H-1B demand profile: Computer Systems Engineers/Architects. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 15-1299-08, employers filed 92,828 Labor Condition Applications for Computer Systems Engineers/Architects positions across 7,725 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 96.5% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Computer Systems Engineers/Architects among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Computer Systems Engineers/Architects. Offered wages on LCAs range from $37,856 at the floor to $983,676 at the ceiling, with an average of $108,973. These figures reflect what employers commit to pay sponsored workers, not market averages, each offer must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage (Level I through IV) for the worksite, so the distribution tracks wage-level geography, years of experience, and regional cost of labor more than it does any single employer’s pay philosophy.

Where and who sponsors Computer Systems Engineers/Architects. The top sponsor is COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORP with 20,647 petitions at an average offered wage of $105,885, followed by Tata Consultancy Services Limited, INFOSYS LIMITED, HCL AMERICA INC. Geographically, TX leads with 18,917 filings (avg $103,920), followed by CA, NJ, NC. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Computer Systems Engineers/Architects actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.