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Forward Deployed Engineer H-1B salaries

Employers filed 167 certified H-1B applications for Forward Deployed Engineer roles between Sep 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $155,000.

Median salary offered
$155,000
Middle half earn
$140,000 to $182,500
Top 10% earn over
$206,033
Certified filings
167

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Pay by employer

EmployerFilingsMedianMiddle half
Palantir Technologies Inc.52$145,000$145,000 – $160,000
Salesforce, Inc.14$163,841$156,940 – $174,748
Northslope Technologies Inc.8$140,000$140,000 – $155,088
Labelbox, Inc.7$190,000$180,000 – $195,000
Cresta Intelligence Inc.4$210,000$188,750 – $230,000
Qurrent, Inc.4$160,818$155,000 – $161,653
Baseten Labs, Inc.4$231,756$207,028 – $250,000
C3.ai, Inc.3$131,850$130,825 – $132,775
Gecko Robotics, Inc.3$160,000$152,500 – $175,000
FurtherAI Inc.3$137,000$136,500 – $156,000
Fourth Age, LLC.3$150,000$150,000 – $175,000
Federato Technologies, Inc.3$100,000$100,000 – $115,125
People Center, Inc. d/b/a Rippling3$185,000$182,500 – $187,500
Giga AI, Inc.2$145,000$142,500 – $147,500
Field AI, Inc.2$150,000$147,500 – $152,500
Kumo.ai, Inc.2$185,000$185,000 – $185,000
Scale AI, Inc.2$159,000$144,500 – $173,500
Tessera Labs Corporation2$180,000$180,000 – $180,000
InnovAccer Inc.2$187,500$183,750 – $191,250
Lever AI Inc.2$161,637$161,637 – $161,637
Dexterity, Inc.2$100,194$100,194 – $100,194
Galileo Technologies, Inc.2$207,500$203,750 – $211,250
TextQL, Inc.2$230,000$230,000 – $230,000
Addepar, Inc.2$180,000$180,000 – $180,000
Collibra, Inc.1$210,000$210,000 – $210,000
Bretton AI Inc.1$170,000$170,000 – $170,000
Google LLC1$174,000$174,000 – $174,000
Fundamental Technologies Inc.1$235,000$235,000 – $235,000
FourKites, Inc.1$95,000$95,000 – $95,000
DataBahn Inc.1$92,872$92,872 – $92,872
Domino Data Lab, Inc.1$140,000$140,000 – $140,000
Deel US LLC1$130,000$130,000 – $130,000
Exa Labs Inc.1$125,923$125,923 – $125,923
Eigen Incorporated1$145,000$145,000 – $145,000
AxisData Solutions LLC1$100,000$100,000 – $100,000
Athena Intel, Inc.1$170,000$170,000 – $170,000
Alpha AI Technologies Inc.1$135,000$135,000 – $135,000
Anyscale, Inc.1$230,000$230,000 – $230,000
Intercom, Inc.1$187,574$187,574 – $187,574
Kore.ai, Inc.1$135,000$135,000 – $135,000
Hang Ten Systems, Inc.1$150,000$150,000 – $150,000
Groq, Inc.1$300,000$300,000 – $300,000
Postman, Inc.1$150,000$150,000 – $150,000
Lovable Labs Incorporated1$210,000$210,000 – $210,000
Luminary Cloud, Inc.1$209,082$209,082 – $209,082
Modal Labs, Inc.1$140,000$140,000 – $140,000
HG Insights, Inc.1$127,671$127,671 – $127,671
Rainmaker Technology Corporation1$100,000$100,000 – $100,000
Rational Dynamics, LLC.1$160,000$160,000 – $160,000
Quadsci.Ai, Inc.1$170,000$170,000 – $170,000

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.
CityFilingsMedianMiddle half
New York, NY77$145,000$140,000 – $165,000
San Francisco, CA36$172,500$157,500 – $190,000
Chicago, IL5$180,000$180,000 – $185,000
Jersey City, NJ4$220,000$198,670 – $230,000
Brooklyn, NY3$200,000$175,000 – $200,000
New York City, NY3$145,000$145,000 – $167,500
Redwood City, CA3$131,850$116,022 – $132,775
Mountain View, CA2$185,000$185,000 – $185,000
Weehawken, NJ2$100,000$100,000 – $100,000
Richardson, TX2$117,500$108,750 – $126,250
Menlo Park, CA2$142,850$139,274 – $146,425
Irvine, CA2$150,000$147,500 – $152,500
Indianapolis, IN2$164,154$146,232 – $182,077
Berkeley, CA1$160,000$160,000 – $160,000
Bellevue, WA1$162,800$162,800 – $162,800
Austin, TX1$150,000$150,000 – $150,000
Arlington, VA1$180,000$180,000 – $180,000
El Segundo, CA1$100,000$100,000 – $100,000
East Meadow, NY1$150,000$150,000 – $150,000
Dallas, TX1$92,872$92,872 – $92,872

By experience level

Wage levelFilingsMedian
Level I39$145,000
Level II81$153,917
Level III33$187,574
Level IV10$211,756

Levels I to IV are the Labor Department's experience bands, from entry level (I) to fully competent (IV).

By year

Year filedFilingsMedian
20231$185,000
20248$140,000
202555$155,000
2026103$160,000