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Founding Engineer in New York City, NY

Job title · New York City, New York

Job title as filed
Founding Engineer
City
New York City, New York
Applications FY2022–FY2026
33
Median offered wage
$165,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$165,000certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Founding Engineer" and a worksite in New York City.

Applications by fiscal year

917FY2022FY2024FY2025FY2026*
917FY2022FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20221
FY202410
FY20255
FY2026*17
Certified (decided applications)
92.9%
Employers filing
22
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Didero Inc.3
  2. DiligenceSquared Inc.3
  3. Deeptune, Inc.2
  4. Tessera Labs Corporation2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $165,000; middle half $152,500 to $188,750 · median prevailing wage $142,563 (marker) · 26 applications.

$120k$150k$180k$210k$240k
$120k$150k$180k$210k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I4
  2. Level II11
  3. Level III6
  4. Level IV12
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Founding Engineer" appears on 223 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 155 employers for worksites in 53 cities; the median offered wage is $170,000, so the median in New York City is 2.9% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
223
Employers nationwide
155
Cities with filings
53
National median offered wage
$170,000
Share of national filings in New York City
14.8%
Cities with the most applications for Founding Engineer
  1. San Francisco, CA75
  2. New York City, NY33
  3. Palo Alto, CA15
  4. Mountain View, CA10
  5. San Jose, CA7
  6. Brooklyn, NY7
  7. San Mateo, CA4
  8. Arlington, VA4
  9. Burlingame, CA4
  10. Redwood City, CA4
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The New York City job market

New York City has 163,518 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 40,783 job titles and 16,582 employers; "Founding Engineer" ranks #440 by applications, with 0.0% of them.

Applications in New York City, all job titles
163,518
Job titles filed
40,783
Rank of Founding Engineer in New York City
440
Median offered wage in New York City, all job titles
$141,523
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in New York City
  1. Software Engineer7,682
  2. Associate7,483
  3. Vice President3,993
  4. Analyst3,261
  5. Senior Software Engineer1,919
  6. Software Developer1,600
  7. Data Scientist1,392
  8. Senior Associate1,297
  9. Manager1,055
  10. Software Development Engineer II967
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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