Data Engineer H-1B Salary

14,343 certified H-1B filings list the job title Data Engineer (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $105,747; the middle half of filings fall between $90,854 and $126,090. The largest sponsor for this title is Meta Platforms, Inc (885 filings).

14,343
certified filings
$105,747
Median base salary
$90,854
25th pct
$126,090
75th pct
$161,700
90th pct
$80,808
10th pct
Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid; counts are filings, not people. Not legal, financial, or career advice. See our disclaimer & terms.
Data: DOL filings FY2023–FY2026 (through June 2026) · Page updated November 2026
$80,808$105,747 median$161,700

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY20263,365$110,000
FY20254,189$105,997
FY20243,724$102,294
FY20233,065$102,877

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Irving, TX621$101,192
Plano, TX464$98,904
Austin, TX362$110,000
New York, NY323$128,000
Charlotte, NC286$106,974
Frisco, TX244$96,750
Houston, TX239$92,400
Dallas, TX234$98,904
Menlo Park, CA233$192,519
Jersey City, NJ208$110,000
Chicago, IL207$106,558
San Jose, CA205$148,699
Atlanta, GA190$102,086
Seattle, WA179$149,240
Mckinney, TX170$99,452
Bellevue, WA166$161,100
Alpharetta, GA165$93,974
Redmond, WA163$157,700
San Francisco, CA155$160,000
Sunnyvale, CA132$154,500

Data Engineer salary by employer

Top 50 sponsors by number of filings. Click a column to sort.

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
Meta Platforms, Inc885$190,679
IBM Corporation245$107,141
Caremark LLC143$125,000
Microsoft Corporation139$162,091
VISTA APPLIED SOLUTIONS GROUP INC124$105,986
Expedia, Inc.116$132,267
Google LLC107$162,000
Apple Inc.96$148,741
COMPUNNEL SOFTWARE GROUP, INC92$123,000
TekinvaderZ LLC89$88,816
Cisco Systems, Inc.76$138,950
Tesla, Inc.71$138,404
Aetna Resources LLC68$122,012
DFS Corporate Services LLC64$103,000
FORD MOTOR COMPANY59$117,166
Netflix, Inc.59$264,514
EFICENS SYSTEMS INC56$93,600
SAGE IT INC56$95,389
Ascendion, Inc. (Formerly known as Collabera, Inc.)50$130,000
CIPHERNINE INC50$104,042
LatentView Analytics Corporation50$137,259
Snowstack LLC43$99,008
Insight Global, LLC41$120,328
TikTok Inc.41$144,000
Populus Group LLC40$126,651
Zions Bancorporation, N.A.40$128,554
CVS Shared Services Resources LLC39$125,000
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.38$130,000
DataEconomy, Inc.35$105,747
Analytics9 Solutions Inc34$100,100
Infinite Computer Solutions, Inc.34$81,311
Sysintelli Inc.32$102,500
Verinon Technology Solutions Ltd32$85,092
RANDSTAD DIGITAL, LLC31$135,000
CitiusTech Inc.30$102,600
NEO PRISM SOLUTIONS LLC30$99,966
Antra, Inc.28$79,750
Artificial Inventions LLC28$84,053
Barclays Services Corp.28$120,000
Tek Leaders Inc28$85,000
PSQUARE TECHNOLOGIES LLC26$84,916
SQUAD SOFTWARE, INC.26$92,163
Tror LLC26$99,143
V-Soft Consulting Group, INC26$93,000
ByteDance Inc.25$174,304
Cyma Systems Inc25$101,200
Dataquad Inc25$98,904
Bitwise Inc.24$82,534
Costco Wholesale Corporation24$155,000
DENKEN SOLUTIONS, INC.24$105,040

Related job titles

Senior Data Engineer $135,000Data Engineer II $139,506Data Engineer III $148,658Lead Data Engineer $144,403Data Engineer I $123,700Principal Data Engineer $142,210Staff Data Engineer $165,105Big Data Engineer $102,938Data Science Engineer $140,844Azure Data Engineer $95,555

Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid. Not legal, financial, or career advice. Full disclaimer