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Engineer Lead in Richmond, VA

Job title · Richmond, Virginia

Job title as filed
Engineer Lead
City
Richmond, Virginia
Applications FY2022–FY2026
75
Median offered wage
$134,071
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$134,071certified 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 "Engineer Lead" and a worksite in Richmond.

Applications by fiscal year

1122FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1122FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202214
FY202322
FY202414
FY202516
FY2026*9
Certified (decided applications)
97.3%
Employers filing
2
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. Anthem, Inc.72
  2. The Elevance Health Companies, Inc.3
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 $134,071; middle half $128,591 to $144,524 · median prevailing wage $129,210 (marker) · 73 applications.

$100k$115k$130k$145k$160k
$100k$115k$130k$145k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level III16
  2. Level IV43
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 "Engineer Lead" appears on 333 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 8 employers for worksites in 35 cities; the median offered wage is $139,127, so the median in Richmond is 3.6% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
333
Employers nationwide
8
Cities with filings
35
National median offered wage
$139,127
Share of national filings in Richmond
22.5%
Cities with the most applications for Engineer Lead
  1. Richmond, VA75
  2. Atlanta, GA72
  3. Norfolk, VA54
  4. Mason, OH47
  5. Chicago, IL13
  6. Grand Prairie, TX10
  7. Cerritos, CA10
  8. Woodland Hills, CA10
  9. Wallingford, CT5
  10. Dearborn, MI3
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; "Engineer Lead" ranks #12 by applications, with 1.0% of them.

Applications in Richmond, all job titles
7,164
Job titles filed
1,919
Rank of Engineer Lead in Richmond
12
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. Data Engineer158
  5. Assistant Professor147
  6. Lead Software Engineer120
  7. Java Developer115
  8. Senior Data Analyst109
  9. Senior Software Engineer99
  10. Senior Manager, Software Engineering94
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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