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Lead / Director Database Architects salary in Texas

Roles that direct strategy, lead teams, or hold full functional ownership. Typically ten or more years of experience or a Director-class title with budget responsibility.

Adrian Serafin, founder and editor of RateOrchardBy Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated May 4, 2026
BLS percentile range
P75 to P90 of the Texas OES distribution for Database Architects.
DOL OFLC offered median
$169,594
Across 158 certified filings at this wage level.
Real disclosed salaries

Lead / Director Database Architects in Texas: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 158 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $169,594. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.

By DOL wage level

DOL classifies every offer into one of four wage levels based on the role's experience and skill requirements.

LevelFilingsMedian offer
Level IV — fully competent158$169,594

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Lead / Director Database Architects in Texas. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Deloitte Consulting LLPManager12$179,767
Meta Platforms, IncData Engineer11$199,880
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORPSenior Manager JC45 - Database Architects6$163,966
Citibank, N.A.Applications Development Tech Lead Analyst5$165,828
NVIDIA CorporationBusiness Systems Analyst4$168,000
Twilio, Inc.Staff, Database Reliability Engineer (L4)3$163,966
Visa Technology & Operations LLCData Engineer - Sr. Consultant level3$174,533
JPMorgan Chase & Co.Vice President, Lead Software Engineer2$173,250
Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLCDatabase Architect2$126,214
IBM CorporationData Engineer2$176,994

Recent sample filings

A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.

  • Principal Data Engineering at Optum Services, Inc.
    $158,080
    San AntonioWage Level IVDecided Sep 30, 2025I-200-25266-329295
  • Data Engineer 5 at HP Inc.
    $157,414
    IrvingWage Level IVDecided Sep 29, 2025I-200-25265-325559
  • Data Architect at Dexian, LLC
    $270,400
    ProsperWage Level IVDecided Sep 29, 2025I-200-25265-325690
  • Data Engineering Consultant at eClerx LLC
    $180,000
    AustinWage Level IVDecided Sep 29, 2025I-200-25265-324533
  • Applications Development Tech Lead Analyst at Citibank, N.A.
    $178,700
    IrvingWage Level IVDecided Sep 25, 2025I-200-25261-319745
  • Infrastructure Tech Lead Analyst at Citibank, N.A.
    $165,828
    IrvingWage Level IVDecided Sep 25, 2025I-200-25261-319882
  • Manager at Deloitte Consulting LLP
    $114,379
    DallasWage Level IVDecided Sep 24, 2025I-200-25260-315466
  • Manager at Deloitte Consulting LLP
    $188,600
    CoppellWage Level IVDecided Sep 24, 2025I-200-25260-315477

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.