Sift Science — 82 certified H-1B filings (FY2017–FY2026)
- 9
- Filings · FY2025
- $172k
- Median base · FY2025
- Software Engineer
- Top role · 12 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 65 all-time
Sift Science filed 9 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 10% from the year before), with a median base salary of $172k and the middle 50% of offers between $155k and $180k. That is 14% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 82 certified filings since FY2017, most often for Software Engineer in California.
How much does Sift Science 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. $172k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Sift Science's H-1B hiring changed by year?
4 certified filings in FY2017 → 3 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 3 | −67% | $205k |
| FY2025 | 9 | −10% | $172k |
| FY2024 | 10 | −9% | $180k |
| FY2023 | 11 | −15% | $165k |
| FY2022 | 13 | +18% | $163k |
| FY2021 | 11 | +38% | $168k |
| FY2020 | 8 | −11% | $118k |
| FY2019 | 9 | +125% | $136k |
| FY2018 | 4 | 0% | $158k |
| FY2017 | 4 | — | $105k |
Which wage levels does Sift Science file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 67% of Sift Science'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 78 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I9.0%7
- Level II24.4%19
- Level III28.2%22
- Level IV38.5%30
What jobs does Sift Science 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 12 | $118k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 9 | $158k |
| Data Scientist | 4 | $130k |
| Staff Engineer | 4 | $200k |
| Senior Product Manager | 3 | $168k |
| Senior Site Reliability Engineer | 3 | $170k |
| Technical Account Manager | 3 | $110k |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Payment Protection | 3 | $163k |
| Software Engineer, Machine Learning Platform | 2 | $111k |
| Senior Manager, Infrastructure | 2 | $194k |
Where does Sift Science 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 | 65 | $165k |
| WA | 7 | $134k |
| CT | 2 | $120k |
| IL | 2 | $124k |
| TN | 1 | $155k |
| MA | 1 | $140k |
| NH | 1 | $124k |
| NY | 1 | $180k |
| UT | 1 | $165k |
| VA | 1 | $172k |
What has Sift Science filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 82 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Sift Science's H-1B filings
- How much does Sift Science pay H-1B workers?
- Sift Science's median certified H-1B base salary is $172k (FY2025), from 9 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Sift Science sponsor?
- Sift Science has 82 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2017–FY2026).
- What jobs does Sift Science sponsor for H-1B?
- Sift Science's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Data Scientist, Staff Engineer.
- Where does Sift Science hire H-1B workers?
- Sift Science's top H-1B worksite states are CA, WA, CT, 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 (FY2017–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →