Affirm, Inc.

H-1B & green card sponsor · Headquarters San Francisco, CA · Industry: Finance and insurance

Short answer

Yes, Affirm, Inc. sponsors H-1B visas. It had 59 certified H-1B filings in FY2026 so far, with a median salary of $160,000.

H-1B filings · FY2026 so far

59

#714 of 50,637 sponsors

Median salary

$160,000

+27% vs all H-1B ($126,372)

Green cards (PERM) · FY2026 so far

7

certified labor certifications

Most common level

Level IV

31% of filings with a level

By fiscal year

H-1B filings

*FY2026 covers Oct 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026 (9 months).

By fiscal year

Green card (PERM) certifications

Certified PERM cases by decision year, FY2023 onward.

FY2026 so far · all roles · 59 filings

What Affirm, Inc. pays H-1B workers

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10th pct
$130,000
25th pct
$140,000
Median
$160,000
75th pct
$190,000
90th pct
$213,810

DOL wage level of filings

  • Level I · entry · 25%
  • Level II · qualified · 27%
  • Level III · experienced · 17%
  • Level IV · fully competent · 31%

Of 59 filings that state a level. Level matters in the wage-weighted H-1B lottery.

FY2026 so far

Top roles Affirm, Inc. sponsors

Job titleDOL occupationFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Software Engineer II Software Developers 13 $160,000 $142,000 – $160,000
Senior Software Engineer Software Developers 9 $190,000 $190,000 – $190,000
Software Engineer I Software Developers 5 $135,699 $131,997 – $143,000
Software Engineer I Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 3 $130,000 $130,000 – $130,000
Analytics Lead Credit Full Stack Data Scientists 2 $180,000 $180,000 – $180,000
Software Engineer II Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 2 $160,000 $160,000 – $160,000
Quantitative Analyst II Statisticians 2 $133,929 $130,894 – $136,964
Staff Software Engineer Software Developers 2 $212,500 $206,250 – $218,750

FY2026 so far worksites

Where they work

CityFilingsMedian
San Francisco, CA5$160,000
Los Angeles, CA5$140,000
Jersey City, NJ4$145,998
Redmond, WA4$160,000
Seattle, WA3$180,000
Santa Clara, CA3$130,000
Lansing, MI2$142,000
Mountain View, CA2$159,203

Worker positions on FY2026 so far filings

Who Affirm, Inc. files for

New hires46%

27 — Includes new graduates moving from OPT

Extensions of current workers27%

16 — Continuing H-1B employment with Affirm, Inc.

Transfers from other employers20%

12 — People switching to Affirm, Inc. from another H-1B employer

Amended petitions7%

4 — Usually a new location or role

Already on an H-1B elsewhere? 20% of positions are transfers from other employers, so Affirm, Inc. does hire people mid-H-1B.

PERM labor certification

Green card sponsorship

Fiscal yearCertifiedDeniedWithdrawnMedian days to decision
FY20234300280
FY20241400394
FY20254900468
FY2026 so far700497

PERM is the first government step for most EB-2 and EB-3 green cards. Nationally, PERM decisions take a median of 398 days right now — see live PERM times.

Not H-1B dependent

H-1B workers are below DOL's dependency threshold.

No willful-violator flag

No DOL finding of willful wage violations on its filings.

Not debarred

Not on DOL's PERM / H-2A / H-2B debarment list.

Immigration law firms used

Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP · Goeschl Law Corporation

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Questions about Affirm, Inc. H-1B sponsorship

Does Affirm, Inc. sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Affirm, Inc. had 59 certified H-1B labor condition applications in FY2026 so far, ranking #714 among all U.S. sponsors.

What is the H-1B salary at Affirm, Inc.?

The median is $160,000; the middle half of filings fall between $140,000 and $190,000. The most-filed title, Software Engineer II, has a median of $160,000.

Does Affirm, Inc. sponsor green cards?

Affirm, Inc. had 7 certified PERM labor certifications in FY2026 so far. PERM is the first government step for most employment-based green cards. That is down from 49 at its recent peak.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification LCA and PERM disclosure data, decisions through Jun 30, 2026. Salaries are annualized base wages from the filing and exclude bonus and stock. A certified LCA is not an approved H-1B petition. Updated Oct 4, 2026.