Bold Penguin — 27 certified H-1B filings (FY2021–FY2026)
- 1
- Filings · FY2025
- $88k
- Median base · FY2025
- Staff Data Engineer
- Top role · 6 all-time
- OH
- Top state · 17 all-time
Bold Penguin filed 1 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 50% from the year before), with a median base salary of $88k and the middle 50% of offers between $88k and $88k. That is 11% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 27 certified filings since FY2021, most often for Staff Data Engineer in Ohio.
How much does Bold Penguin pay H-1B workers?
Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $88k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Bold Penguin's H-1B hiring changed by year?
10 certified filings in FY2021 → 4 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 4 | +300% | $220k |
| FY2025 | 1 | −50% | $88k |
| FY2024 | 2 | −71% | $198k |
| FY2023 | 7 | +133% | $249k |
| FY2022 | 3 | −70% | $124k |
| FY2021 | 10 | — | $135k |
Which wage levels does Bold Penguin file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 63% of Bold Penguin's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.
Share of 27 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level II37.0%10
- Level III11.1%3
- Level IV51.9%14
What jobs does Bold Penguin sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Staff Data Engineer | 6 | $205k |
| Senior Data Engineer | 6 | $135k |
| Data Scientist | 4 | $116k |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 2 | $75k |
| Data Science Manager | 2 | $249k |
| Staff Data Scientist | 1 | $180k |
| AVP, Principal AI Engineer | 1 | $300k |
| Data Engineer | 1 | $160k |
| Data Engineering Manager | 1 | $254k |
| Director Data Engineering | 1 | $242k |
Where does Bold Penguin hire H-1B workers?
Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| OH | 17 | $198k |
| NJ | 7 | $160k |
| TX | 1 | $249k |
| IL | 1 | $88k |
| WA | 1 | $180k |
What has Bold Penguin filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Bold Penguin: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
| FY | Job title | Base salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Director Data Engineering | $242,000 |
| 2026 | Staff Data Engineer | $218,566 |
| 2026 | AVP, Principal AI Engineer | $300,000 |
| 2026 | Director, Data Operations | $220,000 |
| 2025 | Site Reliability Engineer | $88,150 |
| 2024 | Staff Data Engineer | $205,000 |
| 2024 | Senior Data Engineer | $197,900 |
| 2023 | Data Engineering Manager | $253,500 |
| 2023 | Staff Data Engineer | $222,600 |
| 2023 | Staff Data Engineer | $253,500 |
| 2023 | Senior Data Engineer | $197,900 |
| 2023 | Senior Data Engineer | $197,900 |
| 2023 | Data Science Manager | $252,400 |
| 2023 | Data Science Manager | $249,000 |
| 2022 | Staff Data Engineer | $180,000 |
| 2022 | Site Reliability Engineer | $74,672 |
| 2022 | Data Scientist | $123,810 |
| 2021 | Senior Data Engineer | $135,000 |
| 2021 | Data Scientist | $116,000 |
| 2021 | Software Engineer | $103,000 |
| 2021 | Data Scientist | $112,500 |
| 2021 | Data Scientist | $116,000 |
| 2021 | Staff Data Scientist | $180,000 |
| 2021 | Data Engineer | $160,000 |
| 2021 | Staff Data Engineer | $180,000 |
| 2021 | Senior Data Engineer | $135,000 |
| 2021 | Senior Data Engineer | $135,000 |
Common questions about Bold Penguin's H-1B filings
- How much does Bold Penguin pay H-1B workers?
- Bold Penguin's median certified H-1B base salary is $88k (FY2025), from 1 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Bold Penguin sponsor?
- Bold Penguin has 27 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2021–FY2026).
- What jobs does Bold Penguin sponsor for H-1B?
- Bold Penguin's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Staff Data Engineer, Senior Data Engineer, Data Scientist, Site Reliability Engineer.
- Where does Bold Penguin hire H-1B workers?
- Bold Penguin's top H-1B worksite states are OH, NJ, TX, IL.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2021–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →