Machine Zone, Inc. H-1B wage filings
Palo Alto, CA. Last filed in fiscal 2026. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five.
Machine Zone, Inc. filed 38 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2026, covering 561 positions. The median wage it offered was $138,549, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Senior Software Engineer (5 filings, median $154,669).
- Filings since FY2020
- 38
- Positions covered
- 561
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 29
- Worksite cities
- 4
- Last filed
- FY2026
Offered wage since 2020
Machine Zone, Inc.'s median H-1B wage offer rose 55%, from $110,510 in fiscal 2020 to $170,872 in fiscal 2021. In fiscal 2021 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2020, with 29 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Machine Zone, Inc. by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2025 | 3 | $225,000 | n/a | $133,869 | +49.3% |
| 2024 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2023 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2022 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2021 | 5 | $170,872 | +54.6% | $170,872 | at the minimum |
| 2020 | 29 | $110,510 | n/a | $110,510 | at the minimum |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | 5 | $154,669 | at the minimum | |
| Data Scientist | 2 | $123,604 | at the minimum | |
| Game Analyst | 2 | $130,255 | +26.3% | |
| Senior ML & NLP Engineer | 2 | $151,102 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Site Reliability Engineer | 2 | $182,756 | +35.9% | |
| Software Engineer | 2 | $131,727 | at the minimum | |
| 2D Artist | 1 | $106,538 | at the minimum | |
| Associate Game Designer | 1 | $77,168 | at the minimum | |
| Build Engineer | 1 | $108,784 | at the minimum | |
| Executive Producer | 1 | $143,832 | at the minimum | |
| HTML / UI Designer | 1 | $77,168 | at the minimum | |
| Junior Media Buying Analyst | 1 | $89,773 | at the minimum | |
| Localization Quality Assurance Project Analyst | 1 | $75,275 | at the minimum | |
| Localization Quality Assurance Project Manager | 1 | $135,000 | +49.3% | |
| Marketing Decision Scientist | 1 | $89,773 | at the minimum | |
| Media Buying Analyst, Campaign Management | 1 | $71,677 | at the minimum | |
| Principal Game Designer | 1 | $106,538 | at the minimum | |
| Project Manager for Operations and D2C Business | 1 | $135,000 | +5.9% | |
| Senior AI Engineer | 1 | $145,725 | at the minimum | |
| Sr. Animator | 1 | $118,269 | at the minimum | |
| Sr. Building Engineer | 1 | $200,000 | +17.0% | |
| Senior Game Designer | 1 | $106,538 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Network Engineer | 1 | $148,735 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Operations Engineer | 1 | $170,872 | at the minimum | |
| Senior SRE Database Engineer | 1 | $225,000 | +45.3% | |
| Senior Tools Engineer | 1 | $154,669 | at the minimum | |
| Staff Software Engineer | 1 | $154,669 | at the minimum | |
| UI Artist | 1 | $77,168 | at the minimum | |
| UI/HTML Developer | 1 | $77,168 | at the minimum | |
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 | 33 | $141,586 |
| Las Vegas, NV | 3 | $135,000 |
| Frisco, TX | 1 | $230,000 |
| Wake Forest, NC | 1 | $225,000 |
By visa type: 37 H-1B, 1 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 38 certified.
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 Machine Zone, 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.