Lead Data Engineer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 272 wage applications for Lead Data Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 164 employers. The median offered wage was $145,000, 7.1% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Bitwise Inc. filed the most (14, median $121,680).

Filings: 272
Positions covered: 314
Employers: 164
Median offered: $145,000
Median prevailing wage: $130,915
Filings since FY2020: 1,536
Median offer change since FY2020: +21%

Lead Data Engineer, all employers272 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$145,000Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$126,071 to $165,000Where the middle half of the filings fall

$130,915Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Lead Data Engineer jobs rose 21%, from $119,363 in fiscal 2020 to $144,482 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 6.1% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2024, with 300 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.

Lead Data Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	219	$144,482	−2.0%	$130,707	+6.1%
2025	268	$147,472	+0.7%	$128,794	+8.7%
2024	300	$146,432	+1.5%	$126,610	+9.4%
2023	234	$144,202	+3.4%	$125,965	+9.4%
2022	268	$139,425	+4.6%	$114,172	+13.3%
2021	153	$133,270	+11.7%	$113,714	+7.0%
2020	94	$119,363	n/a	$109,668	+3.0%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Bitwise Inc.	14	$121,680	+6.3%
Centene Management Company, LLC	10	$146,902	+8.1%
First Citizens Bank and Trust Co.	8	$149,854	at the minimum
Cox Automotive Corporate Services, LLC	5	$156,451	+18.6%
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	4	$154,669	at the minimum
Brillio, LLC	4	$119,353	+11.1%
American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.	4	$166,973	+55.0%
Visa Technology & Operations LLC	4	$208,863	at the minimum
ExlService.com, LLC	4	$149,000	+8.6%
Zenith Media Services, Inc.	4	$125,000	+14.2%
84.51 LLC	3	$163,800	+35.7%
Macy's Systems and Technology, Inc.	3	$176,000	+10.0%
Bayer Research and Development Services LLC	3	$153,298	+8.1%
Capital One Services, LLC	3	$193,400	+10.2%
Mercury Insurance Services, LLC	3	$170,872	at the minimum
SLK America Inc	3	$112,588	+2.4%
Ameritas Life Insurance Corp.	3	$125,000	+14.6%
CovetIT, Inc.	3	$120,016	+18.0%
Humana Inc.	3	$140,000	+6.5%
Wavicle Data Solutions, LLC	3	$148,518	+11.4%
Lowe's Companies, Inc.	3	$129,854	at the minimum
PetSmart LLC	3	$134,514	at the minimum
Kairos Technologies Inc.	2	$122,086	+8.4%
Copart, Inc	2	$150,986	+3.7%
Info Services, LLC	2	$128,924	+12.6%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 164. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Lead Data Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Schaumburg, IL	14	$121,680	+6.3%
Atlanta, GA	12	$150,844	+14.4%
Charlotte, NC	10	$136,282	at the minimum
Cincinnati, OH	9	$151,679	+31.0%
Austin, TX	8	$166,550	+8.1%
Dallas, TX	7	$157,000	+7.4%
Plano, TX	7	$143,500	+5.6%
Irving, TX	6	$118,962	at the minimum
New York, NY	5	$178,500	+9.6%
Phoenix, AZ	5	$135,845	at the minimum
St. Louis, MO	5	$151,895	+8.5%
Frisco, TX	4	$114,379	at the minimum
Madison, WI	4	$166,973	+55.0%
Oak Brook, IL	4	$153,417	+9.4%
San Francisco, CA	4	$186,628	+4.5%
Celina, TX	3	$153,192	+11.5%
Chicago, IL	3	$165,000	+20.5%
Foster City, CA	3	$213,512	at the minimum
Land O Lakes, FL	3	$140,201	+3.6%
Las Vegas, NV	3	$97,760	+8.3%
Lincoln, NE	3	$125,000	+14.6%
Newark, NJ	3	$177,100	+10.1%
Raleigh, NC	3	$132,000	+4.1%
Round Rock, TX	3	$124,300	+8.3%
San Jose, CA	3	$177,258	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry2%

Level II, qualified24%

Level III, experienced31%

Level IV, fully competent43%

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.
5 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.