Alignment Research Center H-1B wage filings
Covina, CA. Last filed in fiscal 2025. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five.
Alignment Research Center filed 11 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2025. The median wage it offered was $200,000, 93.4% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Machine Learning Alignment Researcher (4 filings, median $204,000).
- Filings since FY2022
- 11
- Positions covered
- 10
- Certified
- 90.9%
- Job titles
- 5
- Worksite cities
- 1
- Last filed
- FY2025
Offered wage since 2022
Alignment Research Center made 11 filings across 4 fiscal years since 2022, too few in most years to track the wage year by year. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2023, with 4 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September.
Alignment Research Center by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2024 | 3 | $208,000 | +4.0% | $94,910 | +119.2% |
| 2023 | 4 | $200,000 | n/a | $172,078 | +16.2% |
| 2022 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machine Learning Alignment Researcher | 4 | $204,000 | +206.3% | |
| Machine Learning Researcher | 4 | $200,000 | +16.2% | |
| Chief of Staff | 1 | $150,000 | +43.3% | |
| Member of Technical Staff | 1 | $208,000 | +119.2% | |
| Software Engineer, Web Dev and ML focus | 1 | $186,000 | +8.1% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley, CA | 11 | $200,000 |
By visa type: 11 H-1B. By outcome: 9 certified, 1 certified and later withdrawn, 1 withdrawn before a decision.
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages Alignment Research Center attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
- 1 filing is for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year) so they can be compared.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.