What is the typical H-1B salary for a data engineer?

Across 2,083 certified H-1B filings at 238 employers, the typical salary is $135,787 a year, and the middle half of employers' medians fall between $124,004 and $148,589.

Which employers pay H-1B data engineers the most?

Among employers with at least 20 filings for the role, Netflix ($264,514), Meta ($191,078), Tesla ($155,075) have the highest medians.

Which company sponsors the most data engineers?

Amazon filed the most, with 244 filings for "Data Engineer II" at a median of $153,577.

Where do these numbers come from?

They are the wages employers committed to on their own certified H-1B filings for the fiscal year — not self-reported figures. Each employer's median is weighted by how many filings it made, so a company with thousands of filings counts for more than one with ten.

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Data Engineer H-1B salaries

What employers committed to paying sponsored data engineers on their certified H-1B filings — per employer, with the job title they used.

$135,787
typical salary: $124k–$149k
middle half: 2,083
filings: 238
employers

Highest-paying sponsors

Employers with at least 20 filings for the role, by median salary.

Highest-paying H-1B sponsors for data engineers
Employer	Job title on the filings	Median	Middle half	Filings
Netflix	Data Engineer	$264,514	$265k–$276k	21
Meta	Data Engineer	$191,078	$170k–$219k	236
Tesla	Data Engineer	$155,075	$138k–$175k	34
Amazon	Data Engineer II	$153,577	$134k–$167k	244
Caremark	Senior Data Engineer

What is the typical H-1B salary for a data engineer?: Across 2,083 certified H-1B filings at 238 employers, the typical salary is $135,787 a year, and the middle half of employers' medians fall between $124,004 and $148,589.
Which employers pay H-1B data engineers the most?: Among employers with at least 20 filings for the role, Netflix ($264,514), Meta ($191,078), Tesla ($155,075) have the highest medians.
Which company sponsors the most data engineers?: Amazon filed the most, with 244 filings for "Data Engineer II" at a median of $153,577.
Where do these numbers come from?: They are the wages employers committed to on their own certified H-1B filings for the fiscal year — not self-reported figures. Each employer's median is weighted by how many filings it made, so a company with thousands of filings counts for more than one with ten.

Most filings

The employers sponsoring the most data engineers, and what they pay.

Employers with the most H-1B filings for data engineers
Employer	Job title on the filings	Median	Middle half	Filings
Amazon	Data Engineer II	$153,577	$134k–$167k	244
Meta	Data Engineer	$191,078	$170k–$219k	236
Fidelity Investments	Principal Data Engineer	$132,494	$129k–$141k	78
Tesla	Data Engineer	$155,075	$138k–$175k	34
Compunnel Software Group	Data Engineer	$119,500	$117k–$139k	32
TekInvaderZ	Data Engineer	$98,197	$90k–$107k	29
Expedia	Data Engineer	$139,152	$120k–$150k	24
Caremark	Senior Data Engineer	$148,234	$144k–$154k	24
Rocket Limited Partnership	Senior Data Engineer	$132,662	$120k–$137k	23
Sysintelli	Data Engineer	$96,500	$87k–$113k	22
Netflix	Data Engineer	$264,514	$265k–$276k	21
Vista Applied Solutions Group	Data Engineer	$112,923	$104k–$114k	21
CVS Health	Data Engineer	$125,127	$123k–$128k	20
Insight Global	Data Engineer	$120,609	$114k–$137k	20
The Vanguard Group	Data Engineer Specialist	$141,299	$133k–$150k	20
Zions Bancorporation, N.A.	Data Engineer	$151,975	$128k–$152k	18
Cisco Systems	Data Engineer	$146,372	$137k–$165k	16
Randstad Digital	Data Engineer	$135,000	$130k–$147k	16
Infinite Computer Solutions	Data Engineer	$73,154	$73k–$114k	16
Federal Express	Data Engineer Advisor	$155,965	$151k–$160k	16
CitiusTech	Data Engineer	$106,100	$100k–$118k	15
Lakshya Technologies	Data Engineer	$97,386	$84k–$109k	15
Visa	Senior Data Engineer	$138,276	$121k–$162k	14
Mastech Digital	Senior Data Engineer	$125,021	$121k–$128k	13
Sage IT	Data Engineer	$96,034	$91k–$96k	13
Ascendion, Inc. (Formerly known as Collabera, Inc.)	Data Engineer	$129,715	$123k–$143k	13
American Express	Data Engineer	$136,140	$119k–$140k	12
Populus Group	Data Engineer	$140,400	$109k–$141k	12
Aetna Resources	Staff Data Engineer	$163,030	$160k–$174k	11
Amgen	Data Engineer	$115,325	$111k–$123k	11
Experis US	Data Engineer	$135,907	$118k–$164k	11
Mahaugha	Data Engineer	$111,550	$96k–$132k	11
Ciphernine	Data Engineer	$109,845	$101k–$113k	11
Humana	Senior Data Engineer	$140,514	$135k–$148k	10
McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States	Data Engineer II	$150,000	$144k–$153k	10
Tek Leaders	Data Engineer	$107,000	$78k–$115k	10
AlgebraIT	Data Engineer	$99,538	$89k–$110k	10
DataEconomy	Data Engineer	$105,747	$106k–$106k	10
Eguru Solutions	Data Engineer	$96,928	$86k–$117k	10
Bean Infosystems	Data Engineer	$96,034	$96k–$101k	10