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Data Engineer in Seattle, WA

Job title · Seattle, Washington

Job title as filed
Data Engineer
City
Seattle, Washington
Applications FY2022–FY2026
304
Median offered wage
$145,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$145,000certified 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 Seattle.

Applications by fiscal year

4590FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
4590FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202290
FY202355
FY202454
FY202558
FY2026*47
Certified (decided applications)
99.3%
Employers filing
84
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. Expedia, Inc.92
  2. Facebook, Inc.84
  3. DocuSign Inc.6
  4. Zillow, Inc.4
  5. Econtenti Inc4
  6. Google LLC4
  7. Populus Group LLC4
  8. Lilli Technology LLC3
  9. Ultimate Fitness Group, LLC3
  10. Virgin Pulse, Inc.3
  11. Eficens Systems Inc2
  12. Nexturn Inc2
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 $145,000; middle half $125,917 to $166,000 · median prevailing wage $129,709 (marker) · 300 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I28
  2. Level II108
  3. Level III83
  4. Level IV58
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 Seattle is 39.8% above 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 Seattle
1.6%
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 Seattle job market

Seattle has 70,656 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 9,153 job titles and 3,414 employers; "Data Engineer" ranks #30 by applications, with 0.4% of them.

Applications in Seattle, all job titles
70,656
Job titles filed
9,153
Rank of Data Engineer in Seattle
30
Median offered wage in Seattle, all job titles
$150,000
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Seattle
  1. Software Engineer5,057
  2. Software Development Engineer II4,848
  3. Software Development Engineer I3,414
  4. Software Dev Engineer II2,366
  5. Software Dev Engineer I1,857
  6. Software Development Engineer III1,601
  7. Manager III, Software Development1,179
  8. Software Development Engineer1,174
  9. Senior Software Engineer910
  10. Applied Scientist II892
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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