Project Lead H-1B Salary

437 certified H-1B filings list the job title Project Lead (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $103,730; the middle half of filings fall between $86,000 and $120,000. The largest sponsor for this title is TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED (124 filings).

437
certified filings
$103,730
Median base salary
$86,000
25th pct
$120,000
75th pct
$137,759
90th pct
$76,444
10th pct
Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid; counts are filings, not people. Not legal, financial, or career advice. See our disclaimer & terms.
Data: DOL filings FY2023–FY2026 (through June 2026) · Page updated November 2026
$76,444$103,730 median$137,759

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY202671$118,331
FY2025124$101,982
FY2024127$96,762
FY2023115$102,000

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Charlotte, NC13$103,210
Cary, NC11$92,602
Chicago, IL11$112,965
Irving, TX11$86,000
Collierville, TN10$99,832
Dallas, TX10$89,374
Milford, OH10$101,722
New York, NY10$103,730
Princeton, NJ10$112,285
Jacksonville, FL8$110,750
Louisville, KY8$103,187
Albany, NY7$109,650
Houston, TX7$145,000
Tampa, FL7$87,755
Atlanta, GA6$96,757
Bentonville, AR6$75,586
San Antonio, TX6$88,016
Berkeley Heights, NJ5$121,000
Naperville, IL5$78,354
Plano, TX5$110,330

Project Lead salary by employer

Top 50 sponsors by number of filings. Click a column to sort.

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED124$103,715
HCL AMERICA INC54$87,994
Mphasis Corporation28$121,209
ATOS SYNTEL INC27$94,000
Corgan Associates, Inc.10$97,914
Kaar Technologies, Inc.10$147,500
EVRY USA Corporation9$86,000
GAVS Technologies NA Inc9$103,210
InfoCepts, LLC8$115,459
SLK AMERICA INC8$82,000
NAGARRO, INC6$94,568
Neurealm Inc6$119,163
Actalent Services, LLC.5$100,630
IBM Corporation5$125,715
JSM CONSULTING INC5$95,000
ValueLabs, Inc.5$105,760
MINDTREE LIMITED3$110,000
Othon, Inc.3$81,057
Quinnox, Inc.3$148,000
TAVANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.3$100,000
ALLWYN CORPORATION2$116,470
AM Technical Solutions, Inc2$65,312
Ascendion, Inc. (Formerly known as Collabera, Inc.)2$140,752
ASPIRE SYSTEMS DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION INC.2$132,500
Avco Consulting, Inc2$139,443
Axtria INC2$110,500
Birlasoft Inc2$94,552
Cigniti Technologies, Inc.2$95,540
Comprehensive Healthcare Systems, Inc2$105,000
Dynasticx LLC2$110,240
Epson America Inc2$196,890
GlobalStep Client Services LLC2$60,000
Hexaware Technologies, Inc.2$90,252
ICE MORTGAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.2$108,600
Indium Software, Inc.2$149,146
Kyyba, Inc.2$120,338
Libsys, Inc2$75,691
LTIMindtree Limited2$101,546
NEON IT LLC2$70,075
Nextgen IT Solutions Inc2$78,354
Nihilent INC.2$119,513
QUEST GLOBAL SERVICES- N.A., INC.2$93,346
V2Soft, Inc.2$67,480
Xforia, Inc.2$121,766
50 STARS IT TECHNOLOGIES LLC1$78,354
Alliance Pharma, Inc.1$120,000
Architectural Testing, Inc.1$84,000
Aspire Systems, Inc.1$148,000
Birlasoft Solutions, Inc.1$101,109
Bitwise Inc.1$133,200

Related job titles

Project Lead L1 $84,074Senior Project Lead $112,000IT Project Lead $83,658Technical Project Lead $112,923Technology Project Lead 1 $90,501Technology Project Lead 2 $118,456Package Project Lead 2 $116,043Package Project Lead 1 $90,605Infrastructure Project Lead 1 $84,198Domain Project Lead 2 $108,888

Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid. Not legal, financial, or career advice. Full disclaimer