Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers H-1B Wage Premium
The DOL prevailing wage is the legal minimum an employer must pay for a given role, level, and location — not a target. Employers classified under Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers (NAICS 4539) pay a median of 11.7% above that floor, but 29.7% of filings are at or within 1% of the legal minimum.
What "Wage Premium" Means
Every H-1B Labor Condition Application states a DOL-determined prevailing wage — the minimum legally required for that occupation, experience level, and worksite. Wage premium is how much an employer's actual offered wage exceeds that floor. A 0% premium means the filing states exactly the legal minimum; it is not evidence of a problem, but it means the offered wage carries no information beyond what the law already requires.
Premium varies enormously by employer within the same industry — some pay the floor on every filing, others consistently pay well above it. The table below is not a ranking of employer quality; it measures one thing only: how each employer's offered wage compares to the legal minimum for Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers filings.
Employers Paying Furthest Above the Floor
| Employer | Certified Filings | Avg. Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Chewy, Inc. | 643 | +30.6% |
| Sotheby's, Inc. | 42 | +26.3% |
| Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc. | 120 | +20.1% |
| BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. | 83 | +15.9% |
| PetSmart LLC (f/k/a PetSmart, Inc.) | 47 | +11.8% |
| Target Enterprise, Inc. | 200 | +2.8% |
| PetSmart LLC | 100 | +2.7% |
| Dollar General Corporation | 78 | +2.6% |
Employers with at least 30 certified filings in this industry, ranked by average premium over prevailing wage.
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Computed from US Department of Labor LCA disclosure files for employers classified under NAICS 4539 — Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers — comparing each filing's offered annual wage to its own DOL prevailing wage figure (annualized from an hourly rate where filed hourly), filtered to certified petitions with annual wages between $30K and $1M and a positive prevailing wage on file. Per-employer premium is shown only where an employer has at least 30 qualifying filings in this industry, to keep the percentage from being driven by a handful of cases.