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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mindflow Inc | Founding Architecture Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $960000 - $100000 | H-1B | May 5, 2025 |
| Isara Laboratories Inc. | Founding Researcher | San Francisco, CA | $750000 | H-1B | Dec 2, 2025 |
| Seedbox Labs, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Boston, MA | $748800 | H-1B | Feb 13, 2026 |
| Seedbox Labs, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Nashua, NH | $748800 | H-1B | Feb 13, 2026 |
| Ivo AI, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $600000 | E-3 | May 29, 2025 |
| Meristem Labs LLC | Founding Member of Technical Staff | Jersey City, NJ | $500000 | H-1B | Mar 19, 2026 |
| Meristem Labs, Inc. | Founding Member of Technical Staff | Sunnyvale, CA | $500000 | H-1B | Apr 23, 2026 |
| Meristem Labs, Inc. | Founding Member of Technical Staff | Sunnyvale, CA | $500000 | H-1B | Apr 23, 2026 |
| Meristem Labs LLC | Founding Member of Technical Staff | Sunnyvale, CA | $500000 | H-1B | Apr 14, 2026 |
| Elorian AI, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $400000 | H-1B | Feb 12, 2026 |
| Elorian AI, Inc. | Founding Researcher | Palo Alto, CA | $400000 | H-1B | Jan 29, 2026 |
| Quiet Capital Management LP | Founding AI Researcher | New York, NY | $350000 | H-1B | Apr 17, 2026 |
| Modos AI, Inc. | Founding AI Engineer | Piedmont, CA | $350000 | H-1B | Mar 26, 2026 |
| FLB Partners H II, LLC | Founding General Manager of Technology | New York, NY | $350000 | H-1B | May 27, 2025 |
| Pyronis, Inc. | Founding AI Systems Architect | Richardson, TX | $325000 | H-1B | Jul 18, 2025 |
| Moonlake AI Inc. | Founding Research Scientist | San Franicsco, CA | $320000 - $350000 | H-1B | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Moonlake AI Inc. | Founding Research Scientist | San Mateo, CA | $320000 - $350000 | H-1B | May 16, 2026 |
| Stryder Corporation | Founding Engineer, Handshake AI Enterprise | San Francisco, CA | $300000 | H-1B | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Guild.ai, Inc. | Founding Engineer - Agent Control Plane | San Francisco, CA | $300000 | H-1B | Mar 19, 2026 |
| Nexiforge Inc. | Founding Member of Technical Staff | Palo Alto, CA | $300000 | H-1B | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Versor, Inc. | Founding Member of Technical Staff | San Francisco, CA | $300000 | H-1B | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Make Matter, Inc. | Founding Member of Technical Staff | Menlo Park, CA | $300000 | H-1B | Dec 12, 2025 |
| Guild.ai,Inc. | Founding Engineer - Agent Control Plane | San Francisco, CA | $300000 | H-1B | Apr 28, 2026 |
| Sycamore Labs Inc. | Founding Engineer - Applied AI Research | Palo Alto, CA | $300000 | H-1B | Dec 3, 2025 |
| Make Matter, Inc. | Founding Member of Technical Staff | Palo Alto, CA | $300000 | H-1B | Nov 28, 2025 |
| Versor, Inc. | Founding Member of Technical Staff | San Francisco, CA | $300000 | H-1B | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Stryder Corporation | Founding Engineer, Handshake AI Enterprise | San Francisco, CA | $300000 | H-1B | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Guild.ai, Inc. | Founding Engineer - Agent Control Plane | San Francisco, CA | $300000 | H-1B | May 26, 2026 |
| Nunchux AI, Inc. | Founding Staff Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $300000 | H-1B | May 8, 2026 |
| Nunchaku AI, Inc. | Founding Staff Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $300000 | H-1B | Apr 27, 2026 |
| Practus Advisors Inc. | Founding Director | Dunwoody, GA | $300000 | H-1B | May 22, 2023 |
| Sunday Robotics, Inc. | Founding Software Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $295000 - $335000 | H-1B | May 1, 2026 |
| DanswerAI, Inc. | Founding Product Manager | San Francisco, CA | $291200 - $160 | H-1B | Oct 8, 2024 |
| DanswerAI, Inc. | Founding Product Manager | San Francisco, CA | $291200 - $160 | H-1B | Oct 11, 2024 |
| Sunday Robotics, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $285000 - $325000 | H-1B | May 1, 2026 |
| Shapley, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $283442 - $350000 | H-1B | Dec 13, 2023 |
| Modos AI, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Piedmont, CA | $280000 | H-1B | Jun 9, 2026 |
| Morphic, Inc. | Founding AI Researcher | San Jose, CA | $280000 - $280100 | H-1B | Sep 24, 2025 |
| Make Matter, Inc. | Founding Member of Technical Staff | Sunnyvale, CA | $280000 | H-1B | Apr 14, 2026 |
| Polar Sky Inc. | Founding Senior AI Scientist | Irvine, CA | $280000 | H-1B | Mar 9, 2026 |
| Run Computing Inc. | Founding Software Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $280000 - $300000 | H-1B | Sep 16, 2025 |
| SpatioAI, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $280000 | H-1B | Apr 7, 2025 |
| FLB Partners H II, LLC | Founding General Manager of Technology | New York, NY | $280000 | H-1B | May 27, 2025 |
| Operand Inc. | Founding Data Scientist | San Francisco, CA | $275000 | H-1B | Dec 23, 2025 |
| UniversalAGI, Inc. | Founding Member of Technical Staff | San Francisco, CA | $275000 - $325000 | H-1B | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Operand Inc. | Founding Data Scientist | San Francisco, CA | $275000 | H-1B | May 22, 2026 |
| Knit, Inc. | Founding Software Engineer | New York, NY | $275000 | H-1B | Jan 7, 2026 |
| Tare Inc. | Founding Software Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $275000 | H-1B | Nov 10, 2025 |
| Noetive AI Inc | Founding Member of Technical Staff | San Francisco, CA | $270000 | H-1B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| HealthLeap, Inc. | Founding Machine Learning Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $270000 - $300000 | H-1B | Jan 23, 2026 |
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