H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Founding AI/ML Engineer

Occupation profile for Founding AI/ML Engineer covers 8 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $190,000.

FY2026 certified median
$190,000
Total filings
8
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$150,000–$190,000
Top employer
Cofactor AI
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20252$105,123$105,123$105,123
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)6$190,000$150,000$190,000

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Founding AI/ML EngineerFY2025 $105,123; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $190,000$0$70,000$140,000$210,000FY2025$105,123FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$190,000Certified median offer, Founding AI/ML EngineerFY2025 $105,123; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $190,000$0$70k$140k$210kFY2025$105,123FY2026*$190,000
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Cofactor AI4 filings
  2. Eagle Technology Partners Inc.2 filings
  3. Blackwood Solutions, Inc.1 filings
  4. Pravah Inc.1 filings

Top cities

  1. Chicago4 filings
  2. New York2 filings
  3. San Francisco1 filings
  4. Bloomington1 filings

Filings by employer and title

    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
    2026-27Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INArea 1698015-1221$75,608$109,387$143,146$176,925
    2026-27Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INArea 1698015-1252$92,789$117,083$141,398$165,693
    2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-1252$109,845$137,717$165,589$193,461
    2026-27Bloomington, INArea 1402015-2051$50,731$68,162$85,613$103,043
    2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1252$137,093$165,131$193,149$221,187