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Paypal, Inc.

Employer · California, United States

Employer address
California, United States
Applications on record
16,846
FY2025 applications
1,453
FY2026 to 30 June
1,349
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
99.8%
Median offered wage
$169,503
Most common occupation
Software Developers
H-1B dependent (as declared)
Yes
Certified99.8%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Paypal, Inc. appears in 16,846 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 1,453.

Applications by fiscal year — Paypal, Inc.

7271,453FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
7271,453FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008264
FY2009203
FY2010384
FY2011378
FY2012503
FY2013427
FY2014740
FY2015807
FY2016938
FY2017859
FY20181,265
FY20191,238
FY20201,349
FY20211,256
FY20221,255
FY20231,104
FY20241,074
FY20251,453
FY2026*1,349
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*1,204145
FY20251,153300
FY2024938136
FY2023821283
FY20221,043212
FY20211,096160
FY20201,057292
FY20191,012226
FY20181,029236
FY2017632227
FY2016689249
FY2015634173
FY2014534206
FY201335968
FY2012374129
FY201129088
FY201028599
FY200916538
FY200820460
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

Paypal, Inc.: applications by worksite state

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24+34+36+228+510+
Data table
StateApplications
CA12,719
AZ1,090
TX1,035
NY510
IL397
NE367
MA228
MD162
WA72
NC36
NJ34
GA34
PA34
DC26
VA24
Worksite states
  1. California12,719
  2. Arizona1,090
  3. Texas1,035
  4. New York510
  5. Illinois397
  6. Nebraska367
  7. Massachusetts228
  8. Maryland162
  9. Washington72
  10. North Carolina36
Worksite cities
  1. San Jose, CA12,230
  2. Scottsdale, AZ1,042
  3. Austin, TX934
  4. New York City, NY499
  5. Chicago, IL392
  6. San Francisco, CA323
  7. La Vista, NE272
  8. Timonium, MD137
  9. Newton, MA118
  10. Omaha, NE84
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Software Developers10,194
  2. Computer and Information Systems Managers1,199
  3. Operations Research Analysts824
  4. Computer Systems Analysts695
  5. Computer Occupations, All Other633
  6. Data Scientists508
  7. Statisticians453
  8. Database Administrators218
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Software Engineer 31,774
  2. MTS 1, Software Engineer1,318
  3. Software Engineer 21,243
  4. Software Engineer663
  5. MTS 2, Software Engineer467
  6. Senior Software Engineer279
  7. SR Software Engineer225
  8. Staff Software Engineer200

Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $169,503; middle half $142,109 to $200,000 · median prevailing wage $152,768 (marker) · 3,255 applications.

$120k$150k$180k$210k$240k
$120k$150k$180k$210k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I80
  2. Level II543
  3. Level III597
  4. Level IV525
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Green card sponsorship (PERM)

Country of citizenship of the workers named in certified and pending PERM applications (countries with fewer than five applications are not shown).

PERM applications by country of citizenship
  1. India2,241
  2. China351
  3. Canada37
  4. Israel23
  5. Mexico13
  6. Taiwan13
  7. Brazil11
  8. Russia11
  9. United Kingdom10
  10. Singapore9
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — PERM disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS

Approvals and denials of Form I-129 petitions, by USCIS fiscal year. Linked by employer name, state and the last four digits of the tax ID.

Approved H-1B petitions (initial + continuing)

7871,573FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
7871,573FY2009FY2012FY2015FY2018FY2021FY2023
Data table
FY2009129
FY2010199
FY2011269
FY2012318
FY2013285
FY2014394
FY2015380
FY2016387
FY2017518
FY2018641
FY2019783
FY2020739
FY20211,573
FY2022845
FY2023323
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY20232103025
FY2022140170510
FY202122301,3509
FY2020181255816
FY20192711051212
FY201812725146
FY201714843704
FY20169932886
FY201512922512
FY20149113032
FY20135302322
FY20129902191
FY20114602231
FY20103201670
FY20092601032
Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — H-1B Employer Data Hub (FY2009–FY2023)Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Law firms on the filings

Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).

Applications by law firm
  1. Erickson Immigration Group10,934
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Among employers in California

Paypal, Inc. has 16,846 work visa applications on record (FY2008–FY2026), ranking #13 of 30,712 sponsoring employers in California and #37 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.81% of the applications filed by employers based in California.

Rank in California
13 of 30,712
Rank in the United States
37 of 168,030
Share of California's applications
0.81%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 522) in California
394
Largest sponsoring employers in California
  1. Google LLC100,642
  2. HCL America, Inc.65,516
  3. Facebook, Inc.63,530
  4. Intel Corporation61,185
  5. Apple Inc.60,673
  6. Google Inc.34,245
  7. Cisco Systems, Inc.26,767
  8. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.25,216
  9. UST Global Inc.25,160
  10. Linkedin Corporation17,398
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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