Block, Inc.

H-1B & green card sponsor · Headquarters Oakland, CA · Industry: Technology and media

Short answer

Yes, Block, Inc. sponsors H-1B visas. It had 107 certified H-1B filings in FY2026 so far, with a median salary of $222,800.

H-1B filings · FY2026 so far

107

#353 of 50,637 sponsors

Median salary

$222,800

+76% vs all H-1B ($126,372)

Green cards (PERM) · FY2026 so far

43

certified labor certifications

Most common level

Level IV

79% 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 · 107 filings

What Block, Inc. pays H-1B workers

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10th pct
$158,861
25th pct
$191,072
Median
$222,800
75th pct
$265,000
90th pct
$310,000

DOL wage level of filings

  • Level I · entry · 1%
  • Level II · qualified · 4%
  • Level III · experienced · 16%
  • Level IV · fully competent · 79%

Of 96 filings that state a level. Level matters in the wage-weighted H-1B lottery.

FY2026 so far

Top roles Block, Inc. sponsors

Job titleDOL occupationFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Software Engineer Software Developers 24 $239,924 $216,000 – $275,000
Data Scientist Data Scientists 6 $218,500 $184,350 – $226,700
Security Engineer Information Security Engineers 3 $207,200 $207,200 – $233,600
Senior Software Engineer Software Developers 2 $186,116 $182,713 – $189,518
Outside Sales Account Executive Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 2 $107,619 $107,619 – $107,619
Machine Learning Engineer Modeling Data Scientists 2 $240,700 $239,050 – $242,350
Data Engineer Data Scientists 2 $189,250 $169,875 – $208,625
Manager Senior Sales Account Executives Restaurants Sales Managers 2 $178,496 $178,496 – $178,496

FY2026 so far worksites

Where they work

CityFilingsMedian
Oakland, CA29$225,300
Seattle, WA17$235,000
New York, NY13$228,000
San Francisco, CA5$244,000
Brooklyn, NY4$218,000
Miami, FL3$107,619
Los Angeles, CA3$178,496
Austin, TX2$191,947

Worker positions on FY2026 so far filings

Who Block, Inc. files for

Extensions of current workers40%

43 — Continuing H-1B employment with Block, Inc.

New hires29%

31 — Includes new graduates moving from OPT

Transfers from other employers21%

23 — People switching to Block, Inc. from another H-1B employer

Amended petitions7%

7 — Usually a new location or role

Already on an H-1B elsewhere? 21% of positions are transfers from other employers, so Block, Inc. does hire people mid-H-1B.

PERM labor certification

Green card sponsorship

Fiscal yearCertifiedDeniedWithdrawnMedian days to decision
FY20235405291
FY202456127386
FY202574018484
FY2026 so far4304483

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 · Erickson Immigration Group

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Questions about Block, Inc. H-1B sponsorship

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

Yes. Block, Inc. had 107 certified H-1B labor condition applications in FY2026 so far, ranking #353 among all U.S. sponsors.

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

The median is $222,800; the middle half of filings fall between $191,072 and $265,000. The most-filed title, Software Engineer, has a median of $239,924.

Does Block, Inc. sponsor green cards?

Block, Inc. had 43 certified PERM labor certifications in FY2026 so far. PERM is the first government step for most employment-based green cards.

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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.