Hugging Face — 12 certified H-1B filings (FY2020–FY2025)
- 3
- Filings · FY2025
- $150k
- Median base · FY2025
- UX/UI Designer
- Top role · 3 all-time
- NY
- Top state · 5 all-time
Hugging Face filed 3 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 40% from the year before), with a median base salary of $150k and the middle 50% of offers between $130k and $240k. Across all years it has 12 certified filings since FY2020, most often for UX/UI Designer in New York.
How much does Hugging Face 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. $150k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Hugging Face's H-1B hiring changed by year?
2 certified filings in FY2020 → 3 in FY2025. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 3 | −40% | $150k |
| FY2024 | 5 | +150% | $90k |
| FY2023 | 2 | 0% | $100k |
| FY2020 | 2 | — | $145k |
Which wage levels does Hugging Face file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 42% of Hugging Face'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 12 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I16.7%2
- Level II41.7%5
- Level III8.3%1
- Level IV33.3%4
What jobs does Hugging Face 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 |
|---|---|---|
| UX/UI Designer | 3 | $90k |
| Machine Learning Scientist | 2 | $145k |
| Applied Policy Researcher | 2 | $150k |
| Machine Learning Research Engineer | 1 | $180k |
| Head of Machine Learning and Society | 1 | $240k |
| Open-Source Machine Learning Engineer | 1 | $130k |
| Machine Learning Researcher | 1 | $166k |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 1 | $100k |
Where does Hugging Face 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NY | 5 | $157k |
| CA | 3 | $100k |
| NJ | 2 | $90k |
| MA | 2 | $150k |
What has Hugging Face filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Hugging Face: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
| FY | Job title | Base salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Head of Machine Learning and Society | $240,000 |
| 2025 | Applied Policy Researcher | $150,000 |
| 2025 | Open-Source Machine Learning Engineer | $130,000 |
| 2024 | UX/UI Designer | $90,000 |
| 2024 | UX/UI Designer | $90,000 |
| 2024 | Applied Policy Researcher | $150,000 |
| 2024 | UX/UI Designer | $90,000 |
| 2024 | Machine Learning Research Engineer | $180,000 |
| 2023 | Machine Learning Researcher | $166,046 |
| 2023 | Machine Learning Engineer | $100,000 |
| 2020 | Machine Learning Scientist | $156,520 |
| 2020 | Machine Learning Scientist | $144,976 |
Common questions about Hugging Face's H-1B filings
- How much does Hugging Face pay H-1B workers?
- Hugging Face's median certified H-1B base salary is $150k (FY2025), from 3 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Hugging Face sponsor?
- Hugging Face has 12 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2020–FY2025).
- What jobs does Hugging Face sponsor for H-1B?
- Hugging Face's most-sponsored H-1B roles include UX/UI Designer, Machine Learning Scientist, Applied Policy Researcher, Machine Learning Research Engineer.
- Where does Hugging Face hire H-1B workers?
- Hugging Face's top H-1B worksite states are NY, CA, NJ, MA.
- 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 (FY2020–FY2025). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →