Senior Project Lead H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Information Technology Project Managers (SOC 15-1299.09).

Employers filed 36 wage applications for Senior Project Lead jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 5 employers. The median offered wage was $120,932, 1.0% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. HCL America Inc filed the most (24, median $116,605).

Filings: 36
Positions covered: 34
Employers: 5
Median offered: $120,932
Median prevailing wage: $111,550
Filings since FY2020: 208
Median offer change since FY2020: +25%

Senior Project Lead, all employers36 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$120,932Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$111,628 to $131,997Where the middle half of the filings fall

$111,550Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Senior Project Lead jobs rose 25%, from $103,950 in fiscal 2020 to $130,325 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 0.4% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2024, with 42 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 Project Lead by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	30	$130,325	+34.7%	$111,862	+0.4%
2025	34	$96,767	+11.1%	$90,002	+1.1%
2024	42	$87,115	−27.1%	$84,064	at the minimum
2023	16	$119,509	+1.1%	$95,139	+22.5%
2022	27	$118,250	+13.8%	$95,982	+25.3%
2021	24	$103,950	no change	$89,118	+13.9%
2020	35	$103,950	n/a	$91,874	+16.3%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
HCL America Inc	24	$116,605	+1.0%
InfoCepts, LLC	8	$131,997	+11.5%
Birlasoft Inc	2	$122,460	at the minimum
Cyient, Inc.	1	$83,845	at the minimum
Salesforce, Inc.	1	$143,170	+3.0%

Where Senior Project Lead jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
San Antonio, TX	5	$110,000	at the minimum
Bellevue, WA	3	$139,298	+24.9%
Frisco, TX	3	$131,250	+10.8%
Phoenix, AZ	3	$127,400	+14.7%
Edison, NJ	2	$131,997	at the minimum
Framingham, MA	2	$115,627	+13.9%
Monroe, WA	2	$139,298	+12.4%
Princeton, NJ	2	$119,273	+29.6%
Redmond, WA	2	$126,006	+0.4%
Atlanta, GA	1	$131,997	+20.8%
Aubrey, TX	1	$112,923	at the minimum
Coopersburg, PA	1	n/a
Hopkins, SC	1	$83,845	at the minimum
Lake Forest, CA	1	$86,403	at the minimum
Mckinney, TX	1	$120,900	+30.6%
Philadelphia, PA	1	$145,000	+10.2%
Plano, TX	1	$92,581	at the minimum
Rahway, NJ	1	$94,682	at the minimum
Raleigh, NC	1	$105,600	+11.2%
Raritan, NJ	1	$131,997	at the minimum
San Francisco, CA	1	$143,170	+3.0%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%

Level II, qualified68%

Level III, experienced32%

Level IV, fully competent0%

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.