E-3 Visa Data: Every Employer, Role & Wage (2026)

This is the most complete public E-3 visa data tool in the United States. Every Australian filing since FY2020 is in this dataset. That’s about 67,000 records across 830 employers, 600 roles, and all 50 states. The source is US Department of Labor Labor Condition Application (LCA) disclosures, refreshed quarterl

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Use the search and filter below to drill into any role, employer, or state. Click any result for full details, year-over-year trends, and related entities.

E-3 Visa Roles

Searchable across 601 roles from 7 fiscal years of DOL LCA disclosure data. Search by role, actual job title (e.g. "CEO"), employer (e.g. "Amazon"), or SOC code (e.g. "15-1252").

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601 roles found

Role	Filings	Cert rate	Median wage	Top employer	Top state	SOC code
Software Developers	7,637	92.5%	$153,461	Amazon	CA	`15-1252`
General and Operations Managers	3,891	88.8%	$140,480	Nextdecade Lng	NY	`11-1021`
Marketing Managers	3,500	87%	$169,558	Amazon	NY	`11-2021`
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	3,273	87.7%	$95,730	Amazon	NY	`13-1161`
Financial and Investment Analysts	3,204	90.8%	$157,050	Macquarie Holdings (USA)	NY	`13-2051`
Management Analysts	2,081	90.2%	$143,249	Crosscountry Consulting	NY	`13-1111`
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,889	90.4%	$205,407	Amazon	CA	`11-3021`
Lawyers	1,789	88.5%	$238,214	Kirkland Ellis	NY	`23-1011`
Financial Managers	1,764	89.9%	$220,808	Australia And New Zealand Banking Group	NY	`11-3031`
Accountants and Auditors	1,720	88%	$119,543	Ernst & Young	NY	`13-2011`
Chief Executives	1,647	87.7%	$255,535	Morsco	CA	`11-1011`
Sales Managers	1,414	84.2%	$151,941	Amazon	CA	`11-2022`
Information Technology Project Managers	1,375	91.1%	$142,112	Amazon	CA	`15-1299.09`
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	1,324	89.4%	$163,288	Skywest Airlines	FL	`53-2011`
Public Relations Specialists	919	85%	$85,198	Cammisa Markel Pllc	NY	`27-3031`
Operations Research Analysts	870	92.1%	$134,563	Amazon	NY	`15-2031`
Construction Managers	841	87.4%	$139,811	Mace North America	CA	`11-9021`
Computer Systems Analysts	834	92%	$114,047	Cognizant Technology Solutions US	TX	`15-1121`
Architectural and Engineering Managers	795	90.2%	$194,165	Tesla	CA	`11-9041`
Art Directors	793	88.8%	$158,600	Apple	NY	`27-1011`
Graphic Designers	788	87.1%	$105,092	Meta	NY	`27-1024`
Producers and Directors	675	88.6%	$101,347	Image Partnership	NY	`27-2012`
Mechanical Engineers	673	90%	$123,431	Tesla	CA	`17-2141`
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects	647	90%	$126,995	Microsoft	CA	`15-1299.08`
Business Intelligence Analysts	577	90.5%	$137,782	Amazon	NY	`15-2051`
Human Resources Specialists	537	89.9%	$95,698	Macquarie Global Services (USA)	NY	`13-1071`
Human Resources Managers	536	87.5%	$177,382	Google	NY	`11-3121`
Advertising and Promotions Managers	530	79.2%	$159,806	Bbdo USA	NY	`11-2011`
Sales Engineers	497	91.1%	$148,785	Amazon	CA	`41-9031`
Project Management Specialists	470	88.1%	$124,541	Amazon	NY	`13-1082`
Electrical Engineers	468	90.6%	$141,366	Tesla	CA	`17-2071`
Civil Engineers	457	92.6%	$114,801	Jacobs Engineering Group	CA	`17-2051`
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	428	87.6%	$100,607	Grimshaw Architects P C	NY	`17-1011`
Veterinarians	427	83.6%	$132,861	Medical Management International	CA	`29-1131`
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	401	84.8%	$101,333	Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai	CA	`19-1042`
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	398	88.2%	$81,356	Nes Global	NY	`13-1199`
Data Scientists	393	91.3%	$161,281	Quantium	NY	`15-2051`
Coaches and Scouts	341	81.2%	$55,337	Precision Sport Science	CA	`27-2022`
Computer Occupations, All Other	322	87.9%	$112,398	Infosys	NY	`15-1199`
Interior Designers	316	88.9%	$92,819	We Work Management	NY	`27-1025`
Commercial and Industrial Designers	299	90%	$121,775	Nike	CA	`27-1021`
Editors	287	90.6%	$98,352	Dow Jones Company	NY	`27-3041`
Information Security Analysts	279	93.5%	$154,009	Hcl Global Systems	CA	`15-1122`
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	279	90.3%	$78,813	Fwc2026 US	NY	`13-1121`
Cost Estimators	263	87.1%	$119,042	Cumming Management Group	NY	`13-1051`
Computer and Information Research Scientists	259	89.6%	$177,611	Amazon	CA	`15-1221`
Training and Development Specialists	234	88%	$90,793	Generation Ready	NY	`13-1151`
Industrial Production Managers	221	89.6%	$146,131	Tesla	CA	`11-3051`
Statisticians	218	89%	$145,640	Amazon	CA	`15-2041`
Financial Quantitative Analysts	216	90.7%	$144,144	JPMorgan Chase	NY	`13-2099.01`

What this E-3 visa data is, and why it exists

Before an Australian can work in the US on an E-3 visa, the employer must file a Labor Condition Application. The filing goes to the Department of Labor. The LCA confirms the role, the wage, the work site, and the employer’s pledge to pay the local prevailing wage. Every approved E-3 visa starts with one. Every rejected one shows up here too.

This makes LCA data much more reliable than self-reported job ads. These are legal filings, not marketing copy. If a company shows up here with 50 filings, they have paid lawyers to file paperwork for 50 Australians. They didn’t just say they “support work visa sponsorship.”

The data here answers questions that are otherwise hard for E-3 visa applicants to answer. Which US firms regularly hire Australians? What roles are most common? What wages are being paid in your field? Where are the jobs actually located?

For a full guide to how the E-3 visa works, see our E-3 visa overview page.

Browse E-3 visa data by role

There are about 600 distinct jobs in the dataset. The biggest is Software Developers, with around 7,500 filings. The spread is broad. A few common entry points:

Software Developers — the largest role by volume
Marketing Managers
Financial and Investment Analysts
Lawyers — among the highest-paid
Chief Executives — also among the highest-paid
Data Scientists — fastest-growing in 2026
Management Analysts

Browse E-3 visa data by employer

Around 830 employers have filed 10 or more E-3 LCAs since FY2020. The largest is Amazon, with around 1,780 filings. The most active sponsors include both US tech giants and Australian-owned firms growing US teams.

Amazon — the largest sponsor overall
Google
Meta
Microsoft
Macquarie Holdings (USA) — Australian-owned, dominant NY financial sponsor
Atlassian — Australian-founded, steady sponsor
Anthropic — fastest-growing E-3 sponsor in 2026
OpenAI

Browse E-3 visa data by state

New York has hosted around 20,300 E-3 filings since FY2020. That’s the most of any state. California follows with 16,800. The top five states cover about two-thirds of all E-3 activity. But the spread is widening as mid-tier states grow their share.

Year-over-year trends

The dataset covers FY2020 through FY2026. FY2026 shows the first half only — Q1 and Q2, covering October 2025 through March 2026. FY2026 numbers in the explorer are partial-year actuals, not annual projections, unless marked. Doubling FY2026 H1 gives a useful compare against prior full years.

Two trends stand out for FY2026. Average wages are up about 4% year over year. And the mix of sponsoring employers is shifting fast. AI labs Anthropic and OpenAI are growing 200% to 500%. Australian firms like Macquarie and AustralianSuper are growing US headcount. Traditional Big Tech sponsors have pulled back 20% to 30% from 2025 levels. Our E-3 visa trends 2026 deep dive covers the full story.

How this E-3 visa data is sourced and maintained

The records come from the US Department of Labor Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC). The OFLC publishes the public LCA disclosure files. Data publishes quarterly. We refresh this database within a few weeks of each release.

A few notes on methodology:

LCA filings are not the same as visa issuances. Most certified LCAs turn into approved E-3 visas. A small share are filed and then not pursued by the worker, or denied at the consulate.
Cumulative-quarter counts can shift between releases as the DOL reclassifies records. We re-pull the full historical file each quarter, not just the latest one.
Wage outliers above $2 million per year are dropped from averages. This stops a few high-value pay packages from skewing typical-wage figures.
Employer names are merged across legal-entity variants. “Amazon.com Services LLC”, “Amazon Web Services Inc.”, and dozens of related entities all roll up into a single Amazon record. This makes year-over-year comparisons useful. But entity-level filings won’t always match the canonical totals exactly.

If you spot an inconsistency, we want to hear about it. The Australian community using this dataset built it and keeps it current.

E-3 visa data FAQs

How many Australians get an E-3 visa each year?

The E-3 visa cap is 10,500 new issues per year. In FY2025, there were 10,191 certified LCA filings. FY2026 looks similar, with 5,122 filings in the first half. The total number of Australians on E-3 status in the US is higher than the cap. That’s because the visa is renewable in two-year blocks.

Which US employers sponsor the most E-3 visas?

Amazon leads with about 1,780 filings since FY2020. Other top sponsors include Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Australian firms like Macquarie, Atlassian, and Canva. The full searchable list is in the explorer above.

What’s the average salary for an E-3 visa holder?

The FY2026 H1 average wage is $171,671. That’s up from $165,317 in FY2025 and $132,175 in FY2020. Wages have gone up every year. That’s about 30% nominal growth since 2020.

Which US states have the most E-3 visa jobs?

New York leads with around 20,300 filings since FY2020, followed by California at 16,800. Texas, Washington, and Florida round out the top five. Mid-tier states like Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Ohio are growing fastest in FY2026.

Does Amazon sponsor the E-3 visa? Do other FAANG companies?

Yes. Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft are all in the top 20 E-3 sponsors by volume. Apple is a steady but smaller sponsor. The frontier AI labs — Anthropic and OpenAI — are the fastest-growing sponsors in 2026. Their absolute numbers stay below Big Tech levels.

Where does this data come from?

Every record comes from US Department of Labor OFLC public LCA files. The DOL publishes the data quarterly. We refresh the database within a few weeks of each release.

How often is the data updated?

Quarterly, after each DOL release. Look for the “updated” date stamp on the explorer above.

Considering an E-3 visa yourself?

If you’re thinking about applying for an E-3 visa, start with our complete 2026 E-3 visa guide. It covers eligibility, the steps, recent policy changes, renewals, and family details. The data on this page is most useful when you know which roles and employers you’re after.

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