Wayfair H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
E-commerce · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Boston, MA HQ🌐 wayfair.com
Does Wayfair sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Wayfair has filed 3,374 H-1B LCAs and 947 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Wayfair filed 475 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $160,000, about 31% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 139 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) | 271 | $155k |
| FY2025 | 204 | $166k |
| FY2024 | 229 | $172k |
| FY2023 | 271 | $165k |
| FY2022 | 643 | $155k |
| FY2021 | 506 | $142k |
| FY2020 | 343 | $115k |
| FY2019 | 371 | $110k |
| FY2018 | 341 | $88k |
| FY2017 | 195 | $68k |
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) | 66 | $141k |
| FY2025 | 73 | $150k |
| FY2024 | 2 | $110k |
| FY2023 | 73 | $120k |
| FY2022 | 223 | $109k |
| FY2021 | 224 | $117k |
| FY2020 | 196 | $120k |
| FY2019 | 39 | $112k |
| FY2018 | 34 | $108k |
| FY2017 | 17 | $100k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 31
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 25
- applications
- Most recent grant
- October 14, 2025
- Top area
- Image data processing or generation13
Pay against the local market
Wayfair’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros, FY2018–FY2026. Its median base salary is 117% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Wayfair pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Boston, MA | 208 | $170,769 | $154,240 | 111% |
| Data Scientists | Boston, MA | 191 | $139,656 | $131,830 | 106% |
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 67 | $203,334 | $171,844 | 118% |
| Operations Research Analysts | Boston, MA | 60 | $115,899 | $92,470 | 125% |
| Software Developers | Austin, TX | 49 | $180,349 | $123,180 | 146% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Boston, MA | 34 | $194,077 | $207,150 | 94% |
| Logisticians | Boston, MA | 17 | $129,051 | $98,640 | 131% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 14 | $161,751 | $133,719 | 121% |
| Industrial Engineers | Boston, MA | 14 | $154,322 | $109,960 | 140% |
| Data Scientists | San Francisco, CA | 13 | $196,142 | $162,995 | 120% |
About Wayfair
Wayfair is an e-commerce company based in Boston, MA. It was founded in 2002. It is listed on NYSE as W.
- Legal name
- Wayfair Inc.
- Listed
- NYSE: W
- Sponsoring since
- FY2017 or earlier
- Headquarters
- 4 Copley Place, Boston, MA 02116
- Industry
- E-commerce
- Employees (global)
- 12,800 (2025)
- Revenue FY2025
- $12.5B +5% from $11.9B
- Net income FY2025
- $-313M +36% from $-492M
- Founded
- 2002
Wayfair pays a median H-1B base of $132,408 across FY2017–2026, about 6% above the typical E-commerce sponsor.
