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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beacons AI Inc. | Founding Designer | San Francisco, CA | $175000 | E-3 | Nov 17, 2023 |
| Turnstile Software LLC | Senior Software Engineer (Founding Engineer) | San Francisco, CA | $175000 | H-1B | Apr 29, 2022 |
| JIKA INC DOT | Founding Engineer/Backend Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $175000 | H-1B | Nov 3, 2021 |
| JIKA INC DOT | Founding Engineer/Backend Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $175000 | H-1B | Nov 16, 2021 |
| Turnstile Software Inc. | Senior Software Engineer (Founding Engineer) | San Francisco, CA | $175000 | H-1B | May 3, 2022 |
| COOKIE.AI, INC. | FOUNDING ENGINEER (SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER) | Sunnyvale, CA | $175000 | H-1B | Jan 27, 2021 |
| HARNESS INC | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $175000 | Green Card | Oct 31, 2019 |
| Lightup Data, Inc. | Founding Senior UX Designer | Mountain View, CA | $175000 | H-1B | Mar 2, 2020 |
| Lightup Data, Inc. | Founding Senior UX Designer | Mountain View, CA | $175000 | H-1B | Nov 13, 2019 |
| KloudDB LLC | Founding Engineer | Fremont, CA | $174678 | H-1B | Sep 20, 2021 |
| BespokeLabs.AI, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $172931 - $250000 | H-1B | Apr 25, 2025 |
| Linea Labs, Inc. | Founding Product Manager | San Francisco, CA | $170000 | H-1B | Mar 3, 2026 |
| DealOps Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $170000 - $180000 | H-1B | Apr 14, 2026 |
| ResiQuant, Inc. | Founding Designer | San Francisco, CA | $170000 | H-1B | Apr 14, 2026 |
| Owner.com, Inc. | Manager, Founding Finance Lead | San Francisco, CA | $170000 - $220000 | H-1B | May 21, 2026 |
| DealOps Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $170000 - $180000 | H-1B | Apr 6, 2026 |
| Latent, Inc. | Founding Product Designer | New York, NY | $170000 - $200000 | H-1B | Apr 21, 2026 |
| DealOps Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $170000 - $180000 | H-1B | Apr 13, 2026 |
| Crucibl Inc | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $170000 | H-1B | May 21, 2026 |
| Retell AI, Inc. | Founding Software Engineer | Redwood City, CA | $170000 | H-1B | Mar 21, 2025 |
| Morphic, Inc. | Founding Machine Learning Engineer | San Jose, CA | $170000 - $170100 | H-1B | Apr 10, 2025 |
| Andy AI Inc | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $170000 | H-1B | Apr 10, 2025 |
| Traba Inc. | Founding Recruiting Manager | Miami, FL | $170000 | E-3 | Nov 30, 2022 |
| Tennr Incorporated | Founding Engineer & Machine Learning Architect | New York, NY | $170000 - $180000 | H-1B | May 20, 2024 |
| Inception AI, Inc. | Founding Machine Learning Engineer | San Mateo, CA | $170000 | H-1B | Aug 26, 2024 |
| Nexusflow.ai Inc. | Founding Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $170000 - $210000 | H-1B | Aug 27, 2024 |
| Dashworks Technologies, Inc. | Founding NLP Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $170000 | H-1B | Jun 2, 2022 |
| Grainite, Inc. | Founding Devops Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $170000 | H-1B | Aug 7, 2020 |
| GHOST LOCOMOTION INC. | FOUNDING SOFTWARE ENGINEER | MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA | $170000 - $180000 | H-1B | Apr 4, 2018 |
| Prelude Labs Inc. | Founding Researcher | New York, NY | $169541 - $350000 | H-1B | Mar 4, 2026 |
| Share [XYZ] Inc. | Founding Engineer | New York, NY | $169229 | H-1B | Feb 26, 2024 |
| Share [XYZ] Inc. | Founding Engineer | New York, NY | $169229 | H-1B | Apr 22, 2024 |
| Origin Research Limited | Founding Member (Product Engineer-Machine Learnin… | New York, NY | $169229 - $260000 | H-1B | Aug 14, 2023 |
| Find Arbor Incorporated | Senior Founding Product Manager | Brooklyn, NY | $168000 | H-1B | Mar 9, 2026 |
| Corgi Insurance Services, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $168000 | H-1B | Apr 7, 2025 |
| Corgi Insurance Services, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $168000 | H-1B | Apr 9, 2025 |
| HARNESS INC | Founding Engineer | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $168000 | Green Card | Jun 7, 2019 |
| Onset Labs, Inc. | Founding Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $166000 | H-1B | Aug 15, 2024 |
| BizTrip AI Inc. | Founding Engineer | Suite 317, CA | $165000 | H-1B | Apr 14, 2026 |
| Parley Technologies, Inc. | Founding Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $165000 | H-1B | Apr 29, 2025 |
| BizTrip AI Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $165000 | H-1B | Apr 22, 2026 |
| Glaze AI, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Brooklyn, NY | $165000 - $205000 | H-1B | May 1, 2026 |
| Solstice Health, Inc. | Founding Applied AI Engineer | New York, NY | $165000 - $250000 | H-1B | Mar 26, 2026 |
| Quantbase Investments, Inc. | Founding Product Designer | New York, NY | $165000 - $215000 | H-1B | Mar 18, 2026 |
| Oasys Health, Inc | Founding Engineer | New York, NY | $165000 | H-1B | May 7, 2026 |
| Skywalk Inc. | Founding Machine Learning Engineer | San Mateo, CA | $165000 | H-1B | May 11, 2026 |
| Adagy Robotics Inc | Founding Mechatronics Engineer | New York, NY | $165000 | H-1B | May 8, 2026 |
| Clarion, Inc. | Founding Software Engineer | New York, NY | $165000 | H-1B | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Serro, Inc. | Founding Product Designer | San Mateo, CA | $165000 | H-1B | Apr 28, 2026 |
| Tusk AI, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $165000 | H-1B1 | Aug 15, 2025 |
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