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Lead Engineer in Minneapolis, MN

Job title · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Job title as filed
Lead Engineer
City
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Applications FY2022–FY2026
212
Median offered wage
$135,200
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$135,200certified 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 Minneapolis.

Applications by fiscal year

2957FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2957FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202254
FY202336
FY202441
FY202557
FY2026*24
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
3

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Target Enterprise, Inc.210
  2. Wipro Limited1

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

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

Median $135,200; middle half $130,998 to $141,898 · median prevailing wage $135,200 (marker) · 212 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II1
  2. Level III3
  3. Level IV204

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 Minneapolis is 16.6% above 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 Minneapolis
12.7%
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

The Minneapolis job market

Minneapolis has 8,266 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 2,853 job titles and 1,257 employers; "Lead Engineer" ranks #3 by applications, with 2.6% of them.

Applications in Minneapolis, all job titles
8,266
Job titles filed
2,853
Rank of Lead Engineer in Minneapolis
3
Median offered wage in Minneapolis, all job titles
$103,001
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Minneapolis
  1. Software Engineer262
  2. Assistant Professor233
  3. Software Developer199
  4. SR Engineer174
  5. Architect159
  6. Senior Engineer149
  7. Postdoctoral Associate109
  8. Senior Software Engineer102
  9. Researcher 582
  10. Manager JC50 - Computer Systems Engineers/architects65