Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage 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 Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage (NAICS 5231) pay a median of 22.2% above that floor, but 10.1% 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 Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage filings.
Employers Paying Furthest Above the Floor
| Employer | Certified Filings | Avg. Premium |
|---|---|---|
| CTC Trading Group, LLC | 92 | +131.4% |
| IMC Americas, Inc. | 70 | +102.6% |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 281 | +88.4% |
| BDT Capital Partners, LLC | 40 | +87.2% |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 155 | +85.5% |
| Morgan Stanley and Co. LLC | 33 | +77.1% |
| Team Belvedere, LLC | 43 | +70.2% |
| Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. | 145 | +63.8% |
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 5231 — Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage — 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.