Affectiva H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Medical devices & life sciences · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Boston, MA HQ🌐 affectiva.com
Does Affectiva sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Affectiva has filed 35 H-1B LCAs and 9 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Affectiva filed 5 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $159,994, about 31% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 3 green-card cases were decided.
Boston, MA accounts for 94% of its H-1B filings.
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) | 1 | $140k |
| FY2025 | 4 | $160k |
| FY2024 | 1 | $132k |
| FY2023 | 1 | $90k |
| FY2022 | 4 | $150k |
| FY2021 | 2 | $87k |
| FY2020 | 8 | $138k |
| FY2019 | 10 | $138k |
| FY2018 | 1 | $110k |
| FY2017 | 3 | $115k |
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) | 3 | $160k |
| FY2023 | 2 | $102k |
| FY2021 | 1 | $110k |
| FY2019 | 1 | $115k |
| FY2018 | 2 | $122k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 66
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 109
- applications
- Most recent grant
- June 17, 2025
- Top area
- Diagnosis; surgery; identification20
Pay against the local market
Affectiva’s most-filed occupations and metros, FY2020–FY2026. Its median base salary is 93% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Affectiva pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Boston, MA | 6 | $148,528 | $154,240 | 96% |
| Software Developers | Durham, NC | 1 | $85,987 | $102,570 | 84% |
| Software Developers | Raleigh, NC | 1 | $99,944 | $126,849 | 79% |
About Affectiva
Affectiva is a medical devices & life sciences company based in Waltham. It was founded in 2009.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Affectiva
- Listed
- Private
- Sponsoring since
- FY2017 or earlier
- Headquarters
- Waltham, United States
- Industry
- Medical devices & life sciences
- Founded
- 2009
- H-1B filings
- 35
- Median base
- $136,760
- Website
- affectiva.com
Affectiva pays a median H-1B base of $136,760 across FY2017–2026, about 25% above the typical Medical devices & life sciences sponsor.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling Medical Devices | 46 | 6 | $127k | 3 | — |
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