Top H-1B Sponsors Hiring AI Engineers Now

Every company here has AI engineer roles open in the US today and approved H-1B workers on record. They are ranked by new H-1B workers approved from FY2023 to FY2026: people hired from outside the company, including those switching from another employer or moving from OPT.

Most are in California (128), New York (52) and Washington (27). 17 roles are fully remote in the US. Counted from the location each posting gives, for the 362 roles at the companies above.

• New H-1B workers counts initial approvals: new employment, new concurrent employment and change of employer. It is the closest public number to how often a company brings in someone new on an H-1B.
• All approvals adds continuing approvals, the same worker renewed or amended. A company can renew a lot and hire few new people.
• The counts cover every role at the company, not only AI roles. A long record means the company knows the process, not that this role will sponsor.
• What the postings say is read from each posting's own text. Most say nothing either way; where a posting says it does not sponsor, believe the posting.
• Denial rate is denials as a share of all USCIS decisions for the company. Low rates are normal for large, experienced sponsors.

• Universities, their affiliated nonprofits and nonprofit research organizations are cap-exempt: they can file an H-1B at any time of year, with no lottery.
• Other employers enter the H-1B lottery. Registration runs in March for jobs that start on 1 October, so raise sponsorship early, often in your first months on OPT.
• The role has to need a bachelor's degree in a related field. A degree in computer science, statistics, math or engineering is the usual case for an AI or machine learning role.
• The employer files a Labor Condition Application and must pay at least the prevailing wage for the job and area, so a stated salary range below the local norm is a warning sign.
• Before an offer, ask whether the company has sponsored this kind of role before. A long record on this list is a good start, not a promise.

The degree rule, as USCIS words it for a specialty occupation:

H-1B counts come from the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub (data as of 2026-09-30, linked under Sources), matched by name to the 471 US AI engineer roles open on Real Analyst Jobs on 15 November 2026. Roles are read from the employers' own career pages and re-checked daily; the page updates every hour. Reposting sites are left out. Nothing is estimated.