Data Engineer II, H-1B salary
What 3,978 H-1B filings report for “Data Engineer II” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Data Engineer II?
$136k median H-1B base salary for a Data Engineer II, typically $97k to $170k, across 3,978 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in California at $154k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California450$154k+$18k
- 2New York233$153k+$17k
- 3Oregon26$146k+$10k
- 4Virginia158$140k+$4k
- 5New Jersey55$136ksame
- 6Washington1,667$136ksame
- 7Massachusetts140$135k−$1k
- 8Texas572$134k−$2k
- 9Arizona64$132k−$4k
- 10Connecticut30$127k−$9k
- 11Tennessee35$124k−$12k
- 12Florida62$121k−$15k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $136kfor 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 II?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Data Engineer II roles are Amazon, McKinsey, Travelers, American Family Insurance, and Chewy, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Data Engineer II filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Amazon2,864 filings$143k
- 2McKinsey49 filings$150k
- 3Travelers46 filings$133k
- 4American Family Insurance37 filings$122k
- 5Chewy32 filings$143k
- 6Rocket Mortgage31 filings$100k
- 7Rocket Limited Partnership25 filings$100k
- 8USAA20 filings$102k
- 9Spotify19 filings$187k
- 10Dish19 filings$95k
- 11Grubhub17 filings$145k
- 12Walmart16 filings$80k
- 13Yahoo16 filings$126k
- 14General Motors13 filings$150k
- 15Twitch12 filings$167k
- 16Catalina Marketing12 filings$112k
- 17DV0112 filings$149k
- 18Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma11 filings$107k
- 19Randstad11 filings$100k
- 20Starbucks10 filings$102k
- 21LexisNexis10 filings$78k
- 22Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center9 filings$140k
- 23Nisum9 filings$110k
- 24FedEx9 filings$86k
- 25Woot Services9 filings$122k
- 26Cars.com8 filings$110k
- 27First Citizens Bank8 filings$115k
- 28Teladoc Health8 filings$117k
- 29EOG Resources8 filings$123k
- 30Premera Blue Cross8 filings$111k
- 31RELX8 filings$88k
- 32Regions Bank7 filings$121k
- 33TeleTracking7 filings$110k
- 34Archer Daniels Midland6 filings$93k
- 35BlueVine6 filings$138k
- 36Elevate Credit Service6 filings$116k
- 37Startech Networks6 filings$63k
- 38Vista Applied Solutions Group6 filings$98k
- 39Centene Management Company6 filings$101k
- 40Audible6 filings$135k
- 41AdventHealth5 filings$109k
- 42Egencia5 filings$137k
- 43GoodRx5 filings$115k
- 44ImageVision.ai5 filings$102k
- 45Ryder5 filings$104k
- 46X42 Global Staffing5 filings$127k
- 47ZoomInfo5 filings$120k
- 48Discovery5 filings$163k
- 49Homesite Group5 filings$119k
- 50Root5 filings$115k
Related titles in this family
6,450 filings carry “Data Engineer II” in the title, across 121 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Data Engineer III2,004 filings$140k
- 2Senior Data Engineer II113 filings$145k
- 3Big Data Engineer II46 filings$102k
- 4Vice President; Data Engineer III36 filings$148k
- 5Sr. Data Engineer II31 filings$154k
- 6Vice President; Data Engineer II18 filings$142k
- 7Associate Data Engineer III16 filings$120k
- 8Assistant Vice President; Data Engineer II13 filings$128k
- 9IT Data Engineer III8 filings$128k
- 10Lead Data Engineer II7 filings$140k
- 11Associate Data Engineer II6 filings$108k
- 12Data Engineer II, Mi-Platform6 filings$213k
Figures are for the exact title “Data Engineer II”; 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.