Databricks H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Databases & infra software · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
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Does Databricks sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Databricks has filed 2,033 H-1B LCAs and 497 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Databricks filed 847 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $160,805, about 32% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 225 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) | 463 | $157k |
| FY2025 | 384 | $167k |
| FY2024 | 329 | $153k |
| FY2023 | 232 | $146k |
| FY2022 | 225 | $146k |
| FY2021 | 169 | $150k |
| FY2020 | 64 | $150k |
| FY2019 | 74 | $136k |
| FY2018 | 48 | $125k |
| FY2017 | 45 | $135k |
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) | 106 | $156k |
| FY2025 | 119 | $171k |
| FY2024 | 46 | $168k |
| FY2023 | 117 | $168k |
| FY2022 | 26 | $144k |
| FY2021 | 28 | $140k |
| FY2020 | 19 | $145k |
| FY2019 | 16 | $130k |
| FY2018 | 18 | $102k |
| FY2017 | 2 | $106k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 110
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 110
- applications
- Most recent grant
- April 7, 2026
- Top area
- Electric digital data processing103
Pay against the local market
Databricks’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 104% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Databricks pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 687 | $165,233 | $165,601 | 100% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 221 | $150,578 | $154,944 | 97% |
| Software Developers | Seattle, WA | 182 | $155,245 | $164,139 | 95% |
| Software Developers | Dallas, TX | 103 | $142,462 | $126,177 | 113% |
| Software Developers | New York, NY | 57 | $156,246 | $148,267 | 105% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | San Francisco, CA | 50 | $224,696 | $215,954 | 104% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Seattle, WA | 45 | $137,464 | $134,230 | 102% |
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 37 | $160,005 | $172,002 | 93% |
| Data Scientists | San Francisco, CA | 26 | $171,651 | $164,427 | 104% |
| Sales Engineers | San Francisco, CA | 23 | $151,416 | $150,187 | 101% |
About Databricks
Databricks builds a "lakehouse" platform that unifies data engineering, analytics, and machine learning. Created by the original authors of Apache Spark, it is one of the highest-valued private software companies and a heavy sponsor of data and ML roles.
- Legal name
- Databricks, Inc.
- Listed
- Private
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 160 Spear Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
- Industry
- Databases & infra software
- Employees (US, est)
- 4,704 (2024)
- Funding raised
- $5.0B (2026)
- Median base
- $152,386
- Founded
- 2013
Databricks pays a median H-1B base of $152,386 across FY2017–2026, about 20% above the typical Databases & infra software sponsor.
