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Cloudflare

#732 H-1B sponsor of 76,738#4 Big tech & cloud sponsor of 18167% roles at wage level III and IV
H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

Big tech & cloud · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026

🏢 San Francisco, CA HQ🌐 cloudflare.com

Does Cloudflare sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?

Yes. Cloudflare has filed 811 H-1B LCAs and 176 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Cloudflare filed 249 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $160,000, about 31% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 61 green-card cases were decided.

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H-1B filings
811
(FY2017–2026)
Median base pay
$160k
from 249 filings (FY2025–2026)
Pay vs market
+31%
above national median ($122k, FY2025–2026)
Green-card (PERM) filings
176
(FY2017–2026)

H-1B pay & filings by year

Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year

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Cloudflare H-1B LCA filings and median base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal yearH-1B LCA filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)124$165k
FY2025125$156k
FY2024120$159k
FY202370$165k
FY2022107$150k
FY202189$136k
FY202041$125k
FY201955$145k
FY201848$137k
FY201732$133k

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

Pay vs the legal floor
$150k
13% above the $132k prevailing wage
Role seniority (wage levels)
67% senior
79186222316
LCA decisions
94.3% certified
765 of 811 filings
Withdrawn 46
USCIS I-129 petition outcomes · FY2017–2023
New petitions33 decided100% approved
Extensions142 decided97.9% approved
LCA filings by type
New employment211 filings26%
Transfers in236 filings29.1%
Renewals364 filings44.9%

Roles they file for

Top occupations (SOC) · click to search
Software Developers403Computer and Information Systems Managers76Information Security Analysts32Computer Systems Analysts29Network and Computer Systems Administrators27

Where they hire

By city

Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year

Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †

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Cloudflare green-card (PERM) filings and median offered wage by fiscal year
Fiscal yearPERM filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)23$153k
FY202538$136k
FY202415$135k
FY202312$135k
FY202223$126k
FY202126$127k
FY202013$160k
FY201913$140k
FY20187$136k
FY20176$153k

Green-card route and outcomes

Visa held when the green card was filed
H-1B88L-111F-15L-23E-31H-1B11J-11J-21
Green-card wage
$135k
median of 175 cases
$120k–$164k typical
PERM decisions
97.7% certified
172 of 176 filings
Withdrawn 4

Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024

Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from

Countries of citizenship
India58China11Canada8France4United Kingdom4
Top schools
North Carolina State University3University of Wisconsinmadison3California State University, Los Angeles2Northeastern University2Queensland University of Technology2
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Fields of study
Computer Science31Electrical Engineering18Computer Engineering13Information Systems6Business Administration5
Degrees
Master's71Bachelor's31None8Doctorate4Other1

Patents

Granted
331
US patents
Published, not yet granted
248
applications
Most recent grant
January 13, 2026
Top area
Transmission of digital information265
Other top areas
Electric digital data processing54Information and communication technology5Wireless communication networks5Pictorial communication2
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Pay against the local market

Cloudflare’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 113% of the local BLS median for the same work.

OccupationMetroFilingsCloudflare payLocal BLS median‡vs market
Software DevelopersSan Francisco, CA200$161,810$157,371103%
Software DevelopersAustin, TX105$141,971$120,736118%
Computer and Information Systems ManagersSan Francisco, CA40$205,994$208,84499%
Data ScientistsAustin, TX22$132,187$120,984109%
Computer and Information Systems ManagersAustin, TX21$169,524$170,52299%
Information Security AnalystsAustin, TX18$130,556$113,816115%
Software DevelopersNew York, NY17$189,706$153,328124%
Marketing ManagersSan Francisco, CA15$188,100$183,485103%
Computer Systems AnalystsSan Francisco, CA15$134,967$129,278104%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing SpecialistsSan Francisco, CA14$113,330$99,652114%

About Cloudflare

Cloudflare is a big tech & cloud company based in San Francisco, CA. It was founded in 2009 and has about 1,069 employees worldwide. It is listed on NYSE as NET.

Legal name
Cloudflare, Inc.
Listed
NYSE: NET
Incorporated in
Delaware
Headquarters
101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107
Industry
Big tech & cloud
Employees (global)
5,156 (2025)
Revenue FY2025
$2.2B +30% from $1.7B
Net income FY2025
$-102M -30% from $-79M
R&D FY2025
$512M (24% of revenue)

Cloudflare pays a median H-1B base of $150,000 across FY2017–2026, about 45% above the typical Big tech & cloud sponsor.

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