NetApp H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Databases & infra software · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 San Jose, CA HQ📍 Durham, NC most H-1B filings🌐 netapp.com
Does NetApp sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. NetApp has filed 2,084 H-1B LCAs and 491 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 NetApp filed 326 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $150,080, about 23% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 67 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) | 136 | $150k |
| FY2025 | 190 | $153k |
| FY2024 | 168 | $160k |
| FY2023 | 145 | $155k |
| FY2022 | 252 | $150k |
| FY2021 | 193 | $130k |
| FY2020 | 231 | $137k |
| FY2019 | 195 | $127k |
| FY2018 | 269 | $115k |
| FY2017 | 305 | $112k |
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) | 29 | $173k |
| FY2025 | 38 | $141k |
| FY2024 | 62 | $142k |
| FY2023 | 44 | $125k |
| FY2022 | 66 | $125k |
| FY2021 | 84 | $123k |
| FY2020 | 27 | $100k |
| FY2019 | 31 | $118k |
| FY2018 | 81 | $125k |
| FY2017 | 29 | $104k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 2,860
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 2,309
- applications
- Most recent grant
- April 7, 2026
- Top area
- Electric digital data processing2,309
Pay against the local market
NetApp’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 | NetApp pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 554 | $148,793 | $169,172 | 88% |
| Software Developers | Durham, NC | 460 | $126,758 | $118,681 | 107% |
| Software Developers | Boulder, CO | 100 | $118,665 | $124,911 | 95% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | San Jose, CA | 73 | $133,193 | $126,421 | 105% |
| Software Developers | Boston, MA | 41 | $170,985 | $154,240 | 111% |
| Marketing Managers | San Jose, CA | 28 | $155,695 | $202,407 | 77% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | Durham, NC | 26 | $118,265 | $97,450 | 121% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Jose, CA | 24 | $136,625 | $141,633 | 96% |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | Durham, NC | 23 | $98,238 | $96,219 | 102% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | San Jose, CA | 23 | $168,695 | $201,164 | 84% |
About NetApp
NetApp is a databases & infra software company based in Sunnyvale. It was founded in 1992 and has about 11,800 employees worldwide. It is listed on Nasdaq as NTAP.
- Legal name
- NetApp, Inc.
- Listed
- Nasdaq: NTAP
- Incorporated in
- California
- Headquarters
- 3060 Olsen Drive, San Jose, CA 95128
- Industry
- Databases & infra software
- Employees (global)
- 11,700 (2026)
- Revenue FY2026
- $6.9B +5% from $6.6B
- Net income FY2026
- $1.3B +8% from $1.2B
- R&D FY2026
- $991M (14% of revenue)
NetApp pays a median H-1B base of $135,060 across FY2017–2026, about 8% above the typical Databases & infra software sponsor.
