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Snap Inc.

Employer · California, United States

Employer address
California, United States
Applications on record
4,121
FY2025 applications
465
FY2026 to 30 June
386
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
99.7%
Median offered wage
$169,541
Most common occupation
Software Developers
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified99.7%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Snap Inc. appears in 4,121 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2017 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 465.

Applications by fiscal year — Snap Inc.

305610FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
305610FY2017FY2019FY2021FY2023FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2017262
FY2018310
FY2019312
FY2020354
FY2021478
FY2022610
FY2023425
FY2024519
FY2025465
FY2026*386
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*286100
FY202540065
FY2024384135
FY202338144
FY2022451159
FY202139583
FY202028074
FY201922587
FY2018191119
FY201720953
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).

Snap Inc.: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
CA2,840
WA876
NY329
TX27
CO10
UT10
MA7
IL6
NV3
DC3
NC3
OK2
VA2
AZ1
NJ1
Worksite states
  1. California2,840
  2. Washington876
  3. New York329
  4. Texas27
  5. Colorado10
  6. Utah10
  7. Massachusetts7
  8. Illinois6
  9. Nevada3
  10. District of Columbia3
Worksite cities
  1. Santa Monica, CA1,307
  2. Seattle, WA714
  3. Palo Alto, CA422
  4. Venice, CA373
  5. San Francisco, CA330
  6. New York City, NY329
  7. Mountain View, CA312
  8. Bellevue, WA154
  9. Los Angeles, CA24
  10. Austin, TX18
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 Developers2,784
  2. Computer Occupations, All Other242
  3. Data Scientists157
  4. Statisticians136
  5. Computer and Information Systems Managers102
  6. Special Effects Artists and Animators88
  7. Architectural and Engineering Managers78
  8. Computer and Information Research Scientists71
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Software Engineer (4)796
  2. Software Engineer (3)348
  3. Software Engineer (5)276
  4. Machine Learning Engineer (4)171
  5. Machine Learning Engineer (5)87
  6. Software Engineer (2)81
  7. Data Scientist (4)65
  8. Machine Learning Engineer (3)41

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

Median $169,541; middle half $148,699 to $184,974 · median prevailing wage $167,149 (marker) · 1,045 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I18
  2. Level II93
  3. Level III403
  4. Level IV348
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. China362
  2. India136
  3. Ukraine53
  4. Canada30
  5. Russia16
  6. Taiwan9
  7. South Korea5
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)

191381FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
191381FY2017FY2019FY2021FY2023
Data table
FY2017236
FY2018132
FY2019166
FY2020254
FY2021294
FY2022381
FY202382
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY202342783
FY20227203098
FY20214202522
FY20203722178
FY20195231146
FY2018340986
FY201711601200
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. Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP3,695
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Records under the same legal name

Other employer records in the filings with exactly this name. Each is kept separate: before FY2024 the filings carry no employer tax number, so records are grouped by name and state, and no official identifier shows that these are the same company.

RecordStateApplicationsYears
Snap, IncVirginia121FY2008–FY2025
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

Snap Inc. has 4,121 work visa applications on record (FY2017–FY2026), ranking #53 of 30,712 sponsoring employers in California and #233 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.20% of the applications filed by employers based in California.

Rank in California
53 of 30,712
Rank in the United States
233 of 168,030
Share of California's applications
0.20%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 511) in California
1,542
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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