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Database Architects

Occupation · SOC 2018 15-1243 · United States

SOC 2018 code
15-1243
Share of U.S. applications
0.18%
Applications on record
21,636
FY2025
6,963
Median offered wage
$138,100
Certified (last three years)
99.5%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$138,100certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Database Architects (SOC 15-1243). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Database Architects

3,4826,963FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3,4826,963FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20212
FY2022858
FY20233,734
FY20244,686
FY20256,963
FY2026*5,393
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*3,8801,513
FY20255,0891,874
FY20243,830856
FY20233,602132
FY20228571
FY202120
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Facebook, Inc.754
  2. Amazon.com Services LLC734
  3. Deloitte Consulting LLP455
  4. IBM Corporation347
  5. Capgemini America Inc277
  6. Compunnel Software Group, Inc255
  7. Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp246
  8. Virtusa Corporation171
  9. Tata Consultancy Services Limited170
  10. Salesforce, Inc.144
  11. Amazon Web Services, Inc.142
  12. Wipro Limited136
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Database Architects: applications by worksite state

1+15+94+200+734+
1+15+94+200+734+
Data table
StateApplications
TX3,477
CA3,249
NJ1,446
NC1,181
NY1,158
IL1,155
WA1,127
FL895
GA849
MA743
PA734
VA669
OH584
MI553
AZ461
TN335
MO275
MN249
CO219
CT218
MD200
IN183
OR154
WI150
NE130
UT126
AR109
SC107
KS107
RI104
KY94
DE88
IA79
NV78
LA61
NH50
DC50
AL44
OK37
ID20
ME15
NM12
MS9
SD8
WY6
ND5
HI3
VT3
WV2
MT1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2,287
  2. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX2,264
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA1,420
  4. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN1,102
  5. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA1,100
  6. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA921
  7. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA843
  8. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC692
  9. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH631
  10. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD613
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

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

Median $138,100; middle half $118,102 to $162,275 · median prevailing wage $126,693 (marker) · 12,487 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1,400
  2. Level II4,778
  3. Level III2,797
  4. Level IV2,780
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Data Engineer2,708
  2. Senior Data Engineer855
  3. Data Engineer II716
  4. Data Architect471
  5. Database Architect341
  6. Data Engineer I281
  7. SR. Data Engineer248
  8. Data Warehouse Specialist203
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
  • Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
  • Cleveland, OH
  • Columbus, OH
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
  • Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
  • Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
  • Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
  • Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
  • Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
  • Jacksonville, FL
  • Kansas City, MO-KS
  • Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
  • Memphis, TN-MS-AR
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Omaha, NE-IA
  • Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
  • Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
  • Raleigh-Cary, NC
  • Richmond, VA
  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
  • Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
  • San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • St. Louis, MO-IL
  • Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
  • Trenton-Princeton, NJ
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
  • Worcester, MA
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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