Espressive — 28 certified H-1B filings (FY2017–FY2025)

2
Filings · FY2025
$211k
Median base · FY2025
Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Top role · 5 all-time
CA
Top state · 26 all-time
FY

Espressive filed 2 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 50% from the year before), with a median base salary of $211k and the middle 50% of offers between $211k and $226k. That is 6% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 28 certified filings since FY2017, most often for Senior Software Engineer, Backend in California.

How much does Espressive 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. $211k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.

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How has Espressive's H-1B hiring changed by year?

7 certified filings in FY2017 → 2 in FY2025. The change column is each year against the one before.

Espressive certified H-1B filings and base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsvs prior FYMedian base
FY20252−50%$211k
FY20234+300%$195k
FY202210%$188k
FY20211−87%$120k
FY20208+167%$160k
FY20193+50%$150k
FY20182−71%$123k
FY20177—$135k

Which wage levels does Espressive file?

DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 43% of Espressive'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 28 filings with a wage level · all years

25%
32%
18%
25%
  • Level I25.0%7
  • Level II32.1%9
  • Level III17.9%5
  • Level IV25.0%7

What jobs does Espressive sponsor for H-1B?

The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles.

Espressive most-sponsored H-1B job titles with base-salary percentiles
Job titleFilingsMedian base
Senior Software Engineer, Backend5$143k
Machine Learning Engineer4$120k
Front-End Developer2$135k
UX Designer2$123k
Backend Software Engineer2$135k
Software Engineer, Analytics and Machine Learning2$135k
Sr. Machine Learning Scientist2$180k
Senior Computational Linguist1$143k
Front End Engineer Manager1$202k
Head of Machine Learning Engineering1$226k

Where does Espressive hire H-1B workers?

Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.

226Certified filings (log scale)
Espressive H-1B worksite states
StateFilingsMedian base
CA26$143k
FL2$206k

What has Espressive filed recently?

Every certified LCA on record for Espressive: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.

Espressive recent certified H-1B LCA filings
FYJob titleBase salary
2025Head of Machine Learning Engineering$226,138
2025Staff Machine Learning Engineer$210,591
2023Sr. Machine Learning Scientist$206,462
2023Senior Computational Linguist$143,100
2023Sr. Machine Learning Scientist.$194,775
2023Front End Engineer Manager$202,000
2022Principal Engineer$188,000
2021Machine Learning Engineer$119,700
2020Machine Learning Engineer$185,000
2020NLP Computational Linguist$104,000
2020Machine Learning Engineer$112,000
2020Sr. Machine Learning Scientist$180,000
2020Machine Learning Engineer$180,000
2020Lead Front-End Developer$160,000
2020Senior Software Engineer, Backend$150,000
2020Software Engineer$160,000
2019Senior Software Engineer, Backend$150,000
2019Front-End Developer$160,000
2019UX Designer$123,000
2018UX Designer$123,000
2018Software Engineer, Analytics and Machine Learning$165,000
2017Software Engineer, Analytics and Machine Learning$135,000
2017Senior Software Engineer, Backend$143,000
2017Senior Software Engineer, Backend$143,000
2017Senior Software Engineer, Backend$143,000
2017Backend Software Engineer$135,000
2017Backend Software Engineer$135,000
2017Front-End Developer$135,000

Common questions about Espressive's H-1B filings

How much does Espressive pay H-1B workers?
Espressive's median certified H-1B base salary is $211k (FY2025), from 2 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
How many H-1B workers does Espressive sponsor?
Espressive has 28 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2017–FY2025).
What jobs does Espressive sponsor for H-1B?
Espressive's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Software Engineer, Backend, Machine Learning Engineer, Front-End Developer, UX Designer.
Where does Espressive hire H-1B workers?
Espressive's top H-1B worksite states are CA, FL.
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 (FY2017–FY2025). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →