Amperesand

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 24 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Electrical Equipment Manufacturing
  • Main U.S. filing address: San Francisco, CA
Median base salary$152,965+25% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$125k–$188.4k
Level IV (expert) share48%all employers: 18%
Median prevailing wage$148,294the required minimum for these jobs and places

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Enter the base salary in your offer. We compare it with Amperesand's certified filings for the same job.

10th $121.5k25th $125kmedian $153k75th $188.4k90th $207k

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Percentiles from Amperesand's certified H-1B filings, base salary only. Jobs with at least 10 filings.

Pay by level

too fewLevel I
Entry-level · 17% of filings
too fewLevel II
Mid-level · 13% of filings
too fewLevel III
Senior · 22% of filings
$187.8kLevel IV
Expert · 48% of filings
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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 4
Mid-level · Level II too few 3
Senior · Level III too few 5
Expert · Level IV $187,803 11

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Where Amperesand files

Median base salary in each metro area. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent, FY2027.

Show all 2 metro areas
Metro areaMedianFilings
San Francisco, CA$188,90212
Reno, NV$125,00011

Salary details

Median salary$152,965
Middle 50%$125k–$188.4k
vs. all employers+25%comparison median $122,699
Filings24FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $106,150 and $248,728.
PercentileSalary
10th$121,500
25th$125,000
50th (median)$152,965
75th$188,352
90th$207,000

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$152,965
Median prevailing wage$148,294
Median difference+9.2%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage25%

Filing at exactly the prevailing wage does not mean low pay: at senior levels and in high-cost areas the prevailing wage itself is high.

About Amperesand

Amperesand's filings list its industry as Electrical Equipment Manufacturing (Manufacturing sector, NAICS 3353). Its main U.S. filing address is in San Francisco, CA and its filings in the data run from FY2025 to FY2026 Q3. In the latest two fiscal years, the most filed jobs are Electrical Engineer, Software Engineer and Industrial Engineer and the main metro areas are San Francisco, CA, Reno, NV and San Jose, CA. The most common wage level in those years is Level IV (expert).

Questions

Does Amperesand sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Amperesand filed 24 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications in FY2025–FY2026, the latest two fiscal years. The most recent filing in the data is from FY2026 Q3. A certified LCA is a step before the H-1B petition; it is not a visa approval.

How much does Amperesand pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Amperesand's H-1B filings is $152,965; half of filings fall between $125,000 and $188,352. Bonus and stock are not included.