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Data Engineer in Washington, DC

Job title · Washington, District of Columbia

Job title as filed
Data Engineer
City
Washington, District of Columbia
Applications FY2022–FY2026
50
Median offered wage
$100,235
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$100,235certified 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 Washington.

Applications by fiscal year

612FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
612FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202212
FY202310
FY202411
FY20257
FY2026*10
Certified (decided applications)
95.9%
Employers filing
28

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. EAB Global, Inc.8
  2. Facebook, Inc.7
  3. National Minority Quality Forum Inc.3
  4. Analytics9 Solutions Inc2
  5. 3D Technologies LLC2
  6. Association of American Medical Colleges2
  7. Vak IT Systems Inc2
  8. Enova Financial Holdings LLC1
  9. Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.1

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

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

Median $100,235; middle half $94,070 to $124,394 · median prevailing wage $97,157 (marker) · 47 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I15
  2. Level II18
  3. Level III3
  4. Level IV9

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 Washington is 3.4% 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 Washington
0.3%
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

The Washington job market

Washington has 13,260 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 4,796 job titles and 2,716 employers; "Data Engineer" ranks #24 by applications, with 0.4% of them.

Applications in Washington, all job titles
13,260
Job titles filed
4,796
Rank of Data Engineer in Washington
24
Median offered wage in Washington, all job titles
$108,000
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Washington
  1. Software Developer519
  2. Associate363
  3. Software Engineer257
  4. Secondary Teacher205
  5. Senior Associate199
  6. Elementary Teacher155
  7. Teacher151
  8. Assistant Professor149
  9. Manager133
  10. Economist100