 certified full-time H-1B filings.

P10$150,000

P25$150,000

Median$150,000

P75$200,000

P90$200,000

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Optiver salaries by job title

Optiver's pay for each job title compared with the median of all H-1B sponsors filing the same title in the same occupation. Tap a row for the full range and competing sponsors.

Job title	LCAs	Optiver median	All sponsors	vs all
Software Engineer SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers	15	$150,000	$142,864	+5%
Optiver · Software Engineer (15 LCAs) P10$150,000 P25$150,000 Median$150,000 P75$162,500 P90$190,000 Wage levels: I 5 · II 8 · III 1 · IV 1 \| All sponsors: P25 $114,399 · median $142,864 · P75 $182,002 (37,090 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Software Engineer Google $194,000 (3,054) Meta $214,032 (2,657) Wal Mart Associates $130,000 (1,162) Paypal $150,957 (600) Software Engineer at all sponsors →
Trader SOC 13-2051 · Financial and Investment Analysts	8	$162,500	$178,000	-8.7%
Optiver · Trader (8 LCAs) P10$150,000 P25$150,000 Median$162,500 P75$200,000 P90$200,000 Wage levels: I 0 · II 4 · III 2 · IV 2 \| All sponsors: P25 $146,141 · median $178,000 · P75 $296,250 (46 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Trader Jane Street $300,000 (10) Akuna Capital $135,000 (6) Trader at all sponsors →
Quantitative Researcher SOC 13-2099 · Financial Specialists, All Other	8	$150,000	$191,922	-21.8%
Optiver · Quantitative Researcher (8 LCAs) P10$150,000 P25$150,000 Median$150,000 P75$156,250 P90$182,500 Wage levels: I 3 · II 4 · III 1 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $152,339 · median $191,922 · P75 $220,000 (191 LCAs) What other sponsors pay for Quantitative Researcher Squarepoint $200,000 (35) Jump Operations $250,000 (17) Balyasny Asset Management L P $200,000 (13) Two Sigma Investments Lp $220,000 (9) Quantitative Researcher at all sponsors →

Titles need 5+ filings at Optiver. “All sponsors” is the median for the same title and SOC across every sponsor, including Optiver; “only sponsor” means no other employer filed it.

Optiver salaries by occupation

Each SOC occupation Optiver sponsors, compared with the BLS national median for all U.S. workers. Tap a row for wage levels, job titles and what competing sponsors pay.

Occupation	LCAs	Optiver median	BLS median	vs BLS
Software Developers SOC 15-1252	18	$150,000	$135,980	+10.3%
Optiver pay range · Software Developers P10$150,000 P25$150,000 Median$150,000 P75$193,750 P90$209,000 By H-1B wage level Level I—5 LCAs · 28% Level II$150,00011 LCAs · 61% Level III—1 LCAs · 6% Level IV—1 LCAs · 6% Job titles filed under this SOC Software Engineer15 LCAs · median $150,000 · +5% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Software Developers All-sponsor median $136,433 · average excluding Optiver $144,910 Amazon $155,000 (9,778) Microsoft $175,760 (4,681) Google $194,000 (3,386) Meta $214,032 (3,009) Pay vs BLS national median 1.1× Optiver $150,000 vs BLS $135,980 Where Optiver's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Software Developers occupation profile →
Financial and Investment Analysts SOC 13-2051	15	$150,000	$102,740	+46%
Optiver pay range · Financial and Investment Analysts P10$150,000 P25$150,000 Median$150,000 P75$200,000 P90$200,000 By H-1B wage level Level I—0 LCAs · 0% Level II—8 LCAs · 53% Level III—5 LCAs · 33% Level IV—2 LCAs · 13% Job titles filed under this SOC Trader8 LCAs · median $162,500 · -8.7% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Financial and Investment Analysts All-sponsor median $140,000 · average excluding Optiver $149,967 Ernst & Young U S $184,204 (670) Jpmorgan Chase $150,000 (400) Bofa Securities $175,000 (189) Goldman Sachs & $125,000 (179) Pay vs BLS national median 1.46× Optiver $150,000 vs BLS $102,740 Where Optiver's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Financial and Investment Analysts occupation profile →
Financial Specialists, All Other SOC 13-2099	10	$150,000	$81,100	+85%
Optiver pay range · Financial Specialists, All Other P10$150,000 P25$150,000 Median$150,000 P75$150,000 P90$177,500 By H-1B wage level Level I—4 LCAs · 40% Level II—4 LCAs · 40% Level III—2 LCAs · 20% Level IV—0 LCAs · 0% Job titles filed under this SOC Quantitative Researcher8 LCAs · median $150,000 · -21.8% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Financial Specialists, All Other All-sponsor median $139,000 · average excluding Optiver $144,652 Jpmorgan Chase $160,000 (195) Goldman Sachs & $137,000 (184) Citibank N A $145,500 (116) Blackrock Financial Management $142,750 (78) Pay vs BLS national median 1.85× Optiver $150,000 vs BLS $81,100 Where Optiver's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Financial Specialists, All Other occupation profile →
Data Scientists SOC 15-2051	7	$182,000	$120,230	+51.4%
Optiver pay range · Data Scientists P10$165,000 P25$175,000 Median$182,000 P75$200,000 P90$200,000 By H-1B wage level Level I—0 LCAs · 0% Level II—1 LCAs · 14% Level III—2 LCAs · 29% Level IV—4 LCAs · 57% What competing sponsors pay for Data Scientists All-sponsor median $123,531 · average excluding Optiver $130,946 Amazon $139,146 (2,008) Microsoft $172,526 (835) Wal Mart Associates $147,344 (752) Jpmorgan Chase $140,000 (521) Pay vs BLS national median 1.51× Optiver $182,000 vs BLS $120,230 Where Optiver's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Data Scientists occupation profile →