Discord H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Social media · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
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Does Discord sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Discord has filed 166 H-1B LCAs and 24 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Discord filed 81 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $240,000, about 97% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 9 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) | 34 | $260k |
| FY2025 | 47 | $235k |
| FY2024 | 32 | $219k |
| FY2023 | 15 | $215k |
| FY2022 | 22 | $199k |
| FY2021 | 5 | $190k |
| FY2020 | 3 | $190k |
| FY2019 | 4 | $135k |
| FY2018 | 4 | $165k |
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) | 7 | $238k |
| FY2025 | 2 | $215k |
| FY2024 | 8 | $214k |
| FY2023 | 1 | $195k |
| FY2022 | 1 | $190k |
| FY2021 | 2 | $205k |
| FY2020 | 1 | $160k |
| FY2017 | 2 | $148k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 14
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 20
- applications
- Most recent grant
- December 2, 2025
- Top area
- Electric digital data processing5
Pay against the local market
Discord’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros, FY2018–FY2026. Its median base salary is 137% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Discord pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 63 | $215,997 | $166,238 | 130% |
| Data Scientists | San Francisco, CA | 34 | $236,850 | $166,131 | 143% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 20 | $199,463 | $143,319 | 139% |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | San Francisco, CA | 9 | $260,444 | $183,943 | 142% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | San Francisco, CA | 8 | $269,357 | $221,603 | 122% |
| Database Architects | San Francisco, CA | 5 | $236,103 | $170,700 | 138% |
| Web and Digital Interface Designers | San Francisco, CA | 4 | $226,835 | $160,980 | 141% |
| Statisticians | San Francisco, CA | 2 | $217,500 | $149,130 | 146% |
| Operations Research Analysts | San Francisco, CA | 2 | $182,962 | $107,705 | 170% |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | San Francisco, CA | 2 | $223,000 | $128,470 | 174% |
About Discord
Discord runs a voice, video, and text chat platform built around communities, originally for gamers, now far broader. It remains a closely watched private consumer company.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Discord
- Listed
- Private
- Sponsoring since
- FY2018
- Main filing location
- San Francisco, CA
- Industry
- Social media
- Employees (US, est)
- 837 (2024)
- Funding raised
- $16M (2023)
- Median base
- $220,325
- Founded
- 2015
