Coupang H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
E-commerce · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Mountain View, CA HQ📍 Seattle, WA most H-1B filings🌐 coupang.com
Does Coupang sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Coupang has filed 643 H-1B LCAs and 140 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Coupang filed 165 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $190,486, about 56% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 35 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) | 30 | $234k |
| FY2025 | 135 | $190k |
| FY2024 | 112 | $182k |
| FY2023 | 69 | $169k |
| FY2022 | 52 | $163k |
| FY2021 | 52 | $160k |
| FY2020 | 50 | $149k |
| FY2019 | 47 | $121k |
| FY2018 | 52 | $111k |
| FY2017 | 44 | $110k |
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) | 18 | $229k |
| FY2025 | 17 | $219k |
| FY2024 | 13 | $211k |
| FY2023 | 15 | $196k |
| FY2022 | 8 | $146k |
| FY2021 | 12 | $104k |
| FY2020 | 12 | $105k |
| FY2019 | 19 | $120k |
| FY2018 | 24 | $130k |
| FY2017 | 2 | $140k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 362
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 356
- applications
- Most recent grant
- March 31, 2026
- Top area
- Information and communication technology224
Pay against the local market
Coupang’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 110% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Coupang pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Seattle, WA | 257 | $162,108 | $154,943 | 105% |
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 135 | $191,614 | $162,050 | 118% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 37 | $207,253 | $153,038 | 135% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Seattle, WA | 30 | $138,785 | $130,278 | 107% |
| Statisticians | San Francisco, CA | 18 | $140,745 | $131,436 | 107% |
| Data Scientists | San Francisco, CA | 18 | $177,488 | $159,940 | 111% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Seattle, WA | 16 | $193,446 | $182,603 | 106% |
| Database Administrators | Seattle, WA | 13 | $100,462 | $107,857 | 93% |
| Data Scientists | Seattle, WA | 11 | $171,762 | $153,348 | 112% |
| Operations Research Analysts | San Francisco, CA | 10 | $130,807 | $110,217 | 119% |
About Coupang
Coupang is an e-commerce company based in Seoul, South Korea. It was founded in 2010. It is listed on NYSE as CPNG.
- Legal name
- Coupang, Inc.
- Listed
- NYSE: CPNG
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 720 Olive Way, Seattle, WA 98101
- Industry
- E-commerce
- Employees (global)
- 108,000 (2025)
- Revenue FY2025
- $34.5B +14% from $30.3B
- Net income FY2025
- $208M +35% from $154M
- Founded
- 2010
China is the largest country of citizenship on its green-card filings, 30% of 140.
Coupang pays a median H-1B base of $168,709 across FY2017–2026, about 35% above the typical E-commerce sponsor.
