H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Principal AI Engineer

Occupation profile for Principal AI Engineer covers 34 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $240,000.

FY2026 certified median
$240,000
Total filings
34
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$202,500–$272,500
Top employer
Empire Acquisition Corp 2, Inc
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20246$232,599$215,049$276,250
FY20258$190,000$152,131$250,000
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)20$240,000$202,500$272,500

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Principal AI EngineerFY2024 $232,599; FY2025 $190,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $240,000$0$80,000$160,000$240,000FY2024$232,599FY2025$190,000FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$240,000Certified median offer, Principal AI EngineerFY2024 $232,599; FY2025 $190,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $240,000$0$80k$160k$240kFY2024$232,599FY2025$190,000FY2026*$240,000
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Empire Acquisition Corp 2, Inc4 filings
  2. Boston Consulting Group, Inc.3 filings
  3. FINSTER AI INC2 filings
  4. Formidium Corp2 filings
  5. LGND AI, INC.2 filings
  6. Ouro Global, Inc.2 filings
  7. Arm, Inc.1 filings
  8. Ascend Learning LLC1 filings
  9. Datacor, Inc.1 filings
  10. Gainwell Technologies LLC1 filings

Top cities

  1. Palo Alto4 filings
  2. New York4 filings
  3. Fremont2 filings
  4. San Francisco2 filings
  5. Downers Grove2 filings
  6. Jersey City2 filings
  7. Austin2 filings
  8. Bellevue2 filings
  9. Irvine1 filings
  10. Los Angeles1 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 4194015-1252$152,797$187,075$221,374$255,653
    2026-27Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 4266015-1252$111,613$143,104$174,595$206,086
    2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1252$137,093$165,131$193,149$221,187
    2026-27Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INArea 1698015-1252$92,789$117,083$141,398$165,693
    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 3562015-1252$109,845$137,717$165,589$193,461
    2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-2041$88,421$116,958$145,475$174,013
    2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-2051$87,256$115,835$144,414$172,994
    2026-27Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NYArea 1058015-1252$85,426$107,182$128,960$150,717
    2026-27Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GAArea 1206015-1252$91,915$113,776$135,658$157,518