Lead AI Engineer, H-1B salary
What 65 H-1B filings report for “Lead AI Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Lead AI Engineer?
$170k median H-1B base salary for a Lead AI Engineer, typically $109k to $225k, across 65 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2020 to FY2026).
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California28$171k+$1k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $170kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for a Lead AI Engineer?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Lead AI Engineer roles are Target, Capital One, BCG, and HL Acquisition, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Lead AI Engineer filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Target17 filings$155k
- 2Capital One7 filings$178k
- 3BCG6 filings$225k
- 4HL Acquisition2 filings$89k
- 5AMGI Animation1 filings$185k
- 6Aarki1 filings$240k
- 7Actava.ai1 filings$170k
- 8Afiniti1 filings$160k
- 9Airzaar1 filings$90k
- 10Ascend Learning1 filings$186k
- 11Backstroke, Inc.1 filings$180k
- 12Best Choices Products1 filings$160k
- 13Biz-Metric Partners1 filings$80k
- 14Centific Global Solutions1 filings$170k
- 15Cloud Chef1 filings$131k
- 16DeepMorph.ai, Inc.1 filings$214k
- 17Digital Minds Global Technologies1 filings$107k
- 18Dyssonance AI1 filings$250k
- 19Eight Eleven Group1 filings$229k
- 20Electronic Arts1 filings$165k
- 21Encore Automation1 filings$112k
- 22HCA Healthcare1 filings$139k
- 23Honeywell1 filings$195k
- 24IBM1 filings$167k
- 25Lamarr.AI1 filings$124k
- 26Landing Point Search Group1 filings$190k
- 27MI Softech1 filings$132k
- 28McKesson1 filings$185k
- 29Perinta Operations LLC1 filings$250k
- 30Pi Labs1 filings$102k
- 31Regeneron1 filings$138k
- 32Reliance Jio Infocomm1 filings$113k
- 33Sicl America1 filings$104k
- 34Sigma51 filings$147k
- 35Team TAG Services1 filings$200k
- 36Vegetation Assurance Inc1 filings$230k
- 37Zeta Global1 filings$215k
Related titles in this family
69 filings carry “Lead AI Engineer” in the title, across 4 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Lead AI Engineer4 filings$191k
- 2Founding Lead AI Engineer1 filings$235k
- 3Lead AI Engineer / Avp1 filings$160k
Figures are for the exact title “Lead AI Engineer”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.