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Data Engineer in Richmond, VA

Job title · Richmond, Virginia

Job title as filed
Data Engineer
City
Richmond, Virginia
Applications FY2022–FY2026
158
Median offered wage
$97,712
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$97,712certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Data Engineer" and a worksite in Richmond.

Applications by fiscal year

2244FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2244FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202244
FY202312
FY202436
FY202538
FY2026*28
Certified (decided applications)
99.4%
Employers filing
90
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. IBM Corporation21
  2. Vak IT Systems Inc6
  3. Pike Solutions Inc5
  4. Nimbusaitech LLC5
  5. Vista Applied Solutions Group Inc5
  6. Swift Technologies Inc4
  7. Shrive Solutions LLC3
  8. Cliff Services, Inc.3
  9. Artifiction LLC3
  10. Stier Solutions Inc3
  11. Nga Group, Inc.3
  12. Awoit Systems Inc3
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $97,712; middle half $87,165 to $107,890 · median prevailing wage $92,602 (marker) · 154 applications.

$80k$90k$100k$110k$120k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I32
  2. Level II110
  3. Level III15
  4. Level IV1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Data Engineer" appears on 18,712 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 4,627 employers for worksites in 1,311 cities; the median offered wage is $103,730, so the median in Richmond is 5.8% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
18,712
Employers nationwide
4,627
Cities with filings
1,311
National median offered wage
$103,730
Share of national filings in Richmond
0.8%
Cities with the most applications for Data Engineer
  1. Irving, TX820
  2. Plano, TX693
  3. New York City, NY641
  4. Menlo Park, CA535
  5. Austin, TX500
  6. Charlotte, NC392
  7. Dallas, TX391
  8. Houston, TX341
  9. Chicago, IL339
  10. Seattle, WA304
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Richmond job market

Richmond has 7,164 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 1,919 job titles and 1,278 employers; "Data Engineer" ranks #4 by applications, with 2.2% of them.

Applications in Richmond, all job titles
7,164
Job titles filed
1,919
Rank of Data Engineer in Richmond
4
Median offered wage in Richmond, all job titles
$101,920
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Richmond
  1. Software Developer551
  2. Software Engineer290
  3. Data Analyst180
  4. Assistant Professor147
  5. Lead Software Engineer120
  6. Java Developer115
  7. Senior Data Analyst109
  8. Senior Software Engineer99
  9. Senior Manager, Software Engineering94
  10. Senior Lead Software Engineer79
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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