H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Founding Research Engineer

Occupation profile for Founding Research Engineer covers 13 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $164,403.

FY2026 certified median
$164,403
Total filings
13
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$155,000–$210,000
Top employer
Creatify Lab Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20243$150,000$150,000$167,331
FY20253$155,605$152,803$202,803
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)7$164,403$155,000$210,000

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Founding Research EngineerFY2024 $150,000; FY2025 $155,605; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $164,403$0$60,000$120,000$180,000FY2024$150,000FY2025$155,605FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$164,403Certified median offer, Founding Research EngineerFY2024 $150,000; FY2025 $155,605; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $164,403$0$60k$120k$180kFY2024$150,000FY2025$155,605FY2026*$164,403
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Creatify Lab Inc.3 filings
  2. Assured Robot Intelligence, Inc.2 filings
  3. Memorious Inc.2 filings
  4. Autoheal AI Inc.1 filings
  5. Not Diamond, Inc.1 filings
  6. Noumena Global Intelligence Inc.1 filings
  7. Pramaana Labs, Inc.1 filings
  8. Simply Robots Inc.1 filings
  9. SOCRATIX AI INC.1 filings

Top cities

  1. Mountain View4 filings
  2. San Francisco3 filings
  3. San Diego2 filings
  4. Palo Alto1 filings
  5. San Jose1 filings
  6. San Mateo1 filings
  7. New York1 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 Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1221$141,336$178,755$216,195$253,614
    2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1221$100,422$137,779$175,136$212,493
    2026-27San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CAArea 4174017-2199$85,197$110,698$136,178$161,678
    2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1252$152,797$187,075$221,374$255,653
    2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-1221$107,515$150,738$193,960$237,182
    2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1252$137,093$165,131$193,149$221,187