Whatnot H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Creator economy · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Culver City, CA HQ🌐 whatnot.com
Does Whatnot sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Whatnot has filed 124 H-1B LCAs and 11 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2022 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Whatnot filed 76 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $211,518, about 73% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 11 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) | 41 | $212k |
| FY2025 | 35 | $212k |
| FY2024 | 20 | $180k |
| FY2023 | 18 | $183k |
| FY2022 | 10 | $163k |
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) | 8 | $185k |
| FY2025 | 3 | $160k |
Worker backgrounds
From green-card (PERM) cases
11 green-card (PERM) cases, all from FY2025. DOL stopped publishing worker details that year.
Patents
- Granted
- 12
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 9
- applications
- Most recent grant
- March 24, 2026
- Top area
- Transmission of digital information2
Pay against the local market
Whatnot’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros, FY2022–FY2026. Its median base salary is 147% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Whatnot pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Los Angeles, CA | 64 | $188,055 | $153,335 | 123% |
| Data Scientists | Los Angeles, CA | 11 | $205,442 | $124,319 | 165% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Los Angeles, CA | 9 | $343,889 | $190,233 | 181% |
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 6 | $205,133 | $170,831 | 120% |
| Software Developers | New York, NY | 5 | $174,777 | $161,970 | 108% |
| Graphic Designers | Los Angeles, CA | 5 | $209,900 | $75,466 | 278% |
| Information Security Analysts | Los Angeles, CA | 4 | $218,750 | $131,280 | 167% |
| Management Analysts | Los Angeles, CA | 3 | $195,000 | $101,817 | 192% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Los Angeles, CA | 3 | $196,000 | $101,313 | 193% |
| Operations Research Analysts | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $180,000 | $88,150 | 204% |
About Whatnot
Whatnot is a creator economy company based in Los Angeles. It was founded in 2019.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Whatnot
- Listed
- Private
- Sponsoring since
- FY2022
- Headquarters
- Los Angeles, United States
- Industry
- Creator economy
- Employees (US, est)
- 522 (2024)
- Funding raised
- $547M (2026)
- Median base
- $205,000
- Founded
- 2019
