Senior Data Engineer H-1B Salary

5,508 certified H-1B filings list the job title Senior Data Engineer (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $135,000; the middle half of filings fall between $118,316 and $154,000. The largest sponsor for this title is WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC. (193 filings).

5,508
certified filings
$135,000
Median base salary
$118,316
25th pct
$154,000
75th pct
$179,649
90th pct
$103,075
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
$103,075$135,000 median$179,649

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY20261,183$138,126
FY20251,653$138,488
FY20241,352$135,000
FY20231,320$130,416

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Irving, TX167$134,472
Charlotte, NC159$130,021
Austin, TX158$139,028
Dallas, TX123$130,270
New York, NY123$155,000
Chicago, IL103$145,000
San Francisco, CA100$184,831
Bentonville, AR85$133,624
Plano, TX84$120,320
Atlanta, GA76$129,844
Frisco, TX74$134,971
Fremont, CA60$160,180
Phoenix, AZ59$145,000
Durham, NC58$116,709
Leander, TX58$141,618
Seattle, WA58$168,354
San Jose, CA57$180,147
Houston, TX56$128,934
Sunnyvale, CA56$155,926
Hartford, CT54$134,996

Senior Data Engineer salary by employer

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

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC.193$140,381
Caremark LLC159$142,264
Aetna Resources LLC107$135,239
Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments97$116,709
Optum Services, Inc.87$116,740
Fidelity Technology Group, LLC73$103,189
Visa Technology & Operations LLC71$129,400
Tesla, Inc.64$160,288
NIKE, Inc.55$150,689
Bitwise Inc.48$95,000
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.45$157,325
Lowe's Companies, Inc.45$128,606
Centene Management Company, LLC41$122,000
CVS Pharmacy Inc.40$135,904
Hartford Fire Insurance Company37$121,035
DataEconomy, Inc.30$134,216
Expedia, Inc.30$152,044
AIRBNB, INC.29$191,000
American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.29$129,322
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.29$125,409
Humana Inc.29$143,000
Atlassian US, Inc.26$186,370
HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION26$145,766
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company26$129,094
Rocket Limited Partnership24$132,818
Wavicle Data Solutions, LLC24$145,188
Navy Federal Credit Union23$176,405
Roku, Inc.23$220,286
RANDSTAD DIGITAL, LLC21$132,000
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.20$125,908
CVS Shared Services Resources LLC19$141,000
Visa U.S.A. Inc.19$118,165
Bayer Research and Development Services LLC18$140,000
EOG Resources, Inc.18$149,000
The Travelers Indemnity Company18$145,995
Amgen Inc.17$137,863
Continental Casualty Company17$148,000
Maruthi Technologies Inc16$105,997
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.16$150,000
Quantiphi, Inc.16$117,830
TEKsystems Global Services, LLC16$127,613
HCL GLOBAL SYSTEMS INC15$134,971
Southwest Airlines Co.15$134,992
H-E-B, LP14$130,500
Teladoc Health, Inc.14$124,686
General Mills, Inc.13$117,437
Rocket Mortgage, LLC13$120,500
SHOPIFY (USA) INC.13$135,013
Corewell Health12$112,549
Credit Karma LLC12$243,054

Related job titles

Senior Engineer - Data $142,900Data Engineer Senior $140,023Senior Big Data Engineer $135,782Senior Data Engineer II $165,279Senior Data Engineer I $171,464Senior Staff Data Engineer $178,182Senior Lead Data Engineer $150,550Senior Data Science Engineer $127,910Senior Data Platform Engineer $161,675Senior Cloud Data Engineer $128,125

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