Principal Data Engineer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 249 wage applications for Principal Data Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 103 employers. The median offered wage was $148,382, 0.5% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments filed the most (92, median $132,781).

Filings: 249
Positions covered: 244
Employers: 103
Median offered: $148,382
Median prevailing wage: $138,331
Filings since FY2020: 884
Median offer change since FY2020: +11%

Principal Data Engineer, all employers249 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$148,382Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$131,681 to $180,430Where the middle half of the filings fall

$138,331Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Principal Data Engineer jobs rose 11%, from $133,929 in fiscal 2020 to $149,162 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 0.5% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, 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.

Principal Data Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	203	$149,162	+4.5%	$139,360	+0.5%
2025	195	$142,768	+1.3%	$138,955	at the minimum
2024	139	$141,000	+4.6%	$132,413	at the minimum
2023	152	$134,805	−0.1%	$127,171	+0.4%
2022	107	$135,000	−6.9%	$124,883	+7.2%
2021	51	$145,000	+8.3%	$122,616	+0.5%
2020	37	$133,929	n/a	$121,389	+4.7%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments	92	$132,781	at the minimum
DataEconomy, Inc.	7	$155,100	+11.9%
Fidelity Workplace Investing LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments	6	$129,055	at the minimum
Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.	5	$176,001	+45.2%
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.	5	$154,669	at the minimum
Atlassian US, Inc.	4	$261,375	+23.9%
Greensky Management Company LLC	4	$141,925	+6.9%
DFS Corporate Services LLC	3	$130,125	at the minimum
Navy Federal Credit Union	3	$201,791	+12.5%
Continental Casualty Company	3	$176,877	+12.4%
Zeus Solutions Inc	3	$152,485	at the minimum
Aetna Resources LLC	3	$196,800	+29.6%
Caremark LLC	3	$200,000	+26.6%
Sanas AI Inc	2	$470,000	+70.4%
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.	2	$230,000	+24.3%
Arbiter AI, LLC	2	$300,000	+14.8%
National Charitable Services LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments	2	$126,563	at the minimum
Brillio, LLC	2	$149,207	+12.2%
BlueCross BlueShield Association	2	$190,000	+30.1%
Expedia, Inc.	2	$184,732	at the minimum
Exeliq Consulting Inc.	2	$144,000	+10.2%
Team TAG Services, LLC	2	$165,000	+16.0%
Boston Scientific Corporation	2	$142,041	+8.4%
Matson Navigation Company	2	$183,077	+85.9%
Ally Bank	2	$156,166	at the minimum

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 103. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Principal Data Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Durham, NC	58	$131,120	at the minimum
Westlake, TX	28	$132,862	at the minimum
Chicago, IL	9	$177,400	+16.0%
New York, NY	8	$204,020	+12.5%
Charlotte, NC	7	$156,166	at the minimum
Atlanta, GA	5	$144,200	+11.2%
Bentonville, AR	5	$176,001	+45.2%
San Francisco, CA	5	$171,546	+21.5%
Smithfield, RI	5	$129,058	at the minimum
Houston, TX	4	$152,485	at the minimum
Irvine, CA	4	$172,399	+4.6%
Johnston, RI	4	$154,669	+4.7%
Merrimack, NH	4	$139,182	at the minimum
Riverwoods, IL	4	$130,243	at the minimum
Austin, TX	3	$140,000	+0.2%
Hartford, CT	3	$196,800	+33.5%
Boston, MA	2	$137,005	at the minimum
Brighton, MA	2	$230,000	+24.3%
Celina, TX	2	$179,977	+52.5%
Cincinnati, OH	2	$142,060	+18.6%
Iowa City, IA	2	$174,384	+19.1%
Irving, TX	2	$136,207	+0.3%
Jersey City, NJ	2	$149,327	+14.5%
Marlborough, MA	2	$142,041	+8.4%
Mountain View, CA	2	$261,375	+19.8%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry1%

Level II, qualified14%

Level III, experienced19%

Level IV, fully competent66%

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.