Data Engineer, H-1B salary
What 24,735 H-1B filings report for “Data Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Data Engineer?
$104k median H-1B base salary for a Data Engineer, typically $78k to $159k, across 24,735 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in Washington at $140k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1Washington1,288$140k+$36k
- 2California4,509$139k+$35k
- 3New York1,271$120k+$16k
- 4New Hampshire50$105k+$1k
- 5Maryland276$104ksame
- 6Massachusetts609$104ksame
- 7North Carolina1,070$103k−$1k
- 8New Jersey1,315$103k−$1k
- 9Oregon248$102k−$2k
- 10Connecticut278$100k−$4k
- 11District of Columbia65$100k−$4k
- 12Virginia949$99k−$5k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $104kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for a Data Engineer?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Data Engineer roles are Meta, IBM, CVS Health, Apple, and Expedia, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Data Engineer filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Meta1,901 filings$175k
- 2IBM559 filings$89k
- 3CVS Health224 filings$123k
- 4Apple206 filings$153k
- 5Expedia176 filings$129k
- 6Cisco161 filings$135k
- 7Vista Applied Solutions Group152 filings$101k
- 8Microsoft149 filings$161k
- 9Aetna148 filings$109k
- 10Google121 filings$161k
- 11Eficens Systems113 filings$88k
- 12TekInvaderZ112 filings$87k
- 13LatentView Analytics108 filings$124k
- 14Compunnel98 filings$121k
- 15Ford85 filings$113k
- 16Capital One84 filings$93k
- 17Tesla80 filings$137k
- 18Discover79 filings$103k
- 19Analytics9 Solutions76 filings$97k
- 20Populus Group73 filings$125k
- 21Sage IT73 filings$94k
- 22Netflix62 filings$265k
- 23Snowstack62 filings$94k
- 24American Express56 filings$121k
- 25DataEconomy54 filings$90k
- 26Ciphernine53 filings$103k
- 27Ascendion50 filings$130k
- 28W.W. Grainger49 filings$135k
- 29The Hartford48 filings$92k
- 30Vak IT Systems48 filings$87k
- 31Cloudwick Technologies47 filings$125k
- 32TikTok47 filings$158k
- 33Wavicle Data Solutions46 filings$90k
- 34Cyma Systems45 filings$98k
- 35Insight Global45 filings$120k
- 36HCL Global Systems44 filings$99k
- 37Bitwise44 filings$87k
- 38Barclays42 filings$120k
- 39Idexcel41 filings$105k
- 40Aroha Technologies41 filings$110k
- 41phData41 filings$78k
- 42Zions Bancorporation, N.A.40 filings$129k
- 43CitiusTech39 filings$102k
- 44V-Soft Consulting39 filings$90k
- 45Randstad39 filings$134k
- 46Artificial Inventions38 filings$84k
- 47Lowe's38 filings$106k
- 48Red Ventures38 filings$95k
- 49Verinon Technology Solutions38 filings$85k
- 50System Soft Technologies37 filings$97k
Related titles in this family
66,058 filings carry “Data Engineer” in the title, across 4,002 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Data Engineer7,557 filings$134k
- 2Data Engineer II3,978 filings$136k
- 3Sr. Data Engineer2,554 filings$126k
- 4Data Engineer III2,004 filings$140k
- 5Lead Data Engineer1,694 filings$140k
- 6Big Data Engineer1,661 filings$96k
- 7Data Engineer I1,628 filings$116k
- 8Staff Data Engineer981 filings$164k
- 9Principal Data Engineer941 filings$141k
- 10Manager, Data Engineering612 filings$149k
- 11Cloud Data Engineer455 filings$102k
- 12Data Engineering Manager417 filings$179k
Figures are for the exact title “Data Engineer”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.