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Palo Alto, CA H-1B salaries

Employers filed 8,906 certified H-1B applications for jobs in Palo Alto, CA between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. Half paid more than $180,000 a year. The typical offer was 8% above the prevailing wage, the minimum the law sets for the job and place.

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Median salary offered
$180,000
Middle half earn
$150,000 to $214,000
Top 10% earn over
$250,000
Certified filings
8,906

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Top employers
Tesla, Inc.1,721$170,898+14%$146,100 – $203,794
Amazon.com Services LLC632$193,500+25%$178,125 – $212,350
VMware LLC386$210,200–$183,153 – $226,158
Rivian Automotive, LLC376$191,844+28%$170,000 – $215,000
Pinterest, Inc.306$184,662+13%$163,488 – $199,534
Snap Inc.274$181,478+6%$172,022 – $209,064
JPMorgan Chase & Co.265$192,000+24%$169,000 – $225,000
Rubrik, Inc.260$185,000–$160,000 – $210,000
The Leland Stanford, Jr University189$84,0000%$76,970 – $109,462
SAP Labs, LLC174$163,955–$145,974 – $190,398
Salesforce, Inc.161$232,596+20%$203,139 – $250,513
Rivian and VW Group Technology, LLC159$200,485–$180,615 – $223,906
Ariba, Inc.120$161,996–$150,061 – $191,982
Ford Motor Company101$178,800+43%$158,995 – $201,053
Stanford Health Care100$143,270+16%$118,664 – $168,340
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, LLC78$175,000–$146,325 – $208,750
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.75$147,319+5%$132,258 – $166,107
Navan, Inc.71$180,128–$151,232 – $200,000
SAP America, Inc.70$172,417+10%$150,342 – $195,187
Woven by Toyota, U.S., Inc.70$200,000+5%$186,090 – $225,000
X.Ai LLC65$280,000–$221,250 – $320,000
Guardant Health, Inc.64$171,558–$140,884 – $185,031
A9.com LLC63$185,000–$156,500 – $225,410
AppLovin Corporation63$180,000–$150,000 – $237,400
Mistral AI, Inc.56$280,000–$205,000 – $318,750
Wing Aviation LLC55$185,000–$170,000 – $203,500
Tencent America LLC54$210,100+11%$169,749 – $220,000
Tinder LLC52$187,741+6%$150,441 – $220,000
Rivian, LLC49$176,000+16%$156,045 – $190,000
Arc Research Institute48$104,500–$80,000 – $142,000
SambaNova Systems Inc.47$172,000–$155,000 – $200,662
HP Inc.46$160,786+29%$133,407 – $179,624
Latitude AI, LLC45$199,534+9%$174,000 – $213,200
Glean Technologies, Inc.44$215,000–$178,233 – $231,250
Also, Inc.42$227,500–$200,000 – $246,125
Bofa Securities, Inc.42$175,0000%$137,500 – $200,000
CA, Inc.42$166,512+11%$151,026 – $185,912
SuccessFactors, Inc.40$165,311+5%$151,689 – $178,861
Mongodb, Inc.40$205,798+22%$184,519 – $250,433
Hippocratic AI, Inc38$240,000–$224,682 – $257,500
PsiQuantum Corp.36$158,424–$149,841 – $176,590
X Corp.33$225,000+18%$170,000 – $265,000
ActiveHours, Inc.33$210,704+6%$170,186 – $234,062
Palantir Technologies Inc.31$170,000+14%$155,000 – $209,350
Aisera, Inc.30$155,000–$135,000 – $186,250
East West Bank29$190,562+27%$179,694 – $214,513
Rhombus Power, Inc.25$140,000–$120,000 – $149,365
Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp25$170,914+62%$166,962 – $181,293
Plume Design, Inc.25$164,154–$151,000 – $180,128
Uniphore Technologies North America, Inc.23$190,000–$167,500 – $217,500

Top job titles
Software Engineer409$160,000+16%$149,365 – $188,000
Senior Software Engineer303$195,000+32%$183,205 – $206,886
Software Development Engineer II214$184,662+11%$175,016 – $196,298
R&D Engineer Software179$211,774+16%$182,771 – $222,579
Member of Technical Staff130$238,893+26%$187,741 – $300,000
Applied Scientist II128$194,503+10%$184,662 – $205,000
Senior Developer114$161,221+24%$150,416 – $178,114
Software Engineer II71$172,931+34%$151,756 – $184,662
Senior Machine Learning Engineer69$199,534+7%$184,662 – $226,138
Vice President, Lead Software Engineer69$199,800+25%$180,160 – $211,250
Machine Learning Engineer II68$172,931+3%$156,213 – $184,662
Software Development Engineer - Eng68$156,750–$146,100 – $182,858
Mechanical Design Engineer68$135,000+46%$124,881 – $154,786
Staff Software Engineer66$226,158+25%$207,044 – $238,630
Developer62$142,964+67%$132,488 – $150,132
Software Dev Engineer II60$195,563+13%$180,882 – $208,475
Software Engineer (4)59$172,022+5%$172,022 – $174,266
Software Development Engineer III56$226,138+14%$199,884 – $235,396
R&D Engineer Software 455$198,134–$189,464 – $210,388
Associate54$242,500+65%$194,746 – $310,000
Sr Software Development Engineer - Eng54$180,464–$174,024 – $197,503
Sourcing Engineer51$130,000+6%$121,674 – $150,960
Machine Learning Engineer50$170,0930%$146,307 – $187,306
AI Scientist48$280,000–$204,250 – $315,000
Data Scientist47$150,000+27%$132,372 – $177,777
Research Scientist45$191,922+25%$150,613 – $225,077
Software Development Engineer45$180,000+20%$160,000 – $210,000
Basic Life Research Scientist40$83,000+2%$78,000 – $87,250
Associate, Software Engineer III40$169,000+22%$163,025 – $180,000
Postdoctoral Research Affiliate39$76,9700%$74,606 – $77,572
Machine Learning Engineer (4)37$174,0150%$174,015 – $199,534
Software Engineering SMTS36$209,868+5%$196,209 – $234,991
Autopilot Software Engineer35$238,653–$182,000 – $469,771
Data Scientist II34$174,802+26%$150,849 – $189,675
Research Engineer32$188,461+7%$158,938 – $236,392
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer32$146,750+3%$139,600 – $153,531
R&D Engineer Software 532$225,260–$221,495 – $242,941
Machine Learning Engineer (5)31$204,145+1%$202,346 – $226,158
Software Engineer (5)31$202,346+6%$195,430 – $226,158
R&D Engineer Software 331$164,310–$159,789 – $173,948
Development Expert30$192,968+2%$179,325 – $211,417
Applied Scientist III30$228,350+13%$224,620 – $238,782
Electronic Design Engineer30$153,500–$136,400 – $176,306
Data Engineer28$138,500+31%$118,338 – $170,019
Senior Data Scientist28$180,000+18%$166,751 – $191,750
Test Engineer27$140,000+39%$127,450 – $164,001
Autopilot Machine Learning Engineer27$243,500–$200,000 – $331,000
Software Dev Engineer I27$148,400+15%$148,400 – $153,500
Manager III, Software Development27$248,643+20%$230,690 – $260,900
Sr Electronic Design Engineer27$163,812–$159,500 – $169,370

By year
2023726$185,000
20242,858$175,000
20253,115$179,858
20262,207$187,165

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