H-1B Forward Deployed Engineer Salary
The median H-1B base salary for a Forward Deployed Engineer is $145,000, across 123 certified LCAs.
Median wage
$145,000
Average wage
$169,811
90th percentile
$200,000
Certified LCAs
123
Salary distribution
Annualized base salary on certified LCAs. Excludes bonus and stock.
25th
Median
75th
90th
- Lowest
- $100,000
- 25th
- $135,500
- Median
- $145,000
- Average
- $169,811
- 90th
- $200,000
- Highest
- $1,716,000
Based on 123 certified base wages, annualized.
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Top H-1B sponsors for Forward Deployed Engineer
Employers ranked by certified LCA volume for this role.
| Company↕ | LCAs↕ | Median▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Galileo Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $207,500 |
| Labelbox, Inc. | 4 | $190,000 |
| Cresta Intelligence Inc. | 2 | $187,500 |
| Kumo.ai, Inc. | 2 | $185,000 |
| Addepar, Inc. | 3 | $180,000 |
| Fourth Age, LLC. | 2 | $175,000 |
| Salesforce, Inc. | 13 | $164,682 |
| Qurrent, Inc. | 2 | $160,850 |
| Scale AI, Inc. | 2 | $159,000 |
| Gecko Robotics, Inc. | 2 | $152,500 |
| Element Analytics Inc. | 4 | $146,500 |
| PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 45 | $145,000 |
| C3.ai, Inc. | 10 | $136,850 |
| InnovAccer Inc. | 2 | $135,000 |
| Federato Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $100,000 |
Salaries by location
New York, NY · $145,000San Francisco, CA · $162,350Redwood City, CA · $132,775Chicago, IL · $180,000Houston, TX · $144,000Mountain View, CA · $185,000Indianapolis, IN · $164,155Brooklyn, NY · $200,000Weehawken, NJ · $100,000Richardson, TX · $117,500New York City, NY · $145,000Dallas, TX · $125,000Ferndale, WA · $145,000Jersey City, NJ · $164,682Naperville, IL · $155,000