Kickstarter H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Creator economy · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Brooklyn, NY HQ🌐 kickstarter.com
Does Kickstarter sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Kickstarter has filed 17 H-1B LCAs and 1 PERM green-card case with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2026 Kickstarter filed 1 H-1B LCA. 1 green-card case was decided in FY2022.
Senior Software Engineer roles account for 47% of its H-1B filings.
H-1B pay & filings by year
Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | H-1B LCA filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 1 | $225k |
| FY2025 | 1 | $208k |
| FY2022 | 3 | $140k |
| FY2021 | 4 | $143k |
| FY2020 | 2 | $134k |
| FY2019 | 2 | $133k |
| FY2018 | 1 | $130k |
| FY2017 | 3 | $130k |
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)
1 green-card (PERM) filing in FY2022, median offer $168k. Too few years to chart a trend.
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Pay against the local market
Kickstarter’s most-filed occupations and metros, FY2022–FY2026. Its median base salary is 115% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Kickstarter pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | New York, NY | 3 | $162,373 | $145,077 | 112% |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers | New York, NY | 1 | $224,598 | $179,110 | 125% |
About Kickstarter
Kickstarter is a creator economy company based in 58 Kent Street. It was founded in 2009.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Kickstarter
- Listed
- Private
- Sponsoring since
- FY2017 or earlier
- Headquarters
- 58 Kent Street, United States
- Industry
- Creator economy
- Employees (US, est)
- 98 (2024)
- H-1B filings
- 17
- Median base
- $139,500
- Founded
- 2009
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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