Senior Technical Lead, H-1B salary
What 1,589 H-1B filings report for “Senior Technical Lead” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Senior Technical Lead?
$104k median H-1B base salary for a Senior Technical Lead, typically $77k to $140k, across 1,589 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in California at $124k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California259$124k+$20k
- 2Washington54$121k+$17k
- 3New York38$110k+$6k
- 4Georgia60$107k+$3k
- 5Virginia28$104ksame
- 6New Jersey111$104ksame
- 7North Carolina80$103k−$1k
- 8Pennsylvania91$102k−$2k
- 9Indiana39$100k−$4k
- 10Illinois60$99k−$5k
- 11Texas380$99k−$5k
- 12Florida44$96k−$8k
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 Senior Technical Lead?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Senior Technical Lead roles are HCLTech, Birlasoft, Infinite Computer Solutions, IBM, and KPIT, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Senior Technical Lead filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1HCLTech558 filings$97k
- 2Birlasoft172 filings$100k
- 3Infinite Computer Solutions97 filings$96k
- 4IBM79 filings$85k
- 5KPIT58 filings$103k
- 6Incedo51 filings$108k
- 7Atos Syntel33 filings$98k
- 8SEI Investments29 filings$158k
- 9Nisum27 filings$135k
- 10Cyient24 filings$76k
- 11Coforge21 filings$128k
- 12Prodapt North America20 filings$113k
- 13UST17 filings$68k
- 14ERPA16 filings$121k
- 15Incessant Technologies NA14 filings$115k
- 16Emids12 filings$111k
- 17Nebraska Furniture Mart11 filings$152k
- 18MetricStream9 filings$120k
- 19Happiest Minds Technologies9 filings$76k
- 20Mavenir Systems8 filings$121k
- 21Ineight8 filings$129k
- 22Innovium7 filings$150k
- 23Opus Technologies7 filings$122k
- 24Cambridge Technology6 filings$100k
- 25Kony6 filings$98k
- 26Alpha-Numero Technology Solutions5 filings$130k
- 27CommVault Systems5 filings$140k
- 28eInfochips5 filings$145k
- 29Luxoft5 filings$121k
- 30Cogent Infotech4 filings$93k
- 31Innova Solutions4 filings$111k
- 32Argano4 filings$126k
- 33Securonix4 filings$105k
- 34Merkle4 filings$147k
- 35Servion4 filings$90k
- 36John Hancock4 filings$125k
- 37Vitech Systems4 filings$157k
- 38Axcend Technologies Inc.3 filings$70k
- 39Bristol3 filings$106k
- 40Fynbosys3 filings$109k
- 41Voyatek3 filings$123k
- 42Onix Networking3 filings$115k
- 43Prime Healthcare3 filings$77k
- 44AIG3 filings$145k
- 45Automotive Robotics3 filings$98k
- 46Kellton Tech3 filings$100k
- 47TPF Software3 filings$85k
- 48Valtech3 filings$93k
- 49John Deere3 filings$110k
- 50Symsoft Solutions3 filings$125k
Related titles in this family
2,153 filings carry “Senior Technical Lead” in the title, across 88 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Technical Leader396 filings$100k
- 2Business Senior Technical Lead Analyst7 filings$176k
- 3Senior Technical Leader - VLSI7 filings$135k
- 4Computer Systems Analyst (Ika Senior Technical Lead)6 filings$105k
- 5Senior Technical Lead Engineer6 filings$136k
- 6Senior Technical Lead, Software Development6 filings$137k
- 7Senior Technical Lead Software Engineer6 filings$120k
- 8Senior Technical Leader - Hardware6 filings$116k
- 9Avp, Senior Technical Lead5 filings$129k
- 10IT Project Senior Technical Lead4 filings$180k
- 11Senior Technical Lead - App Development3 filings$107k
- 12Senior Technical Lead/Architect3 filings$164k
Figures are for the exact title “Senior Technical Lead”; 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.