IMDb.com H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Internet media · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Seattle, WA HQ🌐 imdb.com
Does IMDb.com sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. IMDb.com has filed 199 H-1B LCAs and 44 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 IMDb.com filed 35 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $142,200, about 17% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period. 3 green-card cases were decided in FY2024.
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) | 13 | $152k |
| FY2025 | 22 | $140k |
| FY2024 | 19 | $133k |
| FY2023 | 22 | $151k |
| FY2022 | 35 | $141k |
| FY2021 | 9 | $121k |
| FY2020 | 23 | $135k |
| FY2019 | 21 | $128k |
| FY2018 | 16 | $114k |
| FY2017 | 19 | $117k |
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
- 1Software Development Engineer II70$144k
- 2Software Development Engineer I47$110k
- 3Business Intelligence Engineer II8$115k
- 4Software Dev Engineer I7$129k
- 5Software Dev Engineer II6$162k
- 6Quality Assurance Engineer II5$116k
- 7Technical Program Manager III5$154k
- 8UX Researcher II5$155k
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 3 | $144k |
| FY2023 | 5 | $144k |
| FY2022 | 6 | $113k |
| FY2021 | 2 | $86k |
| FY2020 | 9 | $102k |
| FY2019 | 5 | $99k |
| FY2018 | 10 | $96k |
| FY2017 | 4 | $95k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 74
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 19
- applications
- Most recent grant
- March 7, 2023
- Top area
- Electric digital data processing31
Pay against the local market
IMDb.com’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 101% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | IMDb.com pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Seattle, WA | 98 | $135,340 | $152,703 | 89% |
| Software Developers | Los Angeles, CA | 48 | $124,607 | $130,713 | 95% |
| Graphic Designers | Seattle, WA | 10 | $146,650 | $74,514 | 197% |
| Operations Research Analysts | Los Angeles, CA | 5 | $130,640 | $88,546 | 148% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Seattle, WA | 5 | $180,871 | $196,758 | 92% |
| Data Scientists | Seattle, WA | 5 | $122,200 | $152,954 | 80% |
| Marketing Managers | Seattle, WA | 4 | $150,125 | $153,648 | 98% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Seattle, WA | 4 | $155,575 | $129,292 | 120% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | Seattle, WA | 2 | $165,680 | $96,760 | 171% |
| Software Developers | Dallas, TX | 2 | $94,449 | $114,811 | 82% |
About IMDb.com
IMDb.com is an internet media company based in Paris, France. It was founded in 1966.
- Name (DOL filings)
- IMDb.com, Inc.
- Listed
- Private
- Sponsoring since
- FY2017 or earlier
- Headquarters
- Paris, France
- Industry
- Internet media
- Founded
- 1966
- H-1B filings
- 199
- Median base
- $134,700
- Website
- imdb.com
IMDb.com pays a median H-1B base of $134,700 across FY2017–2026, about 20% above the typical Internet media sponsor.
