Technical Lead H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).
Employers filed 796 wage applications for Technical Lead jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 195 employers. The median offered wage was $108,098, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. Tata Consultancy Services Limited filed the most (233, median $90,210).
- Filings
- 796
- Positions covered
- 771
- Employers
- 195
- Median offered
- $108,098
- Median prevailing wage
- $100,318
- Filings since FY2020
- 8,862
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +22%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Technical Lead jobs rose 22%, from $90,189 in fiscal 2020 to $110,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 1,637 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 by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 580 | $110,000 | +16.6% | $102,461 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 1,232 | $94,307 | +3.8% | $90,210 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 1,339 | $90,854 | −3.8% | $87,714 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 1,090 | $94,432 | +0.4% | $82,950 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 1,565 | $94,037 | +2.3% | $78,624 | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 1,419 | $91,915 | +1.9% | $77,875 | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 1,637 | $90,189 | n/a | $78,000 | +3.4% |
Employers that file for this title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited | 233 | $90,210 | at the minimum | |
| HCL America Inc | 79 | $102,336 | +5.1% | |
| Coforge Limited | 54 | $112,923 | at the minimum | |
| IBM Corporation | 20 | $113,485 | at the minimum | |
| Birlasoft Inc | 18 | $96,034 | at the minimum | |
| SEI Investments Company | 16 | $155,000 | +3.8% | |
| Infinite Computer Solutions, Inc. | 15 | $99,750 | +5.4% | |
| Sagitec Solutions, LLC | 14 | $127,077 | +3.4% | |
| KPIT Technologies, Inc. | 14 | $100,000 | +16.9% | |
| Atos Syntel Inc | 14 | $122,500 | +4.6% | |
| First Citizens Bank and Trust Co. | 11 | $157,934 | at the minimum | |
| Incedo, Inc. | 11 | $100,006 | at the minimum | |
| Conga Corporation | 8 | $158,601 | +4.9% | |
| Nagarro, Inc | 7 | $109,283 | at the minimum | |
| Photon Infotech, Inc. | 6 | $132,996 | at the minimum | |
| SLK America Inc | 6 | $102,461 | at the minimum | |
| Prodapt North America, Inc. | 6 | $97,693 | +3.0% | |
| Quinnox, Inc. | 5 | $125,000 | +1.4% | |
| Birlasoft Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $109,283 | +15.3% | |
| Paycom Payroll, LLC | 5 | $157,539 | +20.5% | |
| Mphasis Corporation | 5 | $96,000 | +36.5% | |
| Toprow Resources | 4 | n/a | ||
| Bradesco Bank | 4 | $150,000 | +8.5% | |
| Mobicloud, LLC. | 4 | $124,540 | +1.5% | |
| Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) | 4 | $135,146 | +2.9% | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 195. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Technical Lead jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta, GA | 35 | $86,445 | at the minimum | |
| Oaks, PA | 28 | $145,300 | +0.8% | |
| Irving, TX | 27 | $94,759 | at the minimum | |
| Fort Worth, TX | 25 | $112,923 | at the minimum | |
| Houston, TX | 22 | $127,500 | +2.6% | |
| San Antonio, TX | 22 | $94,848 | at the minimum | |
| Dallas, TX | 21 | $112,923 | at the minimum | |
| Phoenix, AZ | 21 | $120,000 | at the minimum | |
| Plano, TX | 20 | $105,962 | at the minimum | |
| Austin, TX | 13 | $125,961 | at the minimum | |
| Frisco, TX | 12 | $115,703 | at the minimum | |
| New York, NY | 12 | $112,560 | at the minimum | |
| Minneapolis, MN | 10 | $90,210 | at the minimum | |
| San Jose, CA | 10 | $158,202 | at the minimum | |
| Indianapolis, IN | 9 | $82,285 | at the minimum | |
| Bentonville, AR | 8 | $103,595 | +5.5% | |
| Cary, NC | 8 | $121,995 | +17.5% | |
| Charlotte, NC | 8 | $123,667 | at the minimum | |
| Raleigh, NC | 8 | $101,442 | +17.2% | |
| Bellevue, WA | 7 | $139,298 | at the minimum | |
| Chicago, IL | 7 | $114,039 | +1.8% | |
| Louisville, KY | 7 | $69,805 | at the minimum | |
| Morrisville, NC | 7 | $120,000 | +38.6% | |
| Raritan, NJ | 7 | $94,682 | at the minimum | |
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 7 | $78,749 | at the minimum | |
Seniority of the jobs filed
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.
- 9 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.
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