Lead Developer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 82 wage applications for Lead Developer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 58 employers. The median offered wage was $149,247, 0.1% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. filed the most (6, median $175,427).

Filings: 82
Positions covered: 80
Employers: 58
Median offered: $149,247
Median prevailing wage: $134,971
Filings since FY2020: 944
Median offer change since FY2020: +30%

Lead Developer, all employers82 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$149,247Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$131,158 to $165,300Where the middle half of the filings fall

$134,971Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Lead Developer jobs rose 30%, from $114,000 in fiscal 2020 to $148,400 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 0.1% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 176 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 Developer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	60	$148,400	+5.4%	$134,971	+0.1%
2025	149	$140,859	+11.7%	$130,624	+0.1%
2024	140	$126,113	−7.9%	$119,247	+0.1%
2023	132	$136,900	+9.2%	$129,189	+1.4%
2022	176	$125,400	+10.2%	$116,938	+0.5%
2021	134	$113,755	−0.2%	$105,425	+1.0%
2020	153	$114,000	n/a	$104,897	+1.2%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.	6	$175,427	at the minimum
Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc.	4	$156,550	at the minimum
Ice Data Analytics, LLC	3	$165,300	+0.1%
NYSE Market (DE), Inc.	3	$169,300	at the minimum
Ice Mortgage Technology, Inc.	3	$152,800	at the minimum
Hyperion Technologies LLC	2	$149,490	at the minimum
The Baldwin Group Colleague, Inc.	2	$151,561	+10.6%
Rightpoint Consulting LLC	2	$140,696	+7.6%
Thoughtworks, Inc.	2	$195,311	+41.0%
Zurich American Insurance Company	2	$136,013	+13.9%
CNO Services, LLC	2	$157,856	+21.6%
Galaxy IT LLC	2	$123,947	at the minimum
TEKsystems Global Services, LLC	2	$137,802	+1.2%
Altimetrik Corp.	2	$134,971	at the minimum
ECHO Health, Inc.	1	$113,022	+22.6%
Quality Matrix Inc	1	$112,923	at the minimum
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$157,133	+23.9%
Likewize Device Protection, LLC	1	$144,200	+6.8%
Fastenal Company	1	$98,004	+2.1%
SGS Technologie, LLC	1	$102,752	at the minimum
Eliassen Group, LLC	1	$178,672	+2.9%
Data Caliper LLC	1	$112,000	+0.9%
Ice Data Connectivity & Feeds Inc.	1	$160,900	+0.1%
DealerDirect, LLC	1	$138,486	at the minimum
Eversoft Technologies LLC	1	$120,640	+1.5%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 58. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Lead Developer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
New York, NY	6	$179,450	+0.1%
Rockville, MD	6	$175,427	at the minimum
Irving, TX	5	$134,971	at the minimum
Atlanta, GA	4	$143,100	at the minimum
Carmel, IN	4	$149,247	+15.0%
Celina, TX	3	$151,561	+12.3%
Prosper, TX	3	$134,971	at the minimum
Aubrey, TX	2	$116,709	at the minimum
Charlotte, NC	2	$133,585	at the minimum
Chicago, IL	2	$142,358	+0.3%
Lake Forest, CA	2	$152,800	at the minimum
Schaumburg, IL	2	$136,013	+13.9%
Washington, DC	2	$149,490	at the minimum
American Fork, UT	1	$180,000	+17.5%
Athens, GA	1	$135,100	at the minimum
Bellevue, WA	1	$120,246	at the minimum
Clarks Summit, PA	1	$140,000	+24.4%
Columbia, MD	1	$151,091	at the minimum
Dearborn, MI	1	$138,486	at the minimum
Des Moines, IA	1	$122,331	+7.8%
Folsom, CA	1	$178,672	+2.9%
Fort Worth, TX	1	$125,288	at the minimum
Hartland, WI	1	$147,843	+12.5%
Jacksonville, FL	1	$102,752	at the minimum
Land O Lakes, FL	1	$123,219	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry1%

Level II, qualified16%

Level III, experienced39%

Level IV, fully competent44%

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.