Data Engineer III H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Business Intelligence Analysts (SOC 15-2051.01).

Employers filed 390 wage applications for Data Engineer III jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 85 employers. The median offered wage was $162,000, 13.3% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Amazon.com Services LLC filed the most (166, median $177,518).

Filings: 390
Positions covered: 874
Employers: 85
Median offered: $162,000
Median prevailing wage: $136,419
Filings since FY2020: 2,051
Median offer change since FY2020: +22%

Data Engineer III, all employers390 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$162,000Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$131,223 to $182,050Where the middle half of the filings fall

$136,419Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Data Engineer III jobs rose 22%, from $133,100 in fiscal 2020 to $162,240 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 12.9% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 419 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.

Data Engineer III by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	324	$162,240	+6.6%	$136,419	+12.9%
2025	419	$152,250	+9.0%	$119,891	+29.0%
2024	411	$139,732	+8.3%	$112,008	+32.0%
2023	298	$129,041	+2.9%	$101,941	+19.7%
2022	312	$125,460	−3.6%	$101,941	+23.5%
2021	156	$130,100	−2.3%	$104,073	+24.2%
2020	131	$133,100	n/a	$100,984	+21.3%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Amazon.com Services LLC	166	$177,518	+12.9%
Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.	33	$123,600	+69.7%
Amazon Web Services, Inc.	16	$163,322	+21.1%
Federal Express Corporation	12	$134,659	+49.2%
Startech Networks Inc.	10	$76,440	at the minimum
FIS Management Services, LLC	10	$153,503	+32.0%
Capgemini America Inc	9	$151,000	+13.2%
RELX, Inc.	8	$103,030	+5.3%
Strategic Staffing Solutions, L.C.	6	$159,120	+17.7%
Amazon Advertising LLC	6	$183,415	+17.7%
Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.	5	$186,300	+17.7%
Chewy, Inc.	5	$180,000	+28.8%
CareSource Management Services, LLC	4	$159,230	+1.5%
FedEx Dataworks, Inc.	4	$123,276	+12.3%
Staples, Inc.	3	$135,000	+13.9%
Teladoc Health Inc.	3	$148,741	at the minimum
Grainger Corporate Services LLC	3	$157,976	+16.2%
Rackspace US, Inc.	2	$131,462	+9.5%
Technovision Solution LLC	2	$91,459	+5.3%
Employers Mutual Casualty Company	2	$129,726	+0.6%
Sirius XM Radio LLC	2	$132,500	+7.4%
Arch Insurance Group Inc.	2	$162,500	+18.9%
Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR LLC)	2	$115,128	at the minimum
Eliassen Group, LLC	2	$133,120	+15.8%
HP Inc.	2	$106,642	at the minimum

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 85. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Data Engineer III jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Seattle, WA	76	$174,050	+7.2%
Bellevue, WA	41	$178,420	+6.7%
Bentonville, AR	29	$123,600	+77.7%
Plano, TX	16	$76,440	at the minimum
New York, NY	15	$204,160	+23.9%
Austin, TX	11	$154,600	+24.1%
Dallas, TX	11	$183,900	+37.7%
Sunnyvale, CA	9	$193,100	+29.3%
Arlington, VA	8	$182,315	+13.7%
Cincinnati, OH	7	$143,006	+18.4%
Irving, TX	7	$145,000	+22.0%
Raleigh, NC	7	$101,140	+12.6%
Atlanta, GA	4	$171,280	+42.3%
Boston, MA	4	$170,300	+23.5%
Framingham, MA	4	$140,300	+16.1%
Foxborough, MA	3	$115,128	at the minimum
Hawthorne, CA	3	$195,000	+22.8%
Jacksonville, FL	3	$132,000	+25.1%
Little Elm, TX	3	$157,976	+16.2%
Mason, OH	3	$137,350	+38.9%
Minneapolis, MN	3	$173,300	+44.8%
Portland, OR	3	$190,995	+49.1%
San Francisco, CA	3	$240,500	+35.4%
Tampa, FL	3	$135,346	at the minimum
Tempe, AZ	3	$168,800	+28.5%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry8%

Level II, qualified20%

Level III, experienced48%

Level IV, fully competent25%

The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.

What these numbers are

They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.