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Data Engineer at Discover

Pay by year, the work locations, and the prevailing-wage level breakdown.

What does Discover pay a Data Engineer on an H-1B?

$103k Discover has filed 85 H-1B labor condition applications for the role of Data Engineer with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026 at a median base salary of $103k. Most of those filings fall between $89k and $110k. Base salary is the wage stated on the filing, not total compensation.

H-1B LCA filings
85
Median base salary
$103k
Middle 50%
$89k to $110k

Filings and pay by year

Data Engineer at Discover, by fiscal year

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Discover Data Engineer H-1B filings and median base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)5$97k
FY202518$113k
FY202423$103k
FY202325$98k
FY20211$68k
FY20206$76k
FY20193$72k
FY20174$84k

A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.

Where this work is

Work locations named on the filings, most common first

LocationFilingsMedian base salary
Riverwoods, IL71$103k
Houston, TX4$108k
Sullivan, IL2$72k
Birmingham, AL1$103k
Delaware, OH1$103k
Elgin, IL1$107k
Los Angeles, CA1$68k
McKinney, TX1$97k
Morrisville, NC1$97k
Rancho Cordova, CA1$109k
Wheeling, IL1$103k

Prevailing-wage level

The experience level DOL assigns the role, I (entry) to IV (expert)

LevelFilingsMedian base salary
Level I13$67k
Level II63$103k
Level III2$123k
Level IV3$102k

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