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#37 H-1B sponsor of 76,738#1 Payments & fintech sponsor of 26766% roles at wage level III and IV
H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

Payments & fintech · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026

🏢 San Jose, CA HQ🌐 paypal.com

Does PayPal sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?

Yes. PayPal has filed 10,772 H-1B LCAs and 2,430 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 PayPal filed 2,434 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $170,201, about 40% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 476 green-card cases were decided.

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H-1B filings
10,772
(FY2017–2026)
Median base pay
$170k
from 2,434 filings (FY2025–2026)
Pay vs market
+40%
above national median ($122k, FY2025–2026)
Green-card (PERM) filings
2,430
(FY2017–2026)

H-1B pay & filings by year

Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year

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PayPal H-1B LCA filings and median base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal yearH-1B LCA filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)1,259$169k
FY20251,175$170k
FY20241,058$160k
FY2023865$158k
FY20221,030$150k
FY20211,211$146k
FY20201,169$143k
FY20191,124$138k
FY20181,138$132k
FY2017743$134k

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

Pay vs the legal floor
$149k
11% above the $134k prevailing wage
Role seniority (wage levels)
66% senior
2552,3752,5342,618
LCA decisions
89.6% certified
9,647 of 10,772 filings
Withdrawn 1,072 · Denied 53
USCIS I-129 petition outcomes · FY2017–2023
New petitions431 decided99.5% approved
Extensions2,589 decided99% approved
LCA filings by type
New employment3,251 filings30.2%
Transfers in2,462 filings22.9%
Renewals5,056 filings46.9%

Roles they file for

Top occupations (SOC) · click to search
Software Developers6,518Computer and Information Systems Managers1,058Operations Research Analysts505Data Scientists368Information Technology Project Managers267

Where they hire

By city

Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year

Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †

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PayPal green-card (PERM) filings and median offered wage by fiscal year
Fiscal yearPERM filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)153$157k
FY2025323$143k
FY2024148$138k
FY2023327$140k
FY2022235$146k
FY2021166$145k
FY2020311$141k
FY2019250$138k
FY2018258$134k
FY2017259$130k

Green-card route and outcomes

Visa held when the green card was filed
H-1B1,759L-1163F-110H-46TN6O-13B-22A1/A21
Green-card wage
$141k
median of 2,430 cases
$125k–$162k typical
PERM decisions
98.4% certified
2,390 of 2,430 filings
Withdrawn 29 · Denied 11

Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024

Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from

Countries of citizenship
India1,533China250Israel16Canada15Brazil10
Top schools
Anna University49San Jose State University45The University of Texas at Dallas30Carnegie Mellon University28Northeastern University27
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Fields of study
Computer Science591Electrical Engineering165Computer Engineering145Information Systems135Business Administration105
Degrees
Master's1,288Bachelor's632Doctorate17None15High School1

Patents

Granted
2,778
US patents
Published, not yet granted
2,933
applications
Most recent grant
April 7, 2026
Top area
Information and communication technology1,236
Other top areas
Electric digital data processing679Transmission of digital information455Wireless communication networks123Computing arrangements based on specific computational models69
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Pay against the local market

PayPal’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 106% of the local BLS median for the same work.

OccupationMetroFilingsPayPal payLocal BLS median‡vs market
Software DevelopersSan Jose, CA4,188$157,345$170,32692%
Software DevelopersAustin, TX828$135,340$120,031113%
Software DevelopersPhoenix, AZ387$120,375$112,339107%
Operations Research AnalystsSan Jose, CA347$136,795$100,240136%
Computer Occupations, All OtherSan Jose, CA316$165,150$152,643108%
Data ScientistsSan Jose, CA249$176,736$172,914102%
Computer and Information Systems ManagersSan Jose, CA202$180,431$203,36189%
StatisticiansSan Jose, CA198$143,392$131,914109%
Software DevelopersBaltimore, MD182$107,820$113,64595%
Software DevelopersChicago, IL143$134,134$123,589109%

About PayPal

PayPal is a payments & fintech company based in San Jose, CA. It was founded in 1998. It is listed on Nasdaq as PYPL.

Legal name
PayPal Holdings, Inc.
Sponsoring since
FY2017 or earlier
Headquarters
2211 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95131
Industry
Payments & fintech
Employees (global)
23,800 (2025)
Revenue FY2025
$33.2B +4% from $31.8B
Net income FY2025
$5.2B +26% from $4.1B
R&D FY2018
$1.1B

PayPal pays a median H-1B base of $149,747 across FY2017–2026, about 25% above the typical Payments & fintech sponsor.

H-1B sponsors similar to PayPal

EmployerFilings, all yearsRecent filingsMedian baseNew employmentLevel III-IV roles
Accenture43,1334,475$134k69482%
JPMorgan Chase29,6586,341$158k1,42681%
Goldman Sachs21,1924,429$127k2,27939%
PayPal10,7722,434$170k97965%
Morgan Stanley9,5862,156$165k72747%
Visa9,2531,683$145k42071%
Bank of America8,1571,238$155k22253%

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