Engineer III H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).

Employers filed 140 wage applications for Engineer III jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 61 employers. The median offered wage was $117,499, 7.1% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Elevance Health, Inc. filed the most (22, median $119,444).

Filings: 140
Positions covered: 138
Employers: 61
Median offered: $117,499
Median prevailing wage: $108,431
Filings since FY2020: 1,136
Median offer change since FY2020: +33%

Engineer III, all employers140 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$117,499Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$108,153 to $129,995Where the middle half of the filings fall

$108,431Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Engineer III jobs rose 33%, from $86,693 in fiscal 2020 to $115,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 7.1% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 195 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.

Engineer III by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	108	$115,000	−3.5%	$108,878	+7.1%
2025	158	$119,194	+8.2%	$105,997	+8.0%
2024	148	$110,200	+11.3%	$99,819	+8.0%
2023	170	$99,008	+5.5%	$94,016	+1.7%
2022	195	$93,850	+7.6%	$90,022	at the minimum
2021	190	$87,194	+0.6%	$85,842	at the minimum
2020	167	$86,693	n/a	$82,921	at the minimum

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Elevance Health, Inc.	22	$119,444	+9.7%
The University of Phoenix, Inc.	15	$130,000	+6.2%
HNTB Corporation	8	$109,658	+4.0%
The Elevance Health Companies, Inc.	7	$123,900	+6.7%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company	5	$121,846	at the minimum
Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company	5	$172,427	+11.0%
Quanta Technology LLC	4	$120,000	+10.7%
Egen Solutions LLC	3	$108,150	+11.0%
Eurofins Professional Scientific Services Mid-Atlantic, LLC.	3	$67,278	+14.8%
NxStage Medical Inc., a Fresenius Medical Care N.A. company	3	$109,000	+4.3%
Southern Methodist University	3	$110,500	+39.0%
Western Alliance Bank	3	$110,000	+23.7%
E-Technologies Group, LLC.	2	$110,000	+9.3%
AtkinsRealis USA Inc.	2	$113,639	+7.4%
Freese and Nichols, Inc.	2	$89,981	at the minimum
Chartbeat Incorporated	2	$168,294	+17.9%
CrowdStrike, Inc.	2	$191,090	+55.1%
The Veritas Healthcare Solutions LLC	2	$101,296	at the minimum
Brand Shared Services, LLC	2	$122,624	+14.1%
Premier Life Sciences	2	$98,800	+10.4%
Ultra Clean Technology Systems and Service, Inc.	2	$115,859	+1.1%
2U, Inc.	1	$124,262	+9.0%
King County	1	$115,435	at the minimum
Paladin Drones, Inc.	1	$131,768	at the minimum
Entergy Operations, Inc.	1	$108,472	at the minimum

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 61. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Engineer III jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Phoenix, AZ	12	$129,979	+5.9%
Atlanta, GA	8	$114,050	+7.5%
Chicago, IL	6	$122,071	+11.4%
Houston, TX	5	$119,045	at the minimum
Norfolk, VA	5	$113,495	+10.1%
Tampa, FL	4	$109,489	+5.2%
Dallas, TX	3	$110,500	+39.0%
Irvine, CA	3	$104,000	+12.6%
Lawrence, MA	3	$109,000	+4.3%
Mason, OH	3	$113,212	+8.2%
Sunnyvale, CA	3	$121,846	at the minimum
West Point, PA	3	$67,278	+14.8%
Charlotte, NC	2	$110,574	+2.8%
Edison, NJ	2	$152,296	+7.4%
Irving, TX	2	$111,412	+22.7%
Iselin, NJ	2	$141,524	+7.2%
Medina, NY	2	$101,296	at the minimum
Morrisville, NC	2	$126,683	+15.8%
New York, NY	2	$160,132	+25.5%
Omaha, NE	2	$150,722	+11.7%
Richmond, VA	2	$121,449	+13.1%
Rogers, AR	2	$131,560	+8.5%
Seattle, WA	2	$128,751	+1.8%
Woburn, MA	2	$102,750	+9.2%
Albuquerque, NM	1	$148,824	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry10%

Level II, qualified51%

Level III, experienced29%

Level IV, fully competent10%

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.
2 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.