Descript H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Productivity & work SaaS · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 San Francisco, CA HQ🌐 descript.com
Does Descript sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Descript has filed 24 H-1B LCAs and 4 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2020 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Descript filed 5 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $209,275, about 72% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 1 green-card case was decided.
San Francisco, CA accounts for 92% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 3 | $209k |
| FY2025 | 2 | $255k |
| FY2024 | 4 | $264k |
| FY2023 | 3 | $230k |
| FY2022 | 6 | $173k |
| FY2021 | 4 | $173k |
| FY2020 | 2 | $199k |
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 †
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 1 | $215k |
| FY2024 | 3 | $175k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 16
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 30
- applications
- Most recent grant
- September 30, 2025
- Top area
- Electric digital data processing9
Pay against the local market
Descript’s most-filed occupations and metros, FY2020–FY2026. Its median base salary is 113% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Descript pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | San Francisco, CA | 9 | $242,657 | $215,702 | 112% |
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 8 | $180,625 | $161,244 | 112% |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | San Francisco, CA | 2 | $183,541 | $191,505 | 96% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $170,000 | $129,776 | 131% |
| Financial Managers | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $240,000 | $211,730 | 113% |
| Web and Digital Interface Designers | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $205,883 | $160,980 | 128% |
| Data Scientists | Seattle, WA | 1 | $209,275 | $157,290 | 133% |
About Descript
Descript is a productivity & work saas company based in San Francisco, CA. It was founded in 2017.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Descript
- Listed
- Private
- Sponsoring since
- FY2020
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Industry
- Productivity & work SaaS
- Employees (US, est)
- 147 (2024)
- H-1B filings
- 24
- Median base
- $207,483
- Founded
- 2017
