founding salaries
801 H-1B & PERM records for "founding", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.
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$175875
Average Salary
$47112
Minimum
$960000
Maximum
| Employer | Role | Location | Salary | Program | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triad Labs Inc | Founding Engineer | San Jose, CA | $146307 | H-1B | May 12, 2025 |
| Crossfill, Inc. | Founding AI Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $146307 - $200000 | H-1B | Jun 3, 2025 |
| Lynqage Tech, Inc. | Founding Verification Engineer | Round Rock, TX | $145000 | H-1B | Apr 7, 2026 |
| Mooncake Labs Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $145000 | H-1B | Apr 8, 2025 |
| Kumo.ai, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $145000 - $165000 | H-1B | Nov 8, 2024 |
| Lever AI Inc. | Founding Engineer | Manhattan Beach, CA | $145000 - $155000 | E-3 | Jan 13, 2024 |
| RelicX, Inc. | Founding Engineer (Backend) | Menlo Park, CA | $144726 - $210000 | H-1B | Aug 20, 2021 |
| Noya, Inc. | Founding Mechanical Engineer | Oakland, CA | $144210 | H-1B | Sep 24, 2024 |
| Think Fish, Inc. | Founding AI Engineer | Ithaca, NY | $144000 | H-1B | Mar 28, 2024 |
| Apricus International LLC | Founding Engineer | Arlington, VA | $143000 | H-1B | Oct 12, 2024 |
| Kumo.ai, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $142000 - $162000 | H-1B | Feb 8, 2022 |
| Preemo, Inc. | Founding AI Deployment Strategist | San Mateo, CA | $141856 - $195000 | H-1B | Mar 5, 2025 |
| Solvea, Inc. | Founding Principal | San Francisco, CA | $141003 - $250000 | H-1B | Apr 24, 2026 |
| Try Saga Inc. | DevOps Founding Engineer | Pittsburgh, PA | $140754 | H-1B | Jun 16, 2026 |
| FlowState AI, Inc. | Founding Growth Associate | San Francisco, CA | $140000 | H-1B | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Kovari Industries, Inc. | Founding Robotics Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $140000 - $150000 | H-1B | Jan 18, 2026 |
| Kovari Industries, Inc. | Founding Robotics Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $140000 - $150000 | H-1B | Jan 20, 2026 |
| Feather Computer Inc. | Founding Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $140000 - $160000 | H-1B | Jan 20, 2026 |
| Hyde Inc. | Founding COO | New York, NY | $140000 | E-3 | Jan 20, 2026 |
| SOLNS AI INC. | Founding Robotics Engineer – Level IV | Kailua, HI | $140000 - $185000 | H-1B | Apr 20, 2026 |
| Cognisos, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $140000 | H-1B | May 21, 2026 |
| SonicJobs Inc | Founding AI Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $140000 | H-1B | Dec 17, 2025 |
| FlowState AI, Inc. | Founding Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $140000 - $160000 | H-1B | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Neuramill, Inc. | Founding Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $140000 | H-1B | Jun 2, 2026 |
| Andean Inc. | Founding Metallurgist | San Carlos, CA | $140000 | H-1B | Feb 24, 2026 |
| Cognisos, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Belvedere Tiburon, CA | $140000 | H-1B | Mar 23, 2026 |
| Sameday AI, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Pleasant Grove, UT | $140000 | H-1B | May 29, 2026 |
| nCompass Technologies Inc. | Founding Engineer | New York, NY | $140000 | H-1B | Jun 13, 2025 |
| Pareto Inc. | Founding User Experience Researcher | San Francisco, CA | $140000 | H-1B | Mar 20, 2025 |
| Pareto Inc. | Founding User Experience Researcher | San Francisco, CA | $140000 | H-1B | Apr 1, 2025 |
| Rayni, Inc. | Founding AI Engineer | The Colony, TX | $140000 | H-1B | Sep 9, 2025 |
| Lasso Solutions, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $140000 - $150000 | H-1B | Apr 28, 2025 |
| Cervo AI, Inc. | Founding Software Engineer | New York, NY | $140000 - $140001 | H-1B1 | Aug 4, 2025 |
| OpenPipe, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Bellevue, WA | $140000 - $200000 | H-1B | May 19, 2025 |
| Aimon Labs, Inc. | Founding Full Stack Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $140000 - $220000 | H-1B | Apr 29, 2024 |
| Glyf Space, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Jose, CA | $140000 | H-1B | May 15, 2024 |
| Lever AI Inc. | Founding Engineer | Manhattan Beach, CA | $140000 - $150000 | E-3 | Jan 19, 2024 |
| S2 Labs Inc. | Founding Full-Stack Engineer | Minneapolis, MN | $140000 | H-1B | Oct 18, 2023 |
| nEYE Systems, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Berkeley, CA | $140000 - $150000 | H-1B | Apr 14, 2023 |
| Suger Inc. | Founding Software Engineer | San Mateo, CA | $140000 | H-1B | Sep 1, 2023 |
| S2 Labs Inc. | Founding Full-Stack Engineer | Minneapolis, MN | $140000 | H-1B | Sep 12, 2023 |
| S2 Labs Inc. | Founding Full Stack Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $140000 | H-1B | Jun 3, 2022 |
| WINGS SOFTWARE, INC. | FOUNDING ENGINEER | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $140000 - $180000 | H-1B | Feb 22, 2017 |
| HARNESS, INC. | FOUNDING ENGINEER | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $140000 - $180000 | H-1B | Jul 7, 2017 |
| Sweep360 Inc. | Machine Learning Engineer (Founding) | New York, NY | $139506 - $175000 | H-1B | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Lamics, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Troy, MI | $139000 | H-1B | May 7, 2026 |
| Origin Research Limited | Founding Researcher | New York, NY | $138091 - $130 | H-1B | Dec 11, 2024 |
| Origin Research Limited | Founding Researcher | New York, NY | $138091 - $130 | H-1B | Dec 9, 2024 |
| AGORA SYSTEMS INC. | FOUNDING SOFTWARE ENGINEER | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $138091 - $160000 | H-1B | Nov 13, 2018 |
| Rolling, Inc. d.b.a Hologram Labs | Founding Designer | San Francisco, CA | $138000 - $150000 | H-1B | Apr 3, 2023 |
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