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Database Architects: H-1B salaries and wage levels

Level IV starts anywhere from $163,259 to $170,144 depending on the city. The median offer is $142,000.

4,888certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

$142,000median offer

$120k to $168kmiddle half of offers

13%of new-employment offers reach Level IV for their area

Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27

Wage levels by city

same scale for every row · black mark: median offer in that city

IV $167k

IV $163k

IV $170k

IV $167k

under Level ILevel IIIIIIIV and upmedian offerscale $78k to $179k

City	LCAs	Median	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
New York, NY	192	$160,000	$86,882	$113,506	$140,130	$166,754
Charlotte, NC	132	$136,282	$101,504	$122,096	$142,667	$163,259
Irving, TX	132	$129,500	$102,960	$125,362	$147,742	$170,144
Chicago, IL	102	$154,532	$102,918	$124,384	$145,870	$167,336

What employers offer

4,888 certified LCAs, coloured by the level each salary reaches in its own area

$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k

Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 20 LCAs = 50 LCAs

Lottery entries

749 new-employment LCAs

Database Architects 15%31%27%15%13% 749

All employers 12%28%25%18%16% 149,984

1 entry · Level I2 · Level II3 · Level III4 · Level IVunder Level I, still 1 entry

How this is calculated

New-employment H-1B LCAs only, the filings behind most cap petitions; extensions, transfers and amendments do not go through the lottery, and cap-exempt universities and nonprofit research organizations are left out. Each offered salary (low end of the range) is compared with the OFLC Level I to IV wages for its occupation and worksite area, wage year 2026-27; a filing with several worksites counts at its lowest level, as the rule requires. Numbers on the right are LCAs. Full methodology.

Over time

fiscal years, October to September · hatched: year to date

Certified H-1B LCAs

3,758 FY2026 to date

3.5kFY23

3.7kFY24

4.9kFY25

3.8kFY26

Median offer

$141,522 FY2026

$129kFY23

$134kFY24

$137kFY25

$142kFY26

Top employers

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

#	Employer	Certified LCAs	Median salary
1	Deloitte Consulting LLP	262	$146,550
2	Meta Platforms, Inc	193	$210,746
3	Compunnel Software Group, INC	108	$122,000
4	Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp	93	$142,072
5	Microsoft Corporation	88	$151,426
6	IBM Corporation	50	$155,085
7	Capgemini America Inc	47	$142,106
8	Rocket Limited Partnership	43	$120,000
9	Virtusa Corporation	41	$136,000
10	Mphasis Corporation	38	$135,000
11	Salesforce, Inc.	38	$217,500
12	Wipro Limited	32	$131,425
13	Google LLC	31	$198,000
14	Ventois, Inc	29	$121,347
15	Citibank, N.A.	28	$161,898
16	DataEconomy, Inc.	28	$144,500
17	Navy Federal Credit Union	24	$176,238
18	Experis US, LLC	23	$136,282
19	Accenture LLP	22	$179,200
20	Amazon.com Services LLC	22	$155,938
21	Slalom, Inc.	21	$140,001
22	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	20	$179,800
23	Tredence Inc.	20	$162,500
24	Corewell Health	19	$103,355
25	TikTok Inc.	19	$223,000
	All other employers	3,549	–