Engineer Lead H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 83 wage applications for Engineer Lead jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 6 employers. The median offered wage was $152,852, 9.7% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Elevance Health, Inc. filed the most (56, median $152,144).

Filings: 83
Positions covered: 83
Employers: 6
Median offered: $152,852
Median prevailing wage: $139,027
Filings since FY2020: 463
Median offer change since FY2020: +30%

Engineer Lead, all employers83 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$152,852Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$144,911 to $161,654Where the middle half of the filings fall

$139,027Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Engineer Lead jobs rose 30%, from $117,884 in fiscal 2020 to $152,852 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 9.7% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2024, with 76 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 Lead by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	63	$152,852	+3.3%	$139,027	+9.7%
2025	62	$147,933	+4.2%	$129,210	+12.0%
2024	76	$142,002	+8.9%	$127,223	+8.6%
2023	75	$130,437	+6.4%	$130,437	at the minimum
2022	62	$122,616	+3.9%	$121,691	at the minimum
2021	63	$118,061	+0.2%	$117,868	at the minimum
2020	62	$117,884	n/a	$117,021	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.	56	$152,144	+9.7%
The Elevance Health Companies, Inc.	23	$154,150	+9.7%
Carelon Management Services, LLC	1	$156,005	+2.9%
OKBL USA Technology Inc.	1	$268,920	+26.7%
IBM Corporation	1	$178,801	+17.5%
Best Buy Co., Inc.	1	$143,222	+50.2%

Where Engineer Lead jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Atlanta, GA	23	$150,406	+7.8%
Norfolk, VA	16	$159,097	+10.0%
Richmond, VA	14	$144,001	+9.2%
Mason, OH	5	$157,590	+13.4%
Cerritos, CA	4	$162,463	+7.8%
Durham, NC	3	$161,863	+6.3%
Grand Prairie, TX	3	$151,802	+8.9%
Dearborn, MI	2	$152,852	+10.4%
Arlington, VA	1	$153,500	+3.6%
Ashburn, VA	1	$150,920	+0.1%
Chicago, IL	1	$167,440	+9.2%
Grande Prairie, TX	1	$147,088	+9.0%
Indianapolis, IN	1	$137,466	+5.9%
Logan, UT	1	$159,917	+24.3%
Midlothian, VA	1	$144,084	+16.1%
Novi, MI	1	$166,625	+20.3%
Redmond, WA	1	$268,920	+26.7%
Richfield, MN	1	$143,222	+50.2%
Seven Hills, OH	1	$156,565	+19.7%
Wallingford, CT	1	$181,031	+23.8%
Woodland Hills, CA	1	$148,254	+14.3%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%

Level II, qualified2%

Level III, experienced30%

Level IV, fully competent68%

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.