Sr Staff Data Engineer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 25 wage applications for Sr Staff Data Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 13 employers. The median offered wage was $174,304, 15.4% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Hartford Fire Insurance Company filed the most (7, median $154,669).

Filings: 25
Positions covered: 25
Employers: 13
Median offered: $174,304
Median prevailing wage: $154,669
Filings since FY2020: 100
Median offer change since FY2021: +15%

Sr Staff Data Engineer, all employers25 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$174,304Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$154,669 to $230,951Where the middle half of the filings fall

$154,669Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Sr Staff Data Engineer jobs rose 15%, from $148,376 in fiscal 2021 to $170,430 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 15.6% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 26 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.

Sr Staff Data Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	21	$170,430	−20.5%	$150,550	+15.6%
2025	26	$214,300	+42.0%	$163,830	+13.0%
2024	16	$150,900	−6.8%	$139,464	+8.7%
2023	10	$161,950	−1.8%	$140,046	+8.7%
2022	15	$165,000	+11.2%	$133,786	+11.7%
2021	10	$148,376	n/a	$148,376	+1.3%
2020	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Hartford Fire Insurance Company	7	$154,669	+6.5%
Tesla, Inc.	5	$233,200	+19.7%
Integral Ad Science, Inc.	2	$225,650	+52.3%
ServiceNow, Inc.	2	$147,742	at the minimum
Replit, Inc.	1	$295,000	+44.5%
Visa U.S.A. Inc.	1	$163,550	at the minimum
Turner Services, Inc.	1	$200,000	+18.0%
Illumio, Inc.	1	$174,304	at the minimum
Zendesk, Inc.	1	$260,000	+72.7%
Illumina, Inc.	1	$184,974	at the minimum
LendingTree, LLC	1	$212,202	at the minimum
Shopify (USA) Inc.	1	$169,541	+25.6%

Showing the 12 employers with the most filings of 13. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Sr Staff Data Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Hartford, CT	5	$154,669	+15.4%
Fremont, CA	4	$241,600	+18.4%
Santa Clara, CA	2	$147,742	at the minimum
Austin, TX	1	$163,550	at the minimum
Bonney Lake, WA	1	$212,202	at the minimum
Charlotte, NC	1	$154,669	at the minimum
Foster City, CA	1	$295,000	+44.5%
Glastonbury, CT	1	$149,500	+1.4%
Indian Land, SC	1	$233,300	+50.8%
Irving, TX	1	$218,000	+53.8%
Jersey City, NJ	1	$260,000	+72.7%
New York, NY	1	$200,000	+18.0%
Palo Alto, CA	1	$230,951	+23.6%
Parker, CO	1	$169,541	+25.6%
Richmond, TX	1	$160,000	+6.9%
San Diego, CA	1	$184,974	at the minimum
Sunnyvale, CA	1	$174,304	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%

Level II, qualified8%

Level III, experienced4%

Level IV, fully competent88%

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.