Gusto H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Fintech & payroll software · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 San Francisco, CA HQ🌐 gusto.com
Does Gusto sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Gusto has filed 307 H-1B LCAs and 64 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Gusto filed 96 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $210,000, about 72% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 20 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) | 45 | $220k |
| FY2025 | 51 | $209k |
| FY2024 | 58 | $210k |
| FY2023 | 21 | $193k |
| FY2022 | 41 | $192k |
| FY2021 | 30 | $169k |
| FY2020 | 25 | $165k |
| FY2019 | 11 | $180k |
| FY2018 | 14 | $150k |
| FY2017 | 11 | $120k |
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) | 2 | $87k |
| FY2025 | 18 | $181k |
| FY2024 | 10 | $182k |
| FY2023 | 8 | $194k |
| FY2022 | 4 | $162k |
| FY2021 | 6 | $205k |
| FY2020 | 4 | $148k |
| FY2019 | 6 | $130k |
| FY2018 | 4 | $130k |
| FY2017 | 2 | $140k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Pay against the local market
Gusto’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 130% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Gusto pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 102 | $200,239 | $160,866 | 124% |
| Data Scientists | San Francisco, CA | 20 | $189,496 | $164,439 | 115% |
| Software Developers | Seattle, WA | 20 | $211,121 | $160,658 | 131% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | San Francisco, CA | 19 | $239,137 | $213,134 | 112% |
| Software Developers | New York, NY | 16 | $185,699 | $156,914 | 118% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 11 | $196,864 | $134,618 | 146% |
| Data Scientists | New York, NY | 8 | $182,938 | $131,263 | 139% |
| Software Developers | Austin, TX | 6 | $180,527 | $114,454 | 158% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Seattle, WA | 5 | $244,850 | $199,994 | 122% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | New York, NY | 4 | $241,500 | $212,400 | 114% |
About Gusto
Gusto provides payroll, benefits, and HR software for small and mid-sized businesses. It is one of the larger private HR-tech companies.
- Legal name
- Gusto, Inc.
- Listed
- Private
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 525 20th Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
- Industry
- Fintech & payroll software
- Employees (US, est)
- 2,695 (2024)
- Funding raised
- $114M (2021)
- Median base
- $191,300
- Founded
- 2011
Gusto pays a median H-1B base of $191,300 across FY2017–2026, about 55% above the typical Fintech & payroll software sponsor.
