Zendesk H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Enterprise SaaS · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 San Francisco, CA HQ🌐 zendesk.com
Does Zendesk sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Zendesk has filed 599 H-1B LCAs and 174 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Zendesk filed 94 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $176,548, about 45% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 28 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) | 40 | $180k |
| FY2025 | 54 | $173k |
| FY2024 | 71 | $168k |
| FY2023 | 42 | $178k |
| FY2022 | 97 | $160k |
| FY2021 | 100 | $155k |
| FY2020 | 52 | $148k |
| FY2019 | 65 | $130k |
| FY2018 | 54 | $142k |
| FY2017 | 24 | $133k |
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) | 11 | $156k |
| FY2025 | 17 | $158k |
| FY2024 | 23 | $146k |
| FY2023 | 16 | $159k |
| FY2022 | 23 | $150k |
| FY2021 | 23 | $141k |
| FY2020 | 13 | $148k |
| FY2019 | 30 | $141k |
| FY2018 | 6 | $122k |
| FY2017 | 12 | $134k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 28
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 46
- applications
- Most recent grant
- January 13, 2026
- Top area
- Telephonic communication7
Pay against the local market
Zendesk’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 120% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Zendesk pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 178 | $156,477 | $150,312 | 104% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 43 | $172,024 | $138,948 | 124% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | San Francisco, CA | 30 | $230,874 | $206,591 | 112% |
| Operations Research Analysts | San Francisco, CA | 30 | $160,605 | $105,916 | 152% |
| Software Developers | Madison, WI | 22 | $110,688 | $97,476 | 114% |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | San Francisco, CA | 18 | $136,396 | $95,273 | 143% |
| Software Developers | Dallas, TX | 14 | $165,136 | $124,535 | 133% |
| Data Scientists | San Francisco, CA | 13 | $164,933 | $166,079 | 99% |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | San Francisco, CA | 13 | $116,750 | $114,488 | 102% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | San Francisco, CA | 11 | $138,559 | $125,557 | 110% |
About Zendesk
Zendesk is an enterprise saas company based in San Francisco, CA. It was founded in 2007 and has about 500 employees worldwide. It was formerly listed on New York Stock Exchange as zen.
- Legal name
- Zendesk, Inc.
- Formerly listed
- New York Stock Exchange: zen
- Sponsoring since
- FY2017 or earlier
- Headquarters
- 989 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
- Industry
- Enterprise SaaS
- Employees (US, est)
- 2,053 (2024)
- H-1B filings
- 599
- Median base
- $154,343
- Founded
- 2007
Zendesk pays a median H-1B base of $154,343 across FY2017–2026, about 50% above the typical Enterprise SaaS sponsor.
