Employer profile
Airbnb
2,393 certified H-1B filings across 11 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
222
FY2025 median
$191k
Top role
Software Engineer
1,131 filings · all-time
Top state
CA
1,942 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Airbnb pays, by fiscal year
Each box is the p25–p75 interquartile range; the heavy line is the median and the whiskers reach p10–p90. Base salary only — hover a year for its figures.
Year-over-year
How Airbnb hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 27▼ 88% | $191k |
| FY2025 | 222▲ 27% | $191k |
| FY2024 | 175▲ 11% | $185k |
| FY2023 | 158▼ 40% | $185k |
| FY2022 | 265▲ 7% | $206k |
| FY2021 | 248▼ 8% | $203k |
| FY2020 | 271▼ 28% | $190k |
| FY2019 | 374▲ 36% | $185k |
| FY2018 | 276▲ 17% | $160k |
| FY2017 | 235▲ 65% | $155k |
| FY2016 | 142— | $140k |
Prevailing wage level distribution
DOL Levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). A heavy Level I/II skew suggests entry-level / contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew suggests senior in-house roles.
Lvl ?
2069%
Lvl I
572%
Lvl II
40217%
Lvl III
1,07645%
Lvl IV
65227%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 1,131 | $174k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 264 | $191k |
| Data Scientist | 153 | $170k |
| Engineering Manager | 72 | $227k |
| Staff Software Engineer | 61 | $204k |
| Product Manager | 44 | $200k |
| Experience Designer | 38 | $140k |
| Senior Data Engineer | 34 | $191k |
| Senior Data Scientist | 33 | $200k |
| Softare Engineer | 23 | $125k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 1,942 | $180k |
| WA | 365 | $191k |
| NY | 42 | $176k |
| TX | 11 | $197k |
| OR | 11 | $112k |
| UT | 4 | $185k |
| HI | 3 | $185k |
| MA | 2 | $190k |
| NV | 2 | $130k |
| FL | 2 | $150k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Airbnb pay H-1B workers?
- Airbnb's median certified H-1B base salary is $191k (FY2025), from 222 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Airbnb sponsor?
- Airbnb has 2,393 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Airbnb sponsor for H-1B?
- Airbnb's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Data Scientist, Engineering Manager.
- Where does Airbnb hire H-1B workers?
- Airbnb's top H-1B worksite states are CA, WA, NY, TX.
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