Senior Lead Engineer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 34 wage applications for Senior Lead Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 10 employers. The median offered wage was $129,927, 6.9% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Brillio, LLC filed the most (13, median $130,187).

Filings: 34
Positions covered: 34
Employers: 10
Median offered: $129,927
Median prevailing wage: $111,790
Filings since FY2020: 164
Median offer change since FY2020: +28%

Senior Lead Engineer, all employers34 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$129,927Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$113,012 to $144,637Where the middle half of the filings fall

$111,790Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Senior Lead Engineer jobs rose 28%, from $104,158 in fiscal 2020 to $133,558 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 6.7% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 41 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.

Senior Lead Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	21	$133,558	+18.2%	$124,361	+6.7%
2025	41	$112,986	+1.0%	$102,814	+3.3%
2024	38	$111,886	−3.5%	$101,192	+10.2%
2023	29	$116,000	−8.1%	$102,315	+3.1%
2022	13	$126,200	+28.9%	$101,889	+10.5%
2021	9	$97,923	−6.0%	$85,436	+1.2%
2020	13	$104,158	n/a	$98,551	+7.9%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Brillio, LLC	13	$130,187	+12.0%
Quest Global Services- N.A., Inc.	8	$130,279	+14.1%
GlobalLogic Inc.	3	$139,443	at the minimum
Majesco	2	$131,205	+14.1%
Mavenir US Inc.	2	$142,631	+42.6%
Hinduja Tech Inc.	2	$95,004	at the minimum
College Board	1	$175,427	at the minimum
Prophecy Consulting Inc	1	$105,706	at the minimum
Fisher & Company, Inc.	1	$125,362	at the minimum
Zensar Technologies, Inc.	1	$129,667	at the minimum

Where Senior Lead Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Sunnyvale, CA	3	$156,853	+7.0%
Monterey Park, CA	2	$145,246	+4.5%
Richardson, TX	2	$142,631	+42.6%
San Diego, CA	2	$113,811	+2.2%
Santa Ana, CA	2	$113,277	+33.2%
Santa Clara, CA	2	$149,667	at the minimum
Tampa, FL	2	$112,923	+12.0%
Alpharetta, GA	1	$112,923	+3.3%
Auburn Hills, MI	1	$93,642	at the minimum
Austin, TX	1	$145,516	+31.5%
Chantilly, VA	1	$175,427	at the minimum
De Pere, WI	1	$133,558	+25.0%
Dover, NH	1	$108,359	+5.4%
Erlanger, KY	1	$90,000	+16.3%
Houston, TX	1	$114,000	+6.7%
Irving, TX	1	$124,400	at the minimum
Lake Forest, CA	1	$129,667	at the minimum
Leander, TX	1	$115,500	+31.7%
Manor, TX	1	$142,000	+2.0%
Maryland Heights, MO	1	$133,250	+12.3%
Mckinney, TX	1	$130,187	+15.3%
Morristown, NJ	1	$154,050	+22.7%
Normal, IL	1	$105,706	at the minimum
St. Clair Shores, MI	1	$125,362	at the minimum
Saline, MI	1	$96,366	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry3%

Level II, qualified69%

Level III, experienced21%

Level IV, fully competent7%

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.