Zillow H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Internet media · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Seattle, WA HQ🌐 zillow.com
Does Zillow sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Zillow has filed 1,881 H-1B LCAs and 641 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Zillow filed 247 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $170,795, about 40% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 94 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) | 64 | $164k |
| FY2025 | 183 | $174k |
| FY2024 | 153 | $177k |
| FY2023 | 175 | $172k |
| FY2022 | 259 | $160k |
| FY2021 | 244 | $151k |
| FY2020 | 199 | $134k |
| FY2019 | 259 | $121k |
| FY2018 | 218 | $118k |
| FY2017 | 127 | $111k |
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
- 1Software Development Engineer354$130k
- 2Senior Software Development Engineer163$183k
- 3Senior Software Engineer68$169k
- 4Software Engineer66$123k
- 5Applied Scientist55$127k
- 6Data Scientist46$115k
- 7Machine Learning Engineer46$154k
- 8Software Development Engineer, Big Data45$146k
Where they hire
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
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 26 | $186k |
| FY2025 | 68 | $180k |
| FY2024 | 43 | $165k |
| FY2023 | 33 | $150k |
| FY2022 | 55 | $159k |
| FY2021 | 104 | $150k |
| FY2020 | 89 | $140k |
| FY2019 | 86 | $135k |
| FY2018 | 66 | $129k |
| FY2017 | 71 | $125k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 63
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 29
- applications
- Most recent grant
- July 30, 2024
- Top area
- Information and communication technology32
Pay against the local market
Zillow’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 102% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Zillow pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Seattle, WA | 857 | $151,169 | $148,824 | 102% |
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 239 | $146,196 | $146,024 | 100% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Seattle, WA | 89 | $182,928 | $187,714 | 97% |
| Data Scientists | Seattle, WA | 85 | $157,724 | $149,572 | 105% |
| Statisticians | Seattle, WA | 77 | $118,456 | $101,082 | 117% |
| Software Developers | Los Angeles, CA | 46 | $123,410 | $125,764 | 98% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Seattle, WA | 33 | $122,253 | $114,233 | 107% |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | Seattle, WA | 28 | $83,770 | $91,002 | 92% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | San Francisco, CA | 25 | $181,863 | $196,923 | 92% |
| Software Developers | New York, NY | 24 | $134,630 | $123,685 | 109% |
About Zillow
Zillow is an internet media company based in Seattle, WA. It was founded in 2006. It is listed on Nasdaq as ZG.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Zillow
- Listed
- Nasdaq: ZG
- Incorporated in
- Washington
- Headquarters
- 1301 Second Avenue, Floor 36, Seattle, WA 98101
- Industry
- Internet media
- Employees (global)
- 7,068 (2025)
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.6B +16% from $2.2B
- Net income FY2025
- $23M +121% from $-112M
- R&D FY2025
- $607M (23% of revenue)
Files 1 green-card application for every 2.9 H-1B filings, where a typical sponsor its size does 1 in 6.5.
Zillow pays a median H-1B base of $144,600 across FY2017–2026, about 30% above the typical Internet media sponsor.
