Data Engineer H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Data Scientists (SOC 15-2051).
Employers filed 4,548 wage applications for Data Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 1,855 employers. The median offered wage was $110,000, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. Meta Platforms, Inc filed the most (287, median $192,238).
- Filings
- 4,548
- Positions covered
- 5,762
- Employers
- 1,855
- Median offered
- $110,000
- Median prevailing wage
- $105,498
- Filings since FY2020
- 22,025
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +14%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Data Engineer jobs rose 14%, from $96,669 in fiscal 2020 to $110,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 4,412 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 by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 3,669 | $110,000 | +3.8% | $103,522 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 4,412 | $105,997 | +4.0% | $101,899 | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 3,986 | $101,920 | −0.5% | $98,301 | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 3,270 | $102,482 | +3.5% | $98,904 | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 3,165 | $99,008 | −2.7% | $94,037 | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 1,920 | $101,754 | +5.3% | $93,558 | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 1,603 | $96,669 | n/a | $91,874 | +2.9% |
Employers that file for this title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 287 | $192,238 | +29.1% | |
| Compunnel Software Group, Inc | 50 | $121,000 | +2.8% | |
| IBM Corporation | 38 | $122,637 | at the minimum | |
| Tesla, Inc. | 38 | $155,000 | +24.1% | |
| Expedia, Inc. | 35 | $137,259 | at the minimum | |
| Vista Applied Solutions Group Inc | 33 | $112,923 | at the minimum | |
| Google LLC | 29 | $171,000 | +49.2% | |
| TekInvaderZ LLC | 29 | $98,197 | at the minimum | |
| Apple Inc. | 27 | $148,741 | at the minimum | |
| Insight Global, LLC | 27 | $120,484 | at the minimum | |
| Caremark LLC | 27 | $126,687 | +9.5% | |
| Sysintelli Inc. | 26 | $98,500 | +0.5% | |
| Randstad Digital, LLC | 25 | $135,000 | +13.3% | |
| Netflix, Inc. | 24 | $264,514 | at the minimum | |
| Sage IT Inc | 23 | $96,034 | at the minimum | |
| Infinite Computer Solutions, Inc. | 20 | $77,827 | at the minimum | |
| Zions Bancorporation, N.A. | 19 | $151,819 | at the minimum | |
| CVS Shared Services Resources LLC | 19 | $126,100 | +13.5% | |
| TikTok Inc. | 19 | $153,400 | at the minimum | |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 18 | $146,372 | +1.1% | |
| Ascendion, Inc. (Formerly known as Collabera, Inc.) | 18 | $130,000 | +7.7% | |
| American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. | 18 | $135,000 | +11.8% | |
| CitiusTech Inc. | 16 | $106,000 | +1.0% | |
| Lakshya Technologies Inc | 16 | $97,386 | at the minimum | |
| Populus Group LLC | 16 | $135,200 | +7.2% | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 1,855. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Data Engineer jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irving, TX | 187 | $106,090 | at the minimum | |
| Plano, TX | 181 | $97,000 | at the minimum | |
| Charlotte, NC | 129 | $106,080 | at the minimum | |
| Austin, TX | 121 | $115,000 | at the minimum | |
| New York, NY | 119 | $144,406 | +14.6% | |
| Menlo Park, CA | 113 | $204,214 | +28.5% | |
| Dallas, TX | 102 | $96,034 | at the minimum | |
| Houston, TX | 91 | $102,297 | +0.1% | |
| Frisco, TX | 79 | $105,000 | +0.1% | |
| Chicago, IL | 72 | $119,558 | at the minimum | |
| San Jose, CA | 70 | $149,183 | +0.2% | |
| Bellevue, WA | 65 | $199,234 | +22.7% | |
| Jersey City, NJ | 64 | $109,491 | at the minimum | |
| Mckinney, TX | 61 | $105,000 | at the minimum | |
| Seattle, WA | 56 | $149,240 | at the minimum | |
| Atlanta, GA | 54 | $109,283 | at the minimum | |
| Phoenix, AZ | 48 | $105,848 | +0.4% | |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 45 | $136,679 | at the minimum | |
| Alpharetta, GA | 44 | $109,283 | at the minimum | |
| Cincinnati, OH | 44 | $100,547 | at the minimum | |
| Fremont, CA | 41 | $147,774 | +7.5% | |
| San Francisco, CA | 40 | $181,941 | +5.9% | |
| San Antonio, TX | 38 | $94,848 | at the minimum | |
| Malvern, PA | 36 | $96,067 | at the minimum | |
| Richardson, TX | 36 | $99,995 | at the minimum | |
Seniority of the jobs filed
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.
- 66 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.
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