Lead Engineer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 229 wage applications for Lead Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 97 employers. The median offered wage was $145,018, 2.5% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Target Enterprise, Inc. filed the most (41, median $145,018).

Filings: 229
Positions covered: 230
Employers: 97
Median offered: $145,018
Median prevailing wage: $135,787
Filings since FY2020: 3,494
Median offer change since FY2020: +87%

Lead Engineer, all employers229 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$145,018Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$127,026 to $161,453Where the middle half of the filings fall

$135,787Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Lead Engineer jobs rose 87%, from $78,104 in fiscal 2020 to $146,058 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 3.3% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 925 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 Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	176	$146,058	+2.9%	$136,302	+3.3%
2025	265	$141,898	+14.6%	$131,602	+1.2%
2024	290	$123,843	+12.6%	$114,525	at the minimum
2023	354	$110,000	+26.5%	$102,242	at the minimum
2022	582	$86,965	+10.6%	$84,115	at the minimum
2021	902	$78,645	+0.7%	$78,645	at the minimum
2020	925	$78,104	n/a	$78,000	at the minimum

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Target Enterprise, Inc.	41	$145,018	at the minimum
Eaton Corporation	12	$128,763	+6.2%
Ice Mortgage Technology, Inc.	9	$155,000	at the minimum
Egen Solutions LLC	8	$169,599	+25.2%
Best Buy Co., Inc.	8	$158,061	+11.4%
Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC	8	$161,453	+5.1%
Brillio, LLC	7	$113,547	+0.2%
Quest Global Services- N.A., Inc.	7	$115,915	+0.1%
TransUnion LLC	6	$126,090	at the minimum
Majesco	5	$114,200	+13.9%
Wipro Limited	4	$111,144	at the minimum
Infinite Computer Solutions, Inc.	4	$129,642	+5.6%
Synapse Design Automation Inc.	4	$161,744	+19.4%
Prodapt North America, Inc.	4	$103,542	+10.2%
Homesite Group Incorporated	3	$169,697	+9.8%
Live Nation Worldwide, Inc.	3	$232,313	+23.9%
Sephora USA, Inc.	3	$185,994	at the minimum
Info Services, LLC	2	$150,000	+4.9%
ISO New England Inc.	2	$201,315	+14.1%
Docusign Inc.	2	$249,131	at the minimum
Interviewstreet, Inc.	2	$209,956	+10.3%
American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.	2	$158,389	+38.3%
XERO, Inc.	2	$250,000	+17.1%
Hussmann Corporation	2	$118,753	+10.7%
Veteran Pipeline Construction, Inc.	2	$112,420	+4.9%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 97. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Lead Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Minneapolis, MN	35	$145,018	at the minimum
San Francisco, CA	9	$185,994	+0.2%
Parsippany, NJ	8	$161,453	+5.1%
Richfield, MN	8	$158,061	+11.4%
Naperville, IL	7	$183,059	+23.5%
New York, NY	6	$235,000	+46.6%
Sunnyvale, CA	6	$171,163	at the minimum
Atlanta, GA	5	$129,400	at the minimum
Pleasanton, CA	5	$187,580	at the minimum
Richardson, TX	5	$115,710	+20.5%
Brooklyn Park, MN	4	$145,018	at the minimum
Chicago, IL	4	$145,129	+2.0%
Raleigh, NC	4	$141,341	+3.7%
Santa Clara, CA	4	$203,637	+13.6%
Boston, MA	3	$169,697	+3.7%
Charlotte, NC	3	$112,500	+4.8%
Irving, TX	3	$150,000	+11.1%
Lakewood, CO	3	$119,000	+0.9%
Springs, TX	3	$103,022	at the minimum
Aubrey, TX	2	$112,923	at the minimum
Austin, TX	2	$102,205	+0.3%
Bridgeton, MO	2	$118,753	+10.7%
Bridgewaters, NJ	2	$119,569	+0.1%
Concord, CA	2	$112,420	+4.9%
Cumming, GA	2	$167,594	+19.1%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry7%

Level II, qualified22%

Level III, experienced25%

Level IV, fully competent46%

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.
4 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.