Mid-level Data Engineer salary in St. Louis, MO

Based on 27 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level II in the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Maryland Heights, O'fallon, Chesterfield, O’fallon, Clayton.

Also listed as: Database Architect, Data Architect

Median salary$94,661
Middle 50%$88.1k–$119.3k
vs. all levels here−30%comparison median $135,000
Filings27FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $88,005 and $156,446.
PercentileSalary
10th$88,005
25th$88,053
50th (median)$94,661
75th$119,250
90th$144,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $85k $100k FY2021: median $88,750 (10 filings) FY2022: median $90,072 (10 filings) FY2023: median $90,043 (10 filings) FY2024: median $90,000 (18 filings) FY2025: median $92,036 (19 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 4 filings FY20 FY2021: 10 filings FY21 FY2022: 10 filings FY22 FY2023: 10 filings FY23 FY2024: 18 filings FY24 FY2025: 19 filings FY25 FY2026: 8 filings FY26 19
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––4
FY2021$88,750$77,750$97,60610
FY2022$90,072$85,571$94,48310
FY2023$90,043$90,043$90,87510
FY2024$90,000$88,026$119,43718
FY2025$92,036$88,005$110,50019
FY2026–––8

Cost of living

St. Louis's median mid-level Data Engineer salary of $94,661 is worth about $99,600 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; St. Louis = 95.1).

Compared with all workers here

All Database Architects in the St. Louis, MO area earned a median of $122,310 in May 2025 (710 employed). The H-1B median here is $94,661, 23% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Cognizanttoo few2
Deloittetoo few2
Capgemini Americatoo few2
Compunnel Software Grouptoo few2
NextGen RCM Servicestoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 2
Mid-level · Level II $94,661 27
Senior · Level III $132,000 21
Expert · Level IV $151,509 32

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Mid-level · Level II$88,005$94,66127
Senior · Level III$118,227$132,00021
Expert · Level IV$141,814$151,50932

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.