Natera H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Medical devices & life sciences · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 San Carlos, CA HQ🌐 natera.com
Does Natera sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Natera has filed 491 H-1B LCAs and 103 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Natera filed 138 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $132,267, about 8% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 47 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) | 48 | $132k |
| FY2025 | 90 | $132k |
| FY2024 | 73 | $131k |
| FY2023 | 37 | $129k |
| FY2022 | 72 | $135k |
| FY2021 | 64 | $135k |
| FY2020 | 40 | $135k |
| FY2019 | 19 | $140k |
| FY2018 | 23 | $115k |
| FY2017 | 25 | $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) 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) | 24 | $142k |
| FY2025 | 23 | $141k |
| FY2024 | 22 | $123k |
| FY2023 | 6 | $156k |
| FY2022 | 4 | $126k |
| FY2021 | 3 | $140k |
| FY2020 | 5 | $135k |
| FY2019 | 3 | $123k |
| FY2018 | 6 | $104k |
| FY2017 | 7 | $119k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 117
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 252
- applications
- Most recent grant
- March 24, 2026
- Top area
- Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes94
Pay against the local market
Natera’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 109% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Natera pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 73 | $148,227 | $156,358 | 95% |
| Software Developers | Austin, TX | 44 | $140,345 | $121,858 | 115% |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 37 | $128,640 | $117,111 | 110% |
| Statisticians | San Francisco, CA | 26 | $121,943 | $140,435 | 87% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 19 | $143,073 | $125,384 | 114% |
| Medical Scientists | San Francisco, CA | 9 | $124,036 | $119,171 | 104% |
| Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers | San Francisco, CA | 9 | $143,540 | $122,124 | 118% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Austin, TX | 8 | $119,917 | $108,221 | 111% |
| Data Scientists | Austin, TX | 6 | $121,296 | $122,440 | 99% |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | Austin, TX | 6 | $87,568 | $69,550 | 126% |
About Natera
Natera is a medical devices & life sciences company based in San Carlos, CA. It was founded in 2004. It is listed on Nasdaq as NTRA.
- Legal name
- Natera, Inc.
- Listed
- Nasdaq: NTRA
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 13011 Mccallen Pass, Austin, TX 78753
- Industry
- Medical devices & life sciences
- Employees (US, est)
- 4,461 (2024)
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3B +36% from $1.7B
- Net income FY2025
- $-208M -9% from $-190M
- R&D FY2025
- $624M (27% of revenue)
Spends 27% of revenue on R&D, against a 17% median across the 11 Services-Medical Laboratories filers we hold SEC data for.
Natera pays a median H-1B base of $130,998 across FY2017–2026, about 20% above the typical Medical devices & life sciences sponsor.
H-1B sponsors similar to Natera
| Employer | Filings, all years | Recent filings | Median base | New employment | Level III-IV roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 3,975 | 784 | $118k | 176 | 73% |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific | 2,354 | 410 | $118k | 98 | 60% |
| Abbott | 2,164 | 512 | $122k | 110 | 48% |
| Natera | 491 | 138 | $132k | 31 | 62% |
| Align Technology | 491 | 122 | $161k | 44 | 71% |
| Auris Health | 485 | 109 | $170k | 20 | 64% |
| Dexcom | 470 | 92 | $138k | 20 | 85% |
