C3 AI H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Enterprise SaaS · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Redwood City, CA HQ🌐 c3.ai
Does C3 AI sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. C3 AI has filed 611 H-1B LCAs and 119 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 C3 AI filed 171 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $160,000, about 31% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 47 green-card cases were decided.
H-1B pay & filings by year
Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year
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| Fiscal year | H-1B LCA filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 65 | $170k |
| FY2025 | 106 | $155k |
| FY2024 | 78 | $155k |
| FY2023 | 76 | $150k |
| FY2022 | 79 | $145k |
| FY2021 | 60 | $144k |
| FY2020 | 39 | $127k |
| FY2019 | 50 | $130k |
| FY2018 | 37 | $125k |
| FY2017 | 21 | $135k |
A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.
H-1B wage floor & filing outcomes
What this employer pays against the DOL legal minimum, how senior the roles are, and how the filings were decided
Roles they file for
Where they hire
Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year
Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †
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| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 30 | $153k |
| FY2025 | 17 | $158k |
| FY2024 | 10 | $163k |
| FY2023 | 16 | $156k |
| FY2022 | 10 | $155k |
| FY2021 | 3 | $130k |
| FY2020 | 11 | $140k |
| FY2019 | 6 | $145k |
| FY2018 | 11 | $143k |
| FY2017 | 5 | $100k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Pay against the local market
C3 AI’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 99% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | C3 AI pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 269 | $142,412 | $161,203 | 88% |
| Data Scientists | San Francisco, CA | 82 | $160,366 | $165,600 | 97% |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | San Francisco, CA | 34 | $135,125 | $159,565 | 85% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | San Francisco, CA | 29 | $202,733 | $208,789 | 97% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 27 | $152,170 | $142,960 | 106% |
| Statisticians | San Francisco, CA | 25 | $138,939 | $133,242 | 104% |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | San Francisco, CA | 19 | $157,737 | $139,330 | 113% |
| Industrial Engineers | San Francisco, CA | 18 | $147,064 | $126,910 | 116% |
| Data Scientists | New York, NY | 14 | $165,850 | $131,321 | 126% |
| Software Developers | New York, NY | 13 | $167,973 | $150,343 | 112% |
About C3 AI
C3 AI is an enterprise saas company based in Redwood City, CA. It was founded in 2009. It is listed on NYSE as AI.
- Legal name
- C3.ai, Inc.
- Listed
- NYSE: AI
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 1400 Seaport Blvd, Redwood City, CA 94063
- Industry
- Enterprise SaaS
- Employees (US, est)
- 785 (2024)
- Revenue FY2026
- $250M -36% from $389M
- Net income FY2026
- $-470M -63% from $-289M
- R&D FY2026
- $229M (92% of revenue)
Spends 92% of revenue on R&D, against a 22% median across the 152 Services-Prepackaged Software filers we hold SEC data for.
C3 AI pays a median H-1B base of $150,000 across FY2017–2026, about 45% above the typical Enterprise SaaS sponsor.
