Better H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Payments & fintech · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 New York, NY HQ🌐 better.com
Does Better sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Better has filed 224 H-1B LCAs and 32 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Better filed 14 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $139,152, about 14% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 7 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) | 6 | $155k |
| FY2025 | 8 | $123k |
| FY2024 | 11 | $125k |
| FY2023 | 20 | $137k |
| FY2022 | 63 | $119k |
| FY2021 | 67 | $151k |
| FY2020 | 22 | $155k |
| FY2019 | 19 | $140k |
| FY2018 | 6 | $141k |
| FY2017 | 2 | $165k |
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) | 5 | $169k |
| FY2025 | 2 | $139k |
| FY2024 | 1 | $69k |
| FY2022 | 13 | $160k |
| FY2021 | 5 | $185k |
| FY2020 | 1 | $125k |
| FY2019 | 5 | $143k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Pay against the local market
Better’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 115% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Better pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | New York, NY | 60 | $161,238 | $132,836 | 121% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | New York, NY | 22 | $106,133 | $106,442 | 100% |
| Operations Research Analysts | New York, NY | 15 | $110,488 | $102,414 | 108% |
| Management Analysts | New York, NY | 14 | $130,714 | $104,406 | 125% |
| Accountants and Auditors | New York, NY | 7 | $118,397 | $101,289 | 117% |
| Marketing Managers | New York, NY | 6 | $161,250 | $170,715 | 94% |
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 6 | $174,385 | $162,777 | 107% |
| Loan Officers | New York, NY | 5 | $55,020 | $97,386 | 56% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | New York, NY | 5 | $223,077 | $202,662 | 110% |
| Business Operations Specialists, All Other | New York, NY | 4 | $72,750 | $87,368 | 83% |
About Better
Better is a payments & fintech company based in New York City. It was founded in 2016. It is listed on Nasdaq as BETR.
- Legal name
- Better Home & Finance Holding Co
- Listed
- Nasdaq: BETR
- Sponsoring since
- FY2017 or earlier
- Headquarters
- 1 World Trade Center, 285 Fulton St, New York, NY
- Industry
- Payments & fintech
- Employees (global)
- 1,329 (2025)
- Revenue FY2025
- $165M +52% from $108M
- Net income FY2025
- $-166M +20% from $-206M
- R&D FY2025
- $28M (17% of revenue)
Better pays a median H-1B base of $137,461 across FY2017–2026, about 13% above the typical Payments & fintech sponsor.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synchrony | 601 | 139 | $150k | 22 | 77% |
| Marqeta | 490 | 95 | $172k | 25 | 65% |
| Prosper Marketplace | 450 | 72 | $149k | 13 | 55% |
| Better | 224 | 14 | $139k | 3 | — |
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