Shield AI — 11 certified H-1B filings (FY2018–FY2026)
- 3
- Filings · FY2025
- $177k
- Median base · FY2025
- Chief Financial Officer
- Top role · 2 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 7 all-time
Shield AI filed 3 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025, with a median base salary of $177k and the middle 50% of offers between $131k and $182k. That is 29% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 11 certified filings since FY2018, most often for Chief Financial Officer in California.
How much does Shield AI 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. $177k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Shield AI's H-1B hiring changed by year?
2 certified filings in FY2018 → 1 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 1 | −67% | $229k |
| FY2025 | 3 | 0% | $177k |
| FY2024 | 3 | +200% | $222k |
| FY2021 | 1 | 0% | $122k |
| FY2019 | 1 | −50% | $147k |
| FY2018 | 2 | — | $124k |
Which wage levels does Shield AI file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 82% of Shield AI'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 11 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level II18.2%2
- Level IV81.8%9
What jobs does Shield AI 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chief Financial Officer | 2 | $229k |
| Autonomy and Navigation Engineer | 2 | $124k |
| Senior Autonomy Engineer | 1 | $140k |
| Senior Engineer - AI | 1 | $122k |
| Senior Engineer, Integration and Software | 1 | $131k |
| Senior Staff Engineer | 1 | $182k |
| Software Engineer | 1 | $140k |
| Staff Engineer | 1 | $222k |
| Staff Software Engineer -Autonomy Task Planning Group | 1 | $177k |
Where does Shield AI 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 7 | $140k |
| PA | 2 | $122k |
| VA | 2 | $229k |
What has Shield AI filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Shield AI: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
| FY | Job title | Base salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Chief Financial Officer | $228,571 |
| 2025 | Senior Engineer, Integration and Software | $131,156 |
| 2025 | Staff Software Engineer -Autonomy Task Planning Group | $177,154 |
| 2025 | Senior Staff Engineer | $182,363 |
| 2024 | Staff Engineer | $221,621 |
| 2024 | Chief Financial Officer | $308,000 |
| 2024 | Senior Autonomy Engineer | $139,746 |
| 2021 | Senior Engineer - AI | $121,875 |
| 2019 | Autonomy and Navigation Engineer | $146,900 |
| 2018 | Software Engineer | $140,000 |
| 2018 | Autonomy and Navigation Engineer | $124,155 |
Common questions about Shield AI's H-1B filings
- How much does Shield AI pay H-1B workers?
- Shield AI's median certified H-1B base salary is $177k (FY2025), from 3 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Shield AI sponsor?
- Shield AI has 11 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2018–FY2026).
- What jobs does Shield AI sponsor for H-1B?
- Shield AI's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Chief Financial Officer, Autonomy and Navigation Engineer, Senior Autonomy Engineer, Senior Engineer - AI.
- Where does Shield AI hire H-1B workers?
- Shield AI's top H-1B worksite states are CA, PA, VA.
- 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 (FY2018–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →