Airbnb H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Travel tech · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 San Francisco, CA HQ🌐 airbnb.com
Does Airbnb sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Airbnb has filed 2,541 H-1B LCAs and 896 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Airbnb filed 417 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $191,000, about 57% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 64 green-card cases were decided.
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) | 177 | $196k |
| FY2025 | 240 | $191k |
| FY2024 | 180 | $185k |
| FY2023 | 165 | $180k |
| FY2022 | 277 | $206k |
| FY2021 | 261 | $203k |
| FY2020 | 281 | $191k |
| FY2019 | 419 | $183k |
| FY2018 | 286 | $160k |
| FY2017 | 255 | $157k |
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) | 16 | $191k |
| FY2025 | 48 | $185k |
| FY2024 | 59 | $210k |
| FY2023 | 68 | $200k |
| FY2022 | 79 | $175k |
| FY2021 | 98 | $180k |
| FY2020 | 180 | $180k |
| FY2019 | 151 | $168k |
| FY2018 | 122 | $155k |
| FY2017 | 75 | $150k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 226
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 149
- applications
- Most recent grant
- March 31, 2026
- Top area
- Information and communication technology60
Pay against the local market
Airbnb’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 126% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Airbnb pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 1,348 | $180,094 | $152,263 | 118% |
| Software Developers | Seattle, WA | 325 | $190,117 | $150,913 | 126% |
| Statisticians | San Francisco, CA | 160 | $167,305 | $127,931 | 131% |
| Data Scientists | San Francisco, CA | 65 | $169,015 | $164,096 | 103% |
| Operations Research Analysts | San Francisco, CA | 58 | $169,509 | $109,703 | 155% |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers | San Francisco, CA | 46 | $224,224 | $199,256 | 113% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | San Francisco, CA | 39 | $226,190 | $203,944 | 111% |
| Graphic Designers | San Francisco, CA | 33 | $170,074 | $71,250 | 239% |
| Software Developers | New York, NY | 30 | $173,600 | $149,214 | 116% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 24 | $177,254 | $137,100 | 129% |
About Airbnb
Airbnb runs a global marketplace for short-term stays and experiences. A Y Combinator alum (W09), it grew into one of the most valuable travel companies and a major engineering employer.
- Legal name
- Airbnb, Inc.
- Listed
- Nasdaq: ABNB
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 888 Brannan St., San Francisco, CA 94103
- Industry
- Travel tech
- Employees (global)
- 8,200 (2025)
- Revenue FY2025
- $12.2B +10% from $11.1B
- Net income FY2025
- $2.5B -5% from $2.6B
- R&D FY2025
- $2.4B (19% of revenue)
Files 1 green-card application for every 2.8 H-1B filings, where a typical sponsor its size does 1 in 6.5.
Airbnb pays a median H-1B base of $184,315 across FY2017–2026, about 65% above the typical Travel tech sponsor.
H-1B sponsors similar to Airbnb
| Employer | Filings, all years | Recent filings | Median base | New employment | Level III-IV roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ServiceNow | 5,697 | 1,462 | $148k | 638 | 74% |
| AMD | 5,615 | 1,385 | $148k | 327 | 62% |
| Micron | 5,315 | 1,186 | $128k | 510 | 50% |
| Airbnb | 2,541 | 417 | $191k | 71 | 56% |
| Akamai Technologies | 2,483 | 391 | $155k | 90 | 56% |
| Sony | 2,457 | 464 | $159k | 122 | 54% |
| KLA | 2,425 | 637 | $150k | 279 | 49% |
