H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Forward Deployed Engineer

Occupation profile for Forward Deployed Engineer covers 168 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $160,000.

FY2026 certified median
$160,000
Total filings
168
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$145,000–$185,000
Top employer
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20247$140,000$135,000$172,500
FY202537$153,000$135,000$180,000
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)124$160,000$145,000$185,000

FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Forward Deployed EngineerFY2024 $140,000; FY2025 $153,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $160,000$0$60,000$120,000$180,000FY2024$140,000FY2025$153,000FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$160,000Certified median offer, Forward Deployed EngineerFY2024 $140,000; FY2025 $153,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $160,000$0$60k$120k$180kFY2024$140,000FY2025$153,000FY2026*$160,000
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.52 filings
  2. Salesforce, Inc.14 filings
  3. Northslope Technologies Inc.8 filings
  4. Labelbox, Inc.7 filings
  5. Baseten Labs, Inc.4 filings
  6. Cresta Intelligence Inc.4 filings
  7. Qurrent, Inc.4 filings
  8. C3.ai, Inc.3 filings
  9. Federato Technologies, Inc.3 filings
  10. Fourth Age, LLC.3 filings

Top cities

  1. New York77 filings
  2. San Francisco36 filings
  3. Chicago5 filings
  4. Jersey City4 filings
  5. Redwood City3 filings
  6. Brooklyn3 filings
  7. New York City3 filings
  8. Irvine2 filings
  9. Menlo Park2 filings
  10. Mountain View2 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. · Forward Deployed Engineer52 filings
  2. Salesforce, Inc. · Forward Deployed Engineer14 filings
  3. Northslope Technologies Inc. · Forward Deployed Engineer8 filings

Prevailing wages by area and occupation

The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.

Annual prevailing wage levels
Wage yearAreaSOCLevel ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-1252$109,845$137,717$165,589$193,461
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1252$137,093$165,131$193,149$221,187
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-2051$87,256$115,835$144,414$172,994
2026-27Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INArea 1698015-1252$92,789$117,083$141,398$165,693
2026-27Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 1910015-1252$95,202$116,896$138,590$160,285
2026-27Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 4266015-1252$111,613$143,104$174,595$206,086
2026-27Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, INArea 2690015-1252$77,667$95,805$113,942$132,080
2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108017-2199$77,813$101,712$125,590$149,490
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186041-9031$97,032$125,694$154,378$183,040
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1252$152,797$187,075$221,374$255,653