Engineer Lead Sr, H-1B salary
What 56 H-1B filings report for “Engineer Lead Sr” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for an Engineer Lead Sr?
$131k median H-1B base salary for an Engineer Lead Sr, typically $118k to $169k, across 56 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2020 to FY2026).
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1Virginia29$131ksame
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $131kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Elevance Health56 filings$131k
Related titles in this family
70 filings carry “Engineer Lead Sr” in the title, across 8 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Software Engineer Lead Sr4 filings$133k
- 2Info Security Engineer Lead Sr.2 filings$137k
- 3Info Systems Engineer Lead Sr.2 filings$142k
- 4Manufacturing Engineer Lead Sr2 filings$109k
- 5Middleware Engineer Lead Sr.2 filings$125k
- 6Info Sys Engineer Lead Sr1 filings$160k
- 7Software Developer Engineer Lead, Sr.1 filings$128k
Figures are for the exact title “Engineer Lead Sr”; 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.