H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Founding Machine Learning Engineer

Occupation profile for Founding Machine Learning Engineer covers 13 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $195,000.

FY2026 certified median
$195,000
Total filings
13
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$183,750–$217,500
Top employer
Retell AI, Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20245$160,000$150,000$165,000
FY20253$201,094$185,547$220,547
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)5$195,000$183,750$217,500

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Founding Machine Learning EngineerFY2024 $160,000; FY2025 $201,094; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $195,000$0$70,000$140,000$210,000FY2024$160,000FY2025$201,094FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$195,000Certified median offer, Founding Machine Learning EngineerFY2024 $160,000; FY2025 $201,094; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $195,000$0$70k$140k$210kFY2024$160,000FY2025$201,094FY2026*$195,000
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Retell AI, Inc.2 filings
  2. Altitude Cares, Inc.1 filings
  3. Cerebrium Inc.1 filings
  4. Flax Technologies, Inc.1 filings
  5. HealthLeap, Inc.1 filings
  6. Inception AI, Inc.1 filings
  7. Mobilio Co. dba Kipo AI1 filings
  8. MORPHIC CORP1 filings
  9. RASPBERRY AI, INC1 filings
  10. Skywalk Inc.1 filings

Top cities

  1. San Carlos2 filings
  2. San Francisco2 filings
  3. San Jose2 filings
  4. San Mateo2 filings
  5. New York2 filings
  6. Palo Alto1 filings
  7. Sunnyvale1 filings
  8. Jersey City1 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 4194015-1221$141,336$178,755$216,195$253,614
    2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-2051$87,256$115,835$144,414$172,994
    2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-2051$110,386$142,438$174,512$206,565
    2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1252$152,797$187,075$221,374$255,653
    2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-2051$125,486$168,917$212,326$255,757