Senior Data Engineer, H-1B salary
What 7,557 H-1B filings report for “Senior Data Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Senior Data Engineer?
$134k median H-1B base salary for a Senior Data Engineer, typically $101k to $179k, across 7,557 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in California at $158k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California1,615$158k+$24k
- 2Washington255$154k+$20k
- 3New York396$145k+$11k
- 4Oregon125$142k+$8k
- 5New Jersey268$140k+$6k
- 6Arizona166$137k+$3k
- 7Massachusetts281$132k−$2k
- 8Arkansas154$130k−$4k
- 9Colorado69$130k−$4k
- 10Texas1,286$129k−$5k
- 11Georgia281$129k−$5k
- 12Maryland84$128k−$6k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $134kfor 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 Senior Data Engineer?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Senior Data Engineer roles are Walmart, Fidelity, Optum, CVS Health, and Nike, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Senior 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
- 1Walmart299 filings$140k
- 2Fidelity205 filings$112k
- 3Optum113 filings$115k
- 4CVS Health113 filings$140k
- 5Nike107 filings$146k
- 6Aetna95 filings$130k
- 7Capital One90 filings$96k
- 8Lowe's74 filings$130k
- 9American Express71 filings$145k
- 10DataEconomy71 filings$125k
- 11Citizens Financial Group64 filings$112k
- 12Netflix58 filings$184k
- 13Discover58 filings$88k
- 14Roku55 filings$225k
- 15Northwestern Mutual55 filings$125k
- 16Centene Management Company53 filings$122k
- 17Atlassian46 filings$168k
- 18Randstad45 filings$132k
- 19Quantiphi41 filings$120k
- 20Tesla40 filings$153k
- 21The Hartford39 filings$116k
- 22Expedia38 filings$149k
- 23Airbnb38 filings$191k
- 24Cox Automotive37 filings$125k
- 25American Family Insurance35 filings$129k
- 26Vanguard34 filings$121k
- 27Alpha Net Consulting33 filings$130k
- 28Intuit32 filings$142k
- 29Humana28 filings$143k
- 30Rocket Limited Partnership28 filings$129k
- 31Wayfair27 filings$161k
- 32H-E-B26 filings$120k
- 33Red Ventures26 filings$113k
- 34Flexton23 filings$135k
- 35Physicians Mutual Insurance Company23 filings$125k
- 36Spotify23 filings$221k
- 37Visa23 filings$128k
- 38Disney23 filings$161k
- 39Travelers21 filings$147k
- 40Teladoc Health21 filings$116k
- 41Credit Karma21 filings$232k
- 42LendingClub21 filings$155k
- 43Navy Federal Credit Union20 filings$174k
- 44TEKsystems19 filings$128k
- 45Bitwise19 filings$103k
- 46Mastercard19 filings$117k
- 47Continental Casualty Company18 filings$146k
- 48BCG18 filings$133k
- 49Liberty Mutual18 filings$127k
- 50Charles River Laboratories17 filings$155k
Related titles in this family
8,492 filings carry “Senior Data Engineer” in the title, across 438 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Data Engineer II113 filings$145k
- 2Senior Data Engineer I88 filings$155k
- 3Senior Data Engineering Manager25 filings$200k
- 4Senior Data Engineer, Analytics13 filings$125k
- 5Technology Consultant, Senior Data Engineer13 filings$133k
- 6Vice President, Senior Data Engineer13 filings$155k
- 7IT Senior Data Engineer11 filings$139k
- 8Senior Data Engineer, Data & Analytics10 filings$138k
- 9Senior Data Engineer/Data Architect7 filings$126k
- 10Senior Data Engineer 16 filings$123k
- 11Senior Data Engineer, AI6 filings$132k
- 12Senior Data Engineer Data Operations6 filings$130k
Figures are for the exact title “Senior 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.