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Founding Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Founding Engineer
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
75
Median offered wage
$175,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$175,000certified 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 San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

2345FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2345FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20231
FY20245
FY202524
FY2026*45
Certified (decided applications)
97.3%
Employers filing
58
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. Parsed Systems, Inc.6
  2. DealOps Inc.3
  3. Artie Technologies Inc.2
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 $175,000; middle half $156,302 to $200,000 · median prevailing wage $161,637 (marker) · 71 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I13
  2. Level II30
  3. Level III18
  4. Level IV14
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 San Francisco is 2.9% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
223
Employers nationwide
155
Cities with filings
53
National median offered wage
$170,000
Share of national filings in San Francisco
33.6%
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 San Francisco job market

San Francisco has 62,593 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 16,467 job titles and 6,403 employers; "Founding Engineer" ranks #70 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Founding Engineer in San Francisco
70
Median offered wage in San Francisco, all job titles
$167,000
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in San Francisco
  1. Software Engineer5,831
  2. Senior Software Engineer2,179
  3. Associate727
  4. Staff Software Engineer723
  5. Software Engineering Smts719
  6. Data Scientist702
  7. Product Manager678
  8. Postdoctoral Scholar642
  9. Engineering Manager520
  10. Member of Technical Staff517
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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