Technical Lead L1 H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Computer Programmers (SOC 15-1251).

Employers filed 512 wage applications for Technical Lead L1 jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 6 employers. The median offered wage was $101,067, 4.8% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Wipro Limited filed the most (505, median $101,067).

Filings: 512
Positions covered: 722
Employers: 6
Median offered: $101,067
Median prevailing wage: $79,435
Filings since FY2022: 1,998
Median offer change since FY2022: +44%

Technical Lead L1, all employers512 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$101,067Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$83,283 to $126,000Where the middle half of the filings fall

$79,435Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2022

The median wage offered for Technical Lead L1 jobs rose 44%, from $77,293 in fiscal 2022 to $111,480 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 16.7% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2024, with 452 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.

Technical Lead L1 by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	409	$111,480	+30.8%	$79,435	+16.7%
2025	378	$85,218	+2.8%	$83,866	at the minimum
2024	452	$82,909	+8.1%	$82,909	at the minimum
2023	423	$76,731	−0.7%	$76,731	at the minimum
2022	336	$77,293	n/a	$77,293	at the minimum

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Wipro Limited	505	$101,067	+4.7%
Wipro Appirio INC	3	$142,374	+78.2%
Aggne Global Inc	1	$165,000	+67.9%
IKON-TECH Services LLC	1	$140,000	+0.6%
Wipro NextGen Enterprise Inc.,	1	$85,800	at the minimum
KC Synergy Solutions, Inc.	1	$91,562	at the minimum

Where Technical Lead L1 jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Austin, TX	62	$97,218	+23.8%
Irving, TX	48	$86,157	+6.6%
Charlotte, NC	27	$93,600	+26.1%
Plano, TX	22	$112,300	+45.1%
Tampa, FL	22	$105,682	+33.0%
Sunnyvale, CA	21	$130,853	at the minimum
Mount Laurel, NJ	13	$130,000	+63.3%
North Quincy, MA	11	$112,500	+9.4%
O Fallon, MO	9	$86,424	+5.1%
Redmond, WA	9	$141,867	+2.9%
Chandler, AZ	8	$120,000	+93.5%
Louisville, KY	8	$90,813	at the minimum
Bellevue, WA	7	$141,069	+2.4%
Southlake, TX	7	$77,418	at the minimum
Cumming, GA	6	$90,210	at the minimum
Dearborn, MI	6	$81,648	+21.8%
Jersey City, NJ	6	$121,000	+23.1%
Bloomfield, CT	5	$95,514	at the minimum
Boise, ID	5	$74,762	+2.6%
Memphis, TN	5	$73,920	+3.1%
Syracuse, NY	5	$79,893	at the minimum
Addison, TX	4	$81,609	+5.4%
Eden Prairie, MN	4	$100,293	+10.9%
Franklin, TN	4	$107,432	at the minimum
Hopkins, MN	4	$99,756	+5.2%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%

Level II, qualified100%

Level III, experienced0%

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.