🟠 Y Combinator companies
Well-known Y Combinator alumni that sponsor H-1B workers. Membership is hand-picked; everything about each company (filings, the roles they hire, and pay) is pulled live from U.S. Department of Labor data, FY2017–2026.
Airbnb
Home & travel marketplace
H-1B total
2,541
FY2025
240
▲33%
Median pay
$191k
DoorDash
Food & local delivery
H-1B total
3,315
FY2025
541
▲0%
Median pay
$175k
Coinbase
Crypto exchange
H-1B total
1,202
FY2025
186
▲92%
Median pay
$183k
Dropbox
File sync & storage
H-1B total
1,359
FY2025
118
▲24%
Median pay
$187k
Instacart
Grocery delivery
H-1B total
1,089
FY2025
146
▼16%
Median pay
$190k
Reddit
Communities & discussion
H-1B total
548
FY2025
100
▲59%
Median pay
$255k
Flexport
Freight & logistics tech
H-1B total
551
FY2025
38
▲19%
Median pay
$164k
Amplitude
Product analytics
H-1B total
172
FY2025
30
▲11%
Median pay
$210k
Checkr
Background-check infrastructure
H-1B total
137
FY2025
12
▼20%
Median pay
$164k
Faire
Wholesale marketplace
H-1B total
117
FY2025
19
▲90%
Median pay
$212k
Curated cohorts are editorial: there is no sector or funding field in the DOL data, so we hand-pick the companies and let the filings speak. Counts use a precise employer-name match; a company filing under multiple legal entities may be undercounted.