Senior AI Engineer H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).

Employers filed 112 wage applications for Senior AI Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 71 employers. The median offered wage was $174,304, 14.2% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Boston Consulting Group, Inc. filed the most (9, median $190,000).

Filings: 112
Positions covered: 116
Employers: 71
Median offered: $174,304
Median prevailing wage: $142,230
Filings since FY2020: 178
Median offer change since FY2020: +63%

Senior AI Engineer, all employers112 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$174,304Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$140,584 to $200,000Where the middle half of the filings fall

$142,230Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Senior AI Engineer jobs rose 63%, from $108,784 in fiscal 2020 to $177,500 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 14.6% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 42 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.

Senior AI Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	97	$177,500	+9.9%	$149,240	+14.6%
2025	42	$161,500	−1.1%	$128,398	+16.0%
2024	10	$163,250	+2.0%	$128,388	+30.9%
2023	7	$160,000	+12.4%	$141,767	+10.7%
2022	10	$142,407	+16.0%	$125,331	+0.1%
2021	7	$122,741	+12.8%	$122,346	at the minimum
2020	5	$108,784	n/a	$108,784	at the minimum

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Boston Consulting Group, Inc.	9	$190,000	+43.9%
NTT Data AIVista, Inc.	8	$350,000	+64.9%
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.	3	$160,000	+21.2%
Infocusp Innovations Inc.	2	$215,000	+14.5%
Trexquant Investment LP	2	$200,000	+4.0%
CitiusTech Inc.	2	$93,860	+22.4%
SunShine Technologies Inc	2	$112,923	at the minimum
R1 RCM Holdco Inc.	2	$230,000	+64.9%
HCA Management Services LP	2	$141,059	+14.2%
Fractal Analytics, Inc.	2	$131,028	at the minimum
Capital One Services, LLC	2	$152,587	+23.4%
Ifit, Inc.	2	$162,500	+69.1%
Finster AI Inc.	2	$245,000	+52.4%
Iconma LLC	2	$136,240	+12.1%
CCC Intelligent Solutions, Inc	2	$180,000	+37.1%
IQVIA Inc.	2	$138,981	+10.7%
Intelligent Medical Objects, Inc.	2	$162,500	+5.8%
Twin Health, Inc.	2	$202,500	+26.5%
Zoom Communications, Inc.	2	$168,491	at the minimum
Target Enterprise, Inc.	2	$132,486	at the minimum
Artis Magi, LLC	2	$115,963	+17.3%
Signal Labs Inc	2	$153,317	at the minimum
Copart, Inc	1	$128,954	+14.2%
Samsara Inc.	1	$171,621	at the minimum
Spotter, Inc.	1	$176,134	+17.6%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 71. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Senior AI Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
New York, NY	12	$190,000	+43.9%
Bellevue, WA	10	$350,000	+64.9%
San Francisco, CA	7	$189,987	+6.6%
San Jose, CA	5	$187,741	+0.2%
Dallas, TX	4	$160,520	+42.1%
San Mateo, CA	4	$194,834	+1.7%
Austin, TX	3	$160,000	+28.5%
Chicago, IL	3	$153,317	at the minimum
Durham, NC	3	$171,500	+34.8%
Frisco, TX	3	$112,923	at the minimum
Mountain View, CA	3	$210,000	+11.9%
Palo Alto, CA	3	$200,000	+6.5%
Apex, NC	2	$138,981	+10.7%
Gainesville, FL	2	$98,000	+21.9%
Houston, TX	2	$128,500	+0.6%
Logan, UT	2	$162,500	+69.1%
Milwaukee, WI	2	$125,000	+9.7%
Minneapolis, MN	2	$132,486	at the minimum
St. Michaels, MD	2	$115,963	+17.3%
San Diego, CA	2	$160,584	+7.1%
Seattle, WA	2	$180,000	+15.7%
Stamford, CT	2	$200,000	+4.0%
Addison, TX	1	$176,134	+17.6%
Atlanta, GA	1	$135,533	+18.1%
Battle Creek, MI	1	$115,800	+1.0%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry3%

Level II, qualified38%

Level III, experienced29%

Level IV, fully competent30%

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.
5 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.