Which companies sponsor H-1B visas for machine learning engineers in the US?

1,699 employers filed H-1B visas for machine learning engineer roles in the US this fiscal year. The largest are Meta, Apple, TikTok, Google, Adobe.

Which of them sponsor a first H-1B, not just transfers?

1,009 of them filed at least one petition for new H-1B employment — the kind someone on OPT or abroad needs. Among employers that aren't staffing firms, the most active are Meta, Google, TikTok.

What do H-1B machine learning engineers earn in the US?

The median salary on these filings is about $177k a year.

What does cap-exempt mean?

Universities, their affiliated nonprofits and government research labs can file H-1Bs at any time of year with no lottery. 43 of the employers here are cap-exempt.

Machine Learning Engineer H-1B sponsors in the US

employers filed: 1,699
first-time H-1Bs: 3,405
took a first-timer: 1,009
median pay: $177k

Every employer that filed an H-1B for this role here, from this fiscal year's official filings. The column most lists leave out is first-time H-1B: plenty of big sponsors mostly take transfers, which is no help if you're on OPT or applying from abroad.

Showing the top 50 of 1,699 employers

#	Employer	Filings	First-time H-1B	Median pay	Open roles
1	Meta57 transfers	833	516	$212k	—
2	Apple70 transfers	341	122	$194k	172
3	TikTok71 transfers	287	186	$254k	786
4	Google45 transfers	284	197	$216k	853
5	Adobe33 transfers	198	123	$185k	174
6	LinkedIn33 transfers	195	119	$186k	—
7	Nvidia11 transfers	125	87	$176k	526
8	JPMorgan Chase12 transfers	103	37	$178k	250
9	Pinterest19 transfers	81	42	$181k	69
10	Amazon4 transfers	59	34	$169k	1,823
11	PayPal15 transfers	54	26	$192k	45
12	Snap19 transfers	54	18	$175k	54
13	Qualcomm49 transfers	51	50	$159k	—
14	Tesla6 transfers	46	26	$270k	—
15	Netflix22 transfers	42	15	$231k	162
16	Expedia19 transfers	38	10	$153k	70
17	Anthropic11 transfers	33	21	$210k	243
18	Intelno transfers	31	16	$162k	67
19	Waymo19 transfers	29	10	$240k	174
20	General Motors7 transfers	29	10	$232k	300
21	Visano transfers	27	14	$148k	101
22	IBMStaffing / consulting · no transfers	27	13	$233k	—
23	Zoom Communications13 transfers	27	11	$182k	—
24	DoorDash11 transfers	25	9	$173k	83
25	ServiceNow9 transfers	24	17	$188k	152
26	Government Employee Insurance Company (GEICO)19 transfers	24	4	$249k	—
27	Uber Technologies20 transfers	24	2	$231k	—
28	Cisco Systems3 transfers	23	20	$191k	215
29	Wayfair4 transfers	23	14	$185k	—
30	Workday17 transfers	23	4	$198k	111
31	Luma AI9 transfers	22	4	$189k	—
32	Reddit14 transfers	22	3	$279k	94
33	Roblox8 transfers	21	12	$259k	168
34	Salesforce6 transfers	20	12	$239k	113
35	MBZUAI Labs USA Inc.11 transfers	20	9	$300k	—
36	Optum Services2 transfers	19	15	$163k	—
37	Palo Alto Networks14 transfers	18	13	$194k	—
38	XPeng4 transfers	18	12	$255k	—
39	Boston Consulting Group1 transfer	18	7	$194k	—
40	Capital One14 transfers	18	4	$177k	667
41	Atlassian US14 transfers	18	0	$221k	—
42	Citadel4 transfers	17	10	$101k	—
43	Scale AI5 transfers	16	11	$258k	98
44	Unity Technologies SF13 transfers	16	2	$235k	—
45	AccentureStaffing / consulting · 1 transfer	16	2	$199k	—
46	Resolve AI16 transfers	16	0	$240k	4
47	Hp1 transfer	15	13	$143k	80
48	Quantiphi1 transfer	15	13	$128k	—
49	Red Hat2 transfers	14	12	$181k	11
50	Bloomberg L.P.5 transfers	14	6	$161k	—

1,649 more employers filed for this role here

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Which companies sponsor H-1B visas for machine learning engineers in the US?: 1,699 employers filed H-1B visas for machine learning engineer roles in the US this fiscal year. The largest are Meta, Apple, TikTok, Google, Adobe.
Which of them sponsor a first H-1B, not just transfers?: 1,009 of them filed at least one petition for new H-1B employment — the kind someone on OPT or abroad needs. Among employers that aren't staffing firms, the most active are Meta, Google, TikTok.
What do H-1B machine learning engineers earn in the US?: The median salary on these filings is about $177k a year.
What does cap-exempt mean?: Universities, their affiliated nonprofits and government research labs can file H-1Bs at any time of year with no lottery. 43 of the employers here are cap-exempt.