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Lead Engineer in Austin, TX

Job title · Austin, Texas

Job title as filed
Lead Engineer
City
Austin, Texas
Applications FY2022–FY2026
60
Median offered wage
$69,451
Most common occupation
Computer Programmers
Median wage$69,451certified 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 "Lead Engineer" and a worksite in Austin.

Applications by fiscal year

1325FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1325FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202225
FY202315
FY202414
FY20255
FY2026*1
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
11
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. Wipro Limited48
  2. Brillio, LLC2
  3. Digicomm Semiconductor Inc.2
  4. Pacific Investment Management Company, LLC1
  5. NVIDIA Corporation1
  6. TransUnion LLC1
  7. Quest Global Services- N.A., Inc.1
  8. Activision Publishing, Inc.1
  9. Mongodb, Inc.1
  10. Amarthy IT Solutions LLC1
  11. Synapse Design Automation, Inc.1
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 $69,451; middle half $69,451 to $79,882 · median prevailing wage $69,451 (marker) · 60 applications.

$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II53
  3. Level IV5
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 "Lead Engineer" appears on 1,670 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 301 employers for worksites in 395 cities; the median offered wage is $116,000, so the median in Austin is 40.1% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,670
Employers nationwide
301
Cities with filings
395
National median offered wage
$116,000
Share of national filings in Austin
3.6%
Cities with the most applications for Lead Engineer
  1. Minneapolis, MN212
  2. Austin, TX60
  3. Sunnyvale, CA46
  4. Richfield, MN43
  5. Brooklyn Park, MN39
  6. San Francisco, CA33
  7. Chicago, IL32
  8. New York City, NY30
  9. San Jose, CA29
  10. Irving, TX28
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Austin job market

Austin has 64,412 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 13,288 job titles and 6,594 employers; "Lead Engineer" ranks #147 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Austin, all job titles
64,412
Job titles filed
13,288
Rank of Lead Engineer in Austin
147
Median offered wage in Austin, all job titles
$122,906
National median wage, Computer Programmers (all job titles)
$90,000
Other job titles in Austin
  1. Software Engineer2,870
  2. Software Developer2,341
  3. Software Development Engineer II871
  4. Senior Software Engineer858
  5. Component Design Engineer663
  6. Software Development Engineer I622
  7. Architect574
  8. Software Development Engineer524
  9. Data Engineer500
  10. Software Dev Engineer II367
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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