Knightscope H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Mountain View, CA HQ🌐 knightscope.com
Does Knightscope sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Knightscope has filed 32 H-1B LCAs and 8 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Knightscope filed 4 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $128,649, about 5% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 3 green-card cases were decided.
Mountain View, CA accounts for 84% of its H-1B filings.
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) | 1 | $95k |
| FY2025 | 3 | $129k |
| FY2024 | 5 | $156k |
| FY2023 | 1 | $150k |
| FY2022 | 3 | $135k |
| FY2021 | 2 | $122k |
| FY2019 | 12 | $134k |
| FY2018 | 3 | $125k |
| FY2017 | 2 | $114k |
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) | 3 | $170k |
| FY2020 | 2 | $121k |
| FY2019 | 1 | $132k |
| FY2018 | 1 | $125k |
| FY2017 | 1 | $123k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 12
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 2
- applications
- Most recent grant
- September 5, 2023
- Top area
- Systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables3
Pay against the local market
Knightscope’s most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 94% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Knightscope pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 10 | $129,139 | $141,388 | 91% |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | San Francisco, CA | 6 | $140,000 | $142,740 | 98% |
| Mechanical Engineers | San Francisco, CA | 4 | $120,000 | $126,088 | 95% |
| Engineers, All Other | San Jose, CA | 4 | $150,075 | $142,860 | 105% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 2 | $156,000 | $157,380 | 99% |
| Electrical Engineers | San Francisco, CA | 2 | $120,869 | $145,965 | 83% |
| Information Security Analysts | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $156,000 | $168,160 | 93% |
| Engineers, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $156,000 | $156,140 | 100% |
| Industrial Engineers | San Jose, CA | 1 | $95,139 | $136,290 | 70% |
About Knightscope
Knightscope is an autonomous vehicles company based in Sunnyvale. It was founded in 2013. It is listed on Nasdaq as KSCP.
- Legal name
- Knightscope, Inc.
- Listed
- Nasdaq: KSCP
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 305 North Mathilda Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085
- Industry (SIC)
- Communications Equipment, NEC (3669)
- Founded
- 2013
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M +5% from $11M
- Net income FY2025
- $-34M -7% from $-32M
- R&D FY2025
- $12M (110% of revenue)
Knightscope pays a median H-1B base of $132,000 across FY2017–2026, about 6% below the typical Autonomous vehicles sponsor.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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