H-1B Salary Lookup

Founding Engineer H-1B Salary by Company

91 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Founding Engineer" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Software Developers, Computer Systems Engineers/Architects, Computer and Information Research Scientists.

$180,000Median salary
$160,00025th percentile
$214,50075th percentile
91Filings

Top-paying companies for Founding Engineer

Employers with at least 3 filings for this title, ranked by median offered salary.

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Accelos3$180,000$177,500 – $192,500
DiligenceSquared3$160,805$146,401 – $160,805

Companies filing the most Founding Engineer H-1Bs

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Accelos3$180,000$177,500 – $192,500
DiligenceSquared3$160,805$146,401 – $160,805
BizTrip AI2$165,000$165,000 – $165,000
Cognisos2$140,000$140,000 – $140,000
Datawizz2$215,000$215,000 – $215,000
DealOps2$170,000$170,000 – $170,000
Gekit2$218,000$218,000 – $218,000
Modos AI2$247,500$231,250 – $263,750
Publish AI2$177,000$167,000 – $187,000
Sycamore Labs2$235,000$217,500 – $252,500
Ymtm2$190,000$190,000 – $190,000
Adapt API1$210,000$210,000 – $210,000
AgentbaseAI1$188,000$188,000 – $188,000
Altara Technologies1$214,000$214,000 – $214,000
Anchr1$132,000$132,000 – $132,000

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
San Francisco, CA37$187,574
New York, NY13$160,805
Palo Alto, CA7$226,138
Brooklyn, NY4$177,500
San Mateo, CA3$205,000
Cambridge, MA2$218,000
Piedmont, CA2$247,500
Santa Clara, CA2$170,943
Mountain View, CA2$250,000
Chicago, IL1$153,317
San Diego, CA1$160,000
Apex, NC1$175,000
Champaign, IL1$130,000
Tiburon, CA1$160,000
Belvedere Tiburon, CA1$140,000

Wage levels

Level I9% · 8
Level II38% · 34
Level III24% · 22
Level IV29% · 26

Prevailing-wage level the employer selected (I = entry, IV = fully competent).