Plaid H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Fintech & payroll software · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 San Francisco, CA HQ🌐 plaid.com
Does Plaid sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Plaid has filed 285 H-1B LCAs and 61 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Plaid filed 70 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $189,592, about 55% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 34 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) | 28 | $190k |
| FY2025 | 42 | $189k |
| FY2024 | 43 | $208k |
| FY2023 | 43 | $162k |
| FY2022 | 56 | $180k |
| FY2021 | 31 | $150k |
| FY2020 | 15 | $140k |
| FY2019 | 15 | $125k |
| FY2018 | 7 | $130k |
| FY2017 | 5 | $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) | 5 | $164k |
| FY2025 | 29 | $207k |
| FY2024 | 2 | $240k |
| FY2023 | 10 | $162k |
| FY2022 | 4 | $201k |
| FY2021 | 6 | $149k |
| FY2020 | 1 | $140k |
| FY2019 | 2 | $184k |
| FY2018 | 1 | $115k |
| FY2017 | 1 | $180k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 55
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 71
- applications
- Most recent grant
- March 17, 2026
- Top area
- Information and communication technology26
Pay against the local market
Plaid’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 117% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Plaid pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 84 | $186,052 | $164,385 | 113% |
| Software Developers | New York, NY | 25 | $171,452 | $151,265 | 113% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | San Francisco, CA | 16 | $214,866 | $216,834 | 99% |
| Sales Engineers | San Francisco, CA | 10 | $163,033 | $142,137 | 115% |
| Software Developers | Seattle, WA | 10 | $199,501 | $153,192 | 130% |
| Data Scientists | San Francisco, CA | 8 | $195,513 | $165,941 | 118% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | San Francisco, CA | 8 | $120,373 | $132,580 | 91% |
| Software Developers | Salt Lake City, UT | 7 | $121,814 | $106,599 | 114% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 7 | $205,986 | $150,555 | 137% |
| Statisticians | San Francisco, CA | 5 | $144,581 | $142,138 | 102% |
About Plaid
Plaid builds the connectivity layer that lets apps securely link to users’ bank accounts. It underpins much of the US fintech ecosystem.
- Legal name
- Plaid Technologies, Inc.
- Listed
- Private
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 564 Market Street, Suite 700, San Francisco, CA 94014
- Industry
- Fintech & payroll software
- Employees (US, est)
- 855 (2024)
- Funding raised
- $40M (2016)
- Median base
- $180,000
- Founded
- 2013
Plaid pays a median H-1B base of $180,000 across FY2017–2026, about 50% above the typical Fintech & payroll software sponsor.
H-1B sponsors similar to Plaid
| Employer | Filings, all years | Recent filings | Median base | New employment | Level III-IV roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paycom | 1,069 | 282 | $130k | 88 | 19% |
| Bill.com | 782 | 197 | $190k | 31 | 89% |
| TriNet | 772 | 111 | $148k | 22 | 78% |
| Plaid | 285 | 70 | $190k | 11 | 83% |
| Credit Acceptance | 276 | 73 | $148k | 20 | 60% |
| Finacle Soft | 263 | 29 | $91k | 6 | 0% |
| Insperity | 259 | 35 | $137k | 0 | 62% |
