H1B Platform Engineer Salary Washington, DC 2026

DOL LCA data Β· Washington, DC Β· DC area

$158,000
Median Salary
$135,000
25th Percentile
$192,000
75th Percentile

H1B Platform Engineer Market in Washington, DC

Washington, DC is an active H1B sponsorship market for Platform Engineer roles. Employers file LCAs for workers who build developer platforms and internal tooling for engineering teams. The prevailing wage system ensures H1B workers are paid at or above market rates.

Key skills in demand: Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps, Terraform, Go/Python. DC has income taxes up to 10.75%.

Top H1B Employers β€” Platform Engineer Β· Washington, DC

Booz Allen Hamilton
SAIC
Leidos
Deloitte Federal

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