Forward Deployed Engineer H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).
Employers filed 144 wage applications for Forward Deployed Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 52 employers. The median offered wage was $161,637, 17.4% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Palantir Technologies Inc. filed the most (40, median $145,000).
- Filings
- 144
- Positions covered
- 149
- Employers
- 52
- Median offered
- $161,637
- Median prevailing wage
- $131,997
- Filings since FY2020
- 193
- Median offer change since FY2022
- +13%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Forward Deployed Engineer jobs rose 13%, from $142,500 in fiscal 2022 to $160,819 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 20.0% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 40 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.
Forward Deployed Engineer by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 129 | $160,819 | +4.4% | $131,997 | +20.0% |
| 2025 | 40 | $154,000 | +10.0% | $123,656 | +12.3% |
| 2024 | 7 | $140,000 | n/a | $115,918 | +13.2% |
| 2023 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2022 | 8 | $142,500 | +9.6% | $97,885 | +28.7% |
| 2021 | 4 | $130,000 | −9.7% | $122,273 | +11.7% |
| 2020 | 4 | $144,000 | n/a | $123,615 | +16.1% |
Employers that file for this title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palantir Technologies Inc. | 40 | $145,000 | +36.6% | |
| Salesforce, Inc. | 14 | $163,841 | +10.9% | |
| Northslope Technologies Inc. | 8 | $140,000 | +6.1% | |
| Baseten Labs, Inc. | 6 | $200,543 | +9.4% | |
| Labelbox, Inc. | 6 | $190,000 | +4.4% | |
| Cresta Intelligence Inc. | 4 | $210,000 | +31.4% | |
| Qurrent, Inc. | 4 | $160,819 | +0.3% | |
| FurtherAI Inc. | 3 | $137,000 | +1.0% | |
| People Center, Inc. d/b/a Rippling | 3 | $185,000 | +14.5% | |
| Addepar, Inc. | 2 | $180,000 | +17.4% | |
| Giga AI, Inc. | 2 | $145,000 | +20.1% | |
| Tessera Labs Corporation | 2 | $180,000 | +74.4% | |
| InnovAccer Inc. | 2 | $187,500 | +11.7% | |
| Galileo Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $207,500 | +51.9% | |
| Field AI, Inc. | 2 | $150,000 | +17.9% | |
| Lever AI Inc. | 2 | $161,637 | at the minimum | |
| Dexterity, Inc. | 2 | $100,194 | +14.1% | |
| Exa Labs Inc. | 2 | $169,718 | at the minimum | |
| Google LLC | 1 | $174,000 | +31.8% | |
| WithClutch, Inc | 1 | $190,000 | +0.2% | |
| Intercom, Inc. | 1 | $187,574 | at the minimum | |
| Domino Data Lab, Inc. | 1 | $140,000 | +27.9% | |
| Kore.ai, Inc. | 1 | $135,000 | at the minimum | |
| HG Insights, Inc. | 1 | $127,671 | at the minimum | |
| Luminary Cloud, Inc. | 1 | $209,082 | at the minimum | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 52. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Forward Deployed Engineer jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | 62 | $146,667 | +32.5% | |
| San Francisco, CA | 37 | $170,000 | +1.3% | |
| Chicago, IL | 5 | $180,000 | +17.4% | |
| Brooklyn, NY | 4 | $195,000 | +15.9% | |
| Jersey City, NJ | 4 | $220,000 | +16.0% | |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2 | $164,155 | +45.9% | |
| Irvine, CA | 2 | $150,000 | +17.9% | |
| Menlo Park, CA | 2 | $142,850 | +5.3% | |
| Seattle, WA | 2 | $155,000 | +3.9% | |
| Arlington, VA | 1 | $180,000 | +19.4% | |
| Austin, TX | 1 | $150,000 | +7.8% | |
| Bellevue, WA | 1 | $162,800 | +2.8% | |
| Berkeley, CA | 1 | $160,000 | +17.9% | |
| Carrollton, TX | 1 | $173,993 | +28.9% | |
| Castle Rock, CO | 1 | $175,000 | +23.0% | |
| Castro Valley, CA | 1 | $172,080 | +6.5% | |
| Dallas, TX | 1 | $92,872 | at the minimum | |
| East Meadow, NY | 1 | $150,000 | +37.0% | |
| Kent, WA | 1 | $100,194 | +28.1% | |
| Livingston, NJ | 1 | $162,250 | +0.9% | |
| Naperville, IL | 1 | $155,000 | +1.1% | |
| New Yorkl, NY | 1 | $180,000 | +74.4% | |
| Old Bridge, NJ | 1 | $153,917 | +16.6% | |
| Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $200,000 | +14.7% | |
| Pleasant Grove, UT | 1 | $120,000 | +15.3% | |
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 employers 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.
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