Kwai, Inc. H-1B wage filings
Palo Alto, CA. Last filed in fiscal 2023. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five.
Kwai, Inc. filed 19 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2023. The median wage it offered was $171,000, 12.7% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Research Scientist (5 filings, median $180,000).
- Filings since FY2020
- 19
- Positions covered
- 18
- Certified
- 94.7%
- Job titles
- 11
- Worksite cities
- 3
- Last filed
- FY2023
Offered wage since 2020
Kwai, Inc. made 19 filings across 4 fiscal years since 2020, too few in most years to track the wage year by year. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2020, with 12 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September.
Kwai, Inc. by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2022 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2021 | 3 | $162,000 | −10.0% | $142,438 | +13.7% |
| 2020 | 12 | $180,000 | n/a | $140,670 | +15.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Scientist | 5 | $180,000 | +13.7% | |
| Senior Research Scientist | 3 | $234,500 | +7.1% | |
| Data Scientist | 2 | $102,000 | +23.6% | |
| Software Engineer, Heterogeneous Computing | 2 | $133,307 | +7.0% | |
| Heterogenous Platform Architect | 1 | $190,320 | +13.9% | |
| Image/Video Algorithm Engineer | 1 | $144,000 | +0.1% | |
| Operations Research Analyst | 1 | $101,999 | +11.6% | |
| Senior Staff Engineer | 1 | $228,000 | +15.0% | |
| Senior Staff Research Scientist | 1 | $252,000 | +62.2% | |
| Staff Engineer | 1 | $198,000 | +15.7% | |
| Video Algorithm Researcher | 1 | $156,000 | +10.9% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto, CA | 12 | $163,307 |
| Bellevue, WA | 4 | $181,000 |
| San Diego, CA | 3 | $183,000 |
By visa type: 19 H-1B. By outcome: 18 certified, 1 withdrawn before a decision.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 Kwai, Inc. 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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.