Cohere

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 18 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Computer Systems Design and Related Services
  • Main U.S. filing address: San Francisco, CA
Median base salary$235,000+92% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$205k–$278.8k
Level III (senior) share72%all employers: 21%
Median prevailing wage$156,312the required minimum for these jobs and places

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10th $180k25th $205kmedian $235k75th $278.8k90th $332k

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

What Cohere hires for

Bar: share of Cohere's filings. Figure: median base salary.

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JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$250,00011

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Cohere.

Pay by level

–Level I
Entry-level · 0% of filings
too fewLevel II
Mid-level · 28% of filings
$250kLevel III
Senior · 72% of filings
–Level IV
Expert · 0% of filings
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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II too few 5
Senior · Level III $250,000 13
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Salary details

Median salary$235,000
Middle 50%$205k–$278.8k
vs. all employers+92%comparison median $122,699
Filings18FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $150,950 and $368,300.
PercentileSalary
10th$180,000
25th$205,000
50th (median)$235,000
75th$278,750
90th$332,000

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$235,000
Median prevailing wage$156,312
Median difference+54.8%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage0%

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 Cohere

Cohere's filings list its industry as Computer Systems Design and Related Services (Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector, NAICS 5415). Its main U.S. filing address is in San Francisco, CA and its filings in the data run from FY2022 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 New York, NY, San Francisco, CA and Ann Arbor, MI. The most common wage level in those years is Level III (senior).

Questions

Does Cohere sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Cohere filed 18 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 Cohere pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Cohere's H-1B filings is $235,000; half of filings fall between $205,000 and $278,750. Bonus and stock are not included.