Snowflake Inc.

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

Short answer

Yes, Snowflake Inc. sponsors H-1B visas. It had 423 certified H-1B filings in FY2026 so far, with a median salary of $161,637.

H-1B filings · FY2026 so far

423

#76 of 50,637 sponsors

Median salary

$161,637

+28% vs all H-1B ($126,372)

Green cards (PERM) · FY2026 so far

83

certified labor certifications

Most common level

Level IV

34% 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 · 421 filings

What Snowflake Inc. pays H-1B workers

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10th pct
$128,000
25th pct
$149,240
Median
$161,637
75th pct
$200,000
90th pct
$220,000

DOL wage level of filings

  • Level I · entry · 20%
  • Level II · qualified · 32%
  • Level III · experienced · 15%
  • Level IV · fully competent · 34%

Of 402 filings that state a level. Level matters in the wage-weighted H-1B lottery.

FY2026 so far

Top roles Snowflake Inc. sponsors

Job titleDOL occupationFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Software Engineer Software Developers 169 $160,000 $149,240 – $161,637
Senior Software Engineer Software Developers 55 $200,000 $200,000 – $213,512
Staff Software Engineer Software Developers 20 $236,000 $236,000 – $236,000
Senior Solution Engineer Sales Engineers 9 $165,000 $165,000 – $167,627
Software Engineer Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 6 $139,896 $128,448 – $161,566
Staff Cloud Support Engineer Database Administrators 6 $136,224 $136,000 – $138,336
Principal Solution Engineer Sales Engineers 3 $185,099 $183,952 – $185,099
Engineering Manager Computer and Information Systems Managers 3 $286,270 $267,456 – $286,270

FY2026 so far worksites

Where they work

CityFilingsMedian
Menlo Park, CA211$165,422
Bellevue, WA134$160,000
Dublin, CA21$155,522
Atlanta, GA6$135,928
New York, NY5$172,000
Chicago, IL4$136,000
Bothell, WA3$198,390
Boston, MA2$144,814

Worker positions on FY2026 so far filings

Who Snowflake Inc. files for

New hires39%

1,741 — Includes new graduates moving from OPT

Extensions of current workers22%

965 — Continuing H-1B employment with Snowflake Inc.

Transfers from other employers21%

948 — People switching to Snowflake Inc. from another H-1B employer

Amended petitions18%

802 — Usually a new location or role

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

PERM labor certification

Green card sponsorship

Fiscal yearCertifiedDeniedWithdrawnMedian days to decision
FY20235511293
FY20243213390
FY202514901493
FY2026 so far8310501

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

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

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Questions about Snowflake Inc. H-1B sponsorship

Does Snowflake Inc. sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Snowflake Inc. had 423 certified H-1B labor condition applications in FY2026 so far, ranking #76 among all U.S. sponsors.

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

The median is $161,637; the middle half of filings fall between $149,240 and $200,000. The most-filed title, Software Engineer, has a median of $160,000.

Does Snowflake Inc. sponsor green cards?

Snowflake Inc. had 83 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.