Bird H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Ride-hailing & delivery · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Santa Monica, CA HQ🌐 bird.co
Does Bird sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Bird has filed 49 H-1B LCAs and 5 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2018 and FY2026. In FY2025 Bird filed 1 H-1B LCA at a median base salary of $192,899. 1 green-card case was decided in FY2023.
Santa Monica, CA accounts for 80% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1 | $193k |
| FY2023 | 2 | $184k |
| FY2022 | 3 | $165k |
| FY2021 | 5 | $192k |
| FY2020 | 10 | $145k |
| FY2019 | 26 | $148k |
| FY2018 | 2 | $157k |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 1 | $114k |
| FY2022 | 1 | $142k |
| FY2021 | 3 | $185k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 9
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- —
- applications
- Most recent grant
- July 22, 1975
- Top area
- Dredging; soil-shifting3
Pay against the local market
Bird’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros, FY2018–FY2025. Its median base salary is 139% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Bird pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Los Angeles, CA | 14 | $148,171 | $91,613 | 162% |
| Software Developers | Los Angeles, CA | 12 | $156,971 | $123,214 | 127% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Los Angeles, CA | 3 | $198,966 | $173,177 | 115% |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $161,000 | $128,710 | 125% |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $200,000 | $90,200 | 222% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $121,000 | $103,110 | 117% |
| Computer Network Architects | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $150,000 | $115,570 | 130% |
| Electrical Engineers | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $98,000 | $113,030 | 87% |
| Operations Research Analysts | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $77,000 | $91,890 | 84% |
| Marketing Managers | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $160,000 | $144,160 | 111% |
About Bird
Bird is a ride-hailing & delivery company based in Santa Monica, CA. It was founded in 2017. It is listed on New York Stock Exchange as BRDS.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Bird
- Sponsoring since
- FY2018
- Headquarters
- Santa Monica, United States
- Industry
- Ride-hailing & delivery
- Founded
- 2017
- H-1B filings
- 49
- Median base
- $150,000
- Website
- bird.co
Bird pays a median H-1B base of $150,000 across FY2017–2026, about 11% above the typical Ride-hailing & delivery sponsor.
