FY2025 Β· DOL LCA DATA

American Express vs Discover Financial: H-1B Sponsorship Compared

American Express filed 501 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025, against 152 for Discover Financial.

Head to Head (FY2025)

American Express

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501

certified LCA filings, FY2025

Average wage
$150,696
Median wage
$145,000
25th–75th pct
$130,000 – $165,763
Tracked FY2021–2026
3,100

Discover Financial

152

certified LCA filings, FY2025

Average wage
$123,228
Median wage
$124,322
25th–75th pct
$105,973 – $138,715
Tracked FY2021–2026
833

Most Sponsored Occupations (FY2025)

American Express

OccupationFilingsAvg Wage
Software Developers199$145,763
Information Technology Project Managers69$141,410
Computer and Information Systems Managers48$204,701
Data Scientists35$137,757
Business Intelligence Analysts20$138,616

Discover Financial

OccupationFilingsAvg Wage
Data Scientists74$122,421
Statisticians22$127,716
Operations Research Analysts19$115,101
Business Intelligence Analysts11$117,917
Project Management Specialists6$130,934

Where They Hire (FY2025)

American Express

Arizona (265)New York (161)Florida (45)Texas (5)Utah (5)

Discover Financial

Illinois (152)

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Aggregated from DOL LCA disclosure files (FY2021–2026) for American Express and Discover Financial, filtered to certified petitions with annual wages between $30K and $1M. Employer legal-entity spelling variants are grouped before counting. A Labor Condition Application is a required step before an H-1B petition, not the petition itself.