eBay H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
E-commerce · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 San Jose, CA HQ🌐 ebay.com
Does eBay sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. eBay has filed 7,637 H-1B LCAs and 1,908 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 eBay filed 1,262 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $190,000, about 56% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 361 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) | 692 | $192k |
| FY2025 | 570 | $187k |
| FY2024 | 905 | $171k |
| FY2023 | 788 | $175k |
| FY2022 | 691 | $163k |
| FY2021 | 763 | $155k |
| FY2020 | 776 | $155k |
| FY2019 | 734 | $150k |
| FY2018 | 963 | $145k |
| FY2017 | 755 | $140k |
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) | 146 | $165k |
| FY2025 | 215 | $167k |
| FY2024 | 123 | $160k |
| FY2023 | 251 | $158k |
| FY2022 | 228 | $152k |
| FY2021 | 123 | $150k |
| FY2020 | 140 | $145k |
| FY2019 | 132 | $145k |
| FY2018 | 271 | $145k |
| FY2017 | 279 | $135k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 3,324
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 4,360
- applications
- Most recent grant
- April 7, 2026
- Top area
- Information and communication technology1,551
Pay against the local market
eBay’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 | eBay pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 3,562 | $165,530 | $165,827 | 100% |
| Software Developers | Seattle, WA | 441 | $163,100 | $148,975 | 109% |
| Software Developers | Austin, TX | 403 | $142,670 | $119,974 | 119% |
| Operations Research Analysts | San Jose, CA | 199 | $144,994 | $99,365 | 146% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Jose, CA | 166 | $171,289 | $153,907 | 111% |
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 158 | $171,154 | $157,823 | 108% |
| Software Developers | New York, NY | 126 | $155,560 | $135,092 | 115% |
| Software Developers | Portland, OR | 123 | $133,733 | $127,239 | 105% |
| Statisticians | San Jose, CA | 118 | $149,252 | $130,603 | 114% |
| Data Scientists | San Jose, CA | 116 | $177,973 | $172,880 | 103% |
About eBay
eBay is an e-commerce company based in San Jose, CA. It was founded in 1995 and has about 34,600 employees worldwide. It is listed on Nasdaq as EBAY.
- Name (DOL filings)
- eBay
- Listed
- Nasdaq: EBAY
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 2025 Hamilton Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125
- Industry
- E-commerce
- Employees (global)
- 12,300 (2025)
- Revenue FY2025
- $11.1B +8% from $10.3B
- Net income FY2025
- $2.0B +3% from $2.0B
- R&D FY2025
- $1.6B (15% of revenue)
eBay pays a median H-1B base of $161,085 across FY2017–2026, about 30% above the typical E-commerce sponsor.
