Sift Science

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 12 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Last filed FY2026 Q1
  • Software Publishers
  • Main U.S. filing address: San Francisco, CA
Median base salary$172,000+40% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$153.8k–$205k
Level II (mid-level) share33%all employers: 42%
Median prevailing wage$145,340the required minimum for these jobs and places

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10th $148.2k25th $153.8kmedian $172k75th $205k90th $223.9k

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 1
Mid-level · Level II too few 4
Senior · Level III too few 3
Expert · Level IV too few 4

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Salary details

Median salary$172,000
Middle 50%$153.8k–$205k
vs. all employers+40%comparison median $122,699
Filings12FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $131,980 and $229,560.
PercentileSalary
10th$148,200
25th$153,750
50th (median)$172,000
75th$205,000
90th$223,900

Salary by year

Median salary

$120k $160k $200k FY2020: median $140,505 (11 filings) FY2021: median $167,705 (12 filings) FY2022: median $162,958 (13 filings) FY2023: median $165,000 (11 filings) FY2024: median $182,500 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 11 filings FY20 FY2021: 12 filings FY21 FY2022: 13 filings FY22 FY2023: 11 filings FY23 FY2024: 10 filings FY24 FY2025: 9 filings FY25 FY2026: 3 filings FY26 13
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$140,505$117,770$144,17011
FY2021$167,705$130,949$169,67212
FY2022$162,958$123,857$200,00013
FY2023$165,000$148,750$195,00011
FY2024$182,500$144,625$193,75010
FY2025–––9
FY2026–––3

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$172,000
Median prevailing wage$145,340
Median difference+13.7%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage8%

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 Sift Science

Sift Science's filings list its industry as Software Publishers (Information sector, NAICS 5132). Its main U.S. filing address is in San Francisco, CA and its filings in the data run from FY2020 to FY2026 Q1. In the latest two fiscal years, the most filed jobs are Software Engineer, Data Scientist and IT Manager and the main metro areas are San Francisco, CA, Nashville, TN and New York, NY. The most common wage level in those years is Level II (mid-level).

Questions

Does Sift Science sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Sift Science filed 12 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications in FY2025–FY2026, the latest two fiscal years. The most recent filing in the data is from FY2026 Q1. A certified LCA is a step before the H-1B petition; it is not a visa approval.

How much does Sift Science pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Sift Science's H-1B filings is $172,000; half of filings fall between $153,750 and $205,000. Bonus and stock are not included.