Skip to content
H1BSalary.net

Snowflake

#286 H-1B sponsor of 76,738#8 Databases & infra software sponsor of 36573% roles at wage level III and IV
H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

Databases & infra software · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026

🏢 San Mateo, CA HQ🌐 snowflake.com

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

Yes. Snowflake has filed 1,826 H-1B LCAs and 413 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Snowflake filed 893 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $168,958, about 39% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 234 green-card cases were decided.

Open jobs at SnowflakeBrowse & apply →
H-1B filings
1,826
(FY2017–2026)
Median base pay
$169k
from 893 filings (FY2025–2026)
Pay vs market
+39%
above national median ($122k, FY2025–2026)
Green-card (PERM) filings
413
(FY2017–2026)

H-1B pay & filings by year

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

Show the numbers behind this chart
Snowflake H-1B LCA filings and median base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal yearH-1B LCA filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)478$162k
FY2025415$181k
FY2024276$180k
FY2023158$175k
FY2022184$180k
FY2021116$150k
FY2020100$121k
FY201961$121k
FY201826$131k
FY201712$120k

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
$164k
7% above the $154k prevailing wage
Role seniority (wage levels)
73% senior
89395375921
LCA decisions
89.5% certified
1,635 of 1,826 filings
Withdrawn 186 · Denied 5
USCIS I-129 petition outcomes · FY2017–2023
New petitions57 decided100% approved
Extensions396 decided99% approved
LCA filings by type
New employment551 filings30.2%
Transfers in665 filings36.4%
Renewals610 filings33.4%

Roles they file for

Top occupations (SOC) · click to search
Software Developers955Sales Engineers209Database Administrators93Information Technology Project Managers72Computer and Information Systems Managers55

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 †

Show the numbers behind this chart
Snowflake green-card (PERM) filings and median offered wage by fiscal year
Fiscal yearPERM filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)84$150k
FY2025150$150k
FY202432$183k
FY202357$163k
FY202226$160k
FY202145$155k
FY20206$159k
FY20196$145k
FY20183$130k
FY20174$140k

Green-card route and outcomes

Visa held when the green card was filed
H-1B164F-18TN4E-31H-41NOT IN USA1
Green-card wage
$150k
median of 413 cases
$142k–$183k typical
PERM decisions
98.5% certified
407 of 413 filings
Withdrawn 3 · Denied 3

Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024

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

Countries of citizenship
India105China52Canada6South Korea3Taiwan2
Top schools
Carnegie Mellon University11University of Southern California8North Carolina State University5University of Michigan5Anna University4
View more →
Fields of study
Computer Science74Computer Engineering34Information Systems15Electrical Engineering14Software Engineering7
Degrees
Master's123Bachelor's52Doctorate3Other1

Patents

Granted
1,039
US patents
Published, not yet granted
991
applications
Most recent grant
March 31, 2026
Top area
Electric digital data processing907
Other top areas
Transmission of digital information113Computing arrangements based on specific computational models12Information and communication technology7
Learn more →

Pay against the local market

Snowflake’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 112% of the local BLS median for the same work.

OccupationMetroFilingsSnowflake payLocal BLS median‡vs market
Software DevelopersSan Francisco, CA535$183,896$167,694110%
Software DevelopersSeattle, WA370$173,123$164,051106%
Computer Occupations, All OtherSan Francisco, CA88$166,482$145,416114%
Sales EngineersSan Francisco, CA69$164,407$149,154110%
Data ScientistsSan Francisco, CA51$165,348$164,671100%
Database AdministratorsSan Francisco, CA37$127,931$123,434104%
Operations Research AnalystsSan Francisco, CA32$130,125$108,260120%
Computer Occupations, All OtherSeattle, WA29$191,958$131,834146%
Computer and Information Systems ManagersSan Francisco, CA28$251,894$219,188115%
Information Security AnalystsSan Francisco, CA24$139,265$138,240101%

About Snowflake

Snowflake is a databases & infra software company based in San Mateo, CA. It was founded in 2012 and has about 1,400 employees worldwide. It is listed on NYSE as SNOW.

Legal name
Snowflake Inc.
Incorporated in
Delaware
Headquarters
135 Constitution Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Industry
Databases & infra software
Employees (US, est)
4,771 (2024)
Revenue FY2026
$4.7B +29% from $3.6B
Net income FY2026
$-1.3B -4% from $-1.3B
R&D FY2026
$2.0B (42% of revenue)

Spends 42% of revenue on R&D, against a 22% median across the 152 Services-Prepackaged Software filers we hold SEC data for.

Snowflake pays a median H-1B base of $163,987 across FY2017–2026, about 30% above the typical Databases & infra software sponsor.

H-1B sponsors similar to Snowflake

EmployerFilings, all yearsRecent filingsMedian baseNew employmentLevel III-IV roles
Oracle14,1542,161$143k1,43286%
VMware8,500224$187k3797%
Akamai Technologies2,483391$155k9056%
Snowflake1,826893$169k24466%
Pure Storage1,623329$193k5947%
Informatica1,479156$137k3669%
Red Hat1,278277$141k10953%

More H-1B sponsors in San Mateo, CA

Roblox1,163Guidewire Software367Sony331Verkada301Rakuten272Conga267
View all 1,826 filings →Find employers near you