Coursera H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Education & publishing · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
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Does Coursera sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Coursera has filed 332 H-1B LCAs and 80 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Coursera filed 25 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $187,741, about 54% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 10 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) | 10 | $192k |
| FY2025 | 15 | $182k |
| FY2024 | 14 | $174k |
| FY2023 | 39 | $181k |
| FY2022 | 42 | $146k |
| FY2021 | 23 | $160k |
| FY2020 | 50 | $151k |
| FY2019 | 43 | $125k |
| FY2018 | 52 | $138k |
| FY2017 | 44 | $145k |
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) | 1 | $173k |
| FY2025 | 9 | $185k |
| FY2024 | 5 | $180k |
| FY2023 | 6 | $141k |
| FY2022 | 16 | $170k |
| FY2021 | 12 | $158k |
| FY2020 | 6 | $150k |
| FY2019 | 6 | $158k |
| FY2018 | 11 | $165k |
| FY2017 | 8 | $155k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 22
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 40
- applications
- Most recent grant
- March 25, 2025
- Top area
- Educational or demonstration appliances; appliances for teaching12
Pay against the local market
Coursera’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 107% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Coursera pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 159 | $145,712 | $146,165 | 100% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | San Francisco, CA | 41 | $206,771 | $197,800 | 105% |
| Database Administrators | San Francisco, CA | 10 | $126,320 | $119,248 | 106% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 9 | $138,896 | $119,982 | 116% |
| Instructional Coordinators | San Francisco, CA | 9 | $134,121 | $82,704 | 162% |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | San Francisco, CA | 8 | $161,541 | $130,534 | 124% |
| General and Operations Managers | San Francisco, CA | 6 | $180,653 | $134,552 | 134% |
| Operations Research Analysts | San Francisco, CA | 6 | $106,846 | $111,375 | 96% |
| Information Security Analysts | San Francisco, CA | 6 | $204,584 | $154,073 | 133% |
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 6 | $188,031 | $196,506 | 96% |
About Coursera
Coursera is an education & publishing company based in Mountain View, CA. It was founded in 2012. It is listed on NYSE as COUR.
- Legal name
- Coursera, Inc.
- Listed
- NYSE: COUR
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 2440 West El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040
- Industry
- Education & publishing
- Employees (global)
- 1,307 (2025)
- Revenue FY2025
- $758M +9% from $695M
- Net income FY2025
- $-51M +36% from $-79M
- R&D FY2025
- $122M (16% of revenue)
Coursera pays a median H-1B base of $154,335 across FY2017–2026, about 80% above the typical Education & publishing sponsor.
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| Employer | Filings, all years | Recent filings | Median base | New employment | Level III-IV roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netflix | 2,690 | 696 | $226k | 184 | 83% |
| Dish | 2,563 | 700 | $115k | 201 | 42% |
| Spotify | 1,463 | 237 | $210k | 63 | 63% |
| Coursera | 332 | 25 | $188k | 3 | 71% |
| TechLadder | 140 | 120 | $93k | 54 | 12% |
| ACT | 127 | 2 | $128k | 0 | — |
| River City Education Services | 127 | 29 | $52k | 7 | 0% |
