Employer profile
Paypal
8,794 certified H-1B filings across 11 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
1,046
FY2025 median
$172k
Top role
Software Engineer 3
1,378 filings · all-time
Top state
CA
6,539 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Paypal 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 Paypal hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 190▼ 82% | $194k |
| FY2025 | 1,046▲ 50% | $172k |
| FY2024 | 696▲ 5% | $165k |
| FY2023 | 664▼ 28% | $159k |
| FY2022 | 916▼ 11% | $152k |
| FY2021 | 1,033▼ 1% | $150k |
| FY2020 | 1,045▲ 6% | $145k |
| FY2019 | 985▲ 1% | $140k |
| FY2018 | 979▲ 64% | $135k |
| FY2017 | 596▼ 7% | $138k |
| FY2016 | 644— | $132k |
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 ?
2,84032%
Lvl I
1812%
Lvl II
1,81621%
Lvl III
1,91122%
Lvl IV
2,04623%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer 3 | 1,378 | $141k |
| Mts 1, Software Engineer | 1,019 | $162k |
| Software Engineer 2 | 948 | $120k |
| Mts 2, Software Engineer | 402 | $188k |
| Software Engineer | 211 | $127k |
| Manager, Software Development 2 | 139 | $191k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 122 | $175k |
| Data Scientist 1 | 110 | $140k |
| Data Scientist | 84 | $143k |
| Data Scientist 2 | 76 | $157k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 6,539 | $155k |
| TX | 553 | $142k |
| AZ | 541 | $120k |
| NY | 276 | $159k |
| IL | 231 | $135k |
| NE | 193 | $94k |
| MA | 122 | $108k |
| MD | 84 | $111k |
| WA | 51 | $167k |
| NC | 32 | $130k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Paypal pay H-1B workers?
- Paypal's median certified H-1B base salary is $172k (FY2025), from 1,046 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Paypal sponsor?
- Paypal has 8,794 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Paypal sponsor for H-1B?
- Paypal's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Software Engineer 3, Mts 1, Software Engineer, Software Engineer 2, Mts 2, Software Engineer.
- Where does Paypal hire H-1B workers?
- Paypal's top H-1B worksite states are CA, TX, AZ, NY.
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