H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Founding Engineer

Occupation profile for Founding Engineer covers 179 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $180,000.

FY2026 certified median
$180,000
Total filings
179
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$160,000–$214,250
Top employer
Tessera Labs Corporation
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202426$169,229$150,000$185,000
FY202552$165,000$141,500$200,000
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)101$180,000$160,000$214,250

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Founding EngineerFY2024 $169,229; FY2025 $165,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $180,000$0$60,000$120,000$180,000FY2024$169,229FY2025$165,000FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$180,000Certified median offer, Founding EngineerFY2024 $169,229; FY2025 $165,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $180,000$0$60k$120k$180kFY2024$169,229FY2025$165,000FY2026*$180,000
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Tessera Labs Corporation5 filings
  2. Apricus International LLC4 filings
  3. Accelos Inc3 filings
  4. Caro Technologies Inc.3 filings
  5. DealOps Inc.3 filings
  6. Didero Inc.3 filings
  7. DiligenceSquared Inc.3 filings
  8. Nexusflow.ai Inc.3 filings
  9. Publish AI, Inc.3 filings
  10. Share [XYZ] Inc.3 filings

Top cities

  1. San Francisco57 filings
  2. New York29 filings
  3. Palo Alto15 filings
  4. San Jose7 filings
  5. Mountain View6 filings
  6. Brooklyn5 filings
  7. Arlington4 filings
  8. Burlingame3 filings
  9. Redwood City3 filings
  10. San Mateo3 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
    2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1252$137,093$165,131$193,149$221,187
    2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-1252$109,845$137,717$165,589$193,461
    2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1252$152,797$187,075$221,374$255,653
    2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1299$80,870$121,014$161,138$201,282
    2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446015-1252$114,275$138,237$162,198$186,160
    2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108015-1252$106,787$134,202$161,637$189,051
    2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-1299$66,914$99,840$132,746$165,672
    2026-27Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 4266015-1252$111,613$143,104$174,595$206,086
    2026-27Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZArea 3806015-1252$92,123$113,714$135,304$156,894
    2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1221$100,422$137,779$175,136$212,493