Anthropic, PBC

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 292 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Scientific Research and Development Services
  • Main U.S. filing address: San Francisco, CA
Median base salary$209,082+70% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$169.5k–$250k
Level III (senior) share36%all employers: 21%
Median prevailing wage$179,837the required minimum for these jobs and places

At a glance

  • Most filed: Software Engineer. 53% of its filings. After that come Research Scientist (Computer Science) and Data Scientist.
  • Mostly above the prevailing wage. 53% of filings are above the prevailing wage. Median offer $209,082, median prevailing wage $179,837.

Is your Anthropic, PBC offer competitive?

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

10th $134.6k25th $169.5kmedian $209.1k75th $250k90th $320k

Enter a salary to see where it falls.

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

What Anthropic, PBC hires for

Bar: share of Anthropic, PBC's filings. Figure: median base salary. Top 10 jobs account for 91% of filings (25 occupations in total).

Show all 5 jobs

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Anthropic, PBC.

Pay by level

too fewLevel I
Entry-level · 3% of filings
$209.1kLevel II
Mid-level · 29% of filings
$187.6kLevel III
Senior · 36% of filings
$213.5kLevel IV
Expert · 32% of filings

Level medians mix different jobs, so a higher level can show a lower median. Within one job, pay rises with level.

Show the table

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 8
Mid-level · Level II $209,082 85
Senior · Level III $187,574 105
Expert · Level IV $213,512 94

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Where Anthropic, PBC files

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

Show all 3 metro areas
Metro areaMedianFilings
San Francisco, CA$213,512236
New York, NY$186,64942
Seattle, WA$180,71013

Salary details

Median salary$209,082
Middle 50%$169.5k–$250k
vs. all employers+70%comparison median $122,699
Filings292FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $98,322 and $457,950.
PercentileSalary
10th$134,570
25th$169,541
50th (median)$209,082
75th$250,000
90th$320,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$170k $255k $340k FY2024: median $320,000 (13 filings) FY2025: median $300,000 (101 filings) FY2026: median $189,592 (191 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 0 filings FY20 FY2021: 1 filings FY21 FY2022: 4 filings FY22 FY2023: 3 filings FY23 FY2024: 13 filings FY24 FY2025: 101 filings FY25 FY2026: 191 filings FY26 191
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
Show as table
Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––0
FY2021–––1
FY2022–––4
FY2023–––3
FY2024$320,000$320,000$340,00013
FY2025$300,000$164,403$340,000101
FY2026$189,592$170,581$213,512191

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$209,082
Median prevailing wage$179,837
Median difference+3.0%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage47%

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.

Job titles at Anthropic, PBC

Job titleMedianMiddle 50%Filings
Member of Technical Staff$222,155$187.6k–$320k118
Member of Technical Staff Machine Learning$209,082$187.6k–$213.5k11
Member of Technical Staff Software Engineering$189,592$188.1k–$213.5k10

Job titles as written on the filings, with at least 10 filings. Middle 50%: 25th–75th percentile.

About Anthropic, PBC

Anthropic, PBC's filings list its industry as Scientific Research and Development Services (Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector, NAICS 5417). Its main U.S. filing address is in San Francisco, CA and its filings in the data run from FY2021 to FY2026 Q3. In the latest two fiscal years, the most filed jobs are Software Engineer, Research Scientist (Computer Science) and Data Scientist and the main metro areas are San Francisco, CA, New York, NY and Seattle, WA. The most common wage level in those years is Level III (senior).

Questions

Does Anthropic, PBC sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Anthropic, PBC filed 292 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 Anthropic, PBC pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Anthropic, PBC's H-1B filings is $209,082; half of filings fall between $169,541 and $250,000. Bonus and stock are not included.