Afterpay

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 27 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Activities Related to Credit Intermediation
  • Main U.S. filing address: Oakland, CA
Median base salary$201,790+64% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$186.4k–$230.7k
Level IV (expert) share72%all employers: 18%
Median prevailing wage$180,960the required minimum for these jobs and places

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Enter the base salary in your offer. We compare it with Afterpay's certified filings for the same job.

10th $172.6k25th $186.4kmedian $201.8k75th $230.7k90th $291k

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Percentiles from Afterpay's certified H-1B filings, base salary only. Jobs with at least 10 filings.

What Afterpay hires for

Bar: share of Afterpay's filings. Figure: median base salary. Top 10 jobs account for 96% of filings (11 occupations in total).

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JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$224,00110

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Afterpay.

Pay by level

–Level I
Entry-level · 0% of filings
–Level II
Mid-level · 0% of filings
too fewLevel III
Senior · 28% of filings
$214kLevel IV
Expert · 72% of filings
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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II – 0
Senior · Level III too few 7
Expert · Level IV $213,951 18

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Where Afterpay files

Median base salary in each metro area. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent, FY2027.

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Metro areaMedianFilings
San Francisco, CA$196,50015

Salary details

Median salary$201,790
Middle 50%$186.4k–$230.7k
vs. all employers+64%comparison median $122,699
Filings27FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $164,209 and $370,680.
PercentileSalary
10th$172,640
25th$186,350
50th (median)$201,790
75th$230,713
90th$291,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$120k $175k $230k FY2020: median $137,500 (23 filings) FY2021: median $155,000 (42 filings) FY2022: median $169,000 (49 filings) FY2023: median $170,100 (43 filings) FY2024: median $174,500 (23 filings) FY2025: median $194,500 (17 filings) FY2026: median $217,950 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 23 filings FY20 FY2021: 42 filings FY21 FY2022: 49 filings FY22 FY2023: 43 filings FY23 FY2024: 23 filings FY24 FY2025: 17 filings FY25 FY2026: 10 filings FY26 49
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$137,500$130,000$160,00023
FY2021$155,000$136,250$183,06042
FY2022$169,000$150,000$185,00049
FY2023$170,100$159,050$194,60043
FY2024$174,500$166,800$197,70023
FY2025$194,500$179,323$220,00217
FY2026$217,950$203,216$245,20010

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$201,790
Median prevailing wage$180,960
Median difference+15.5%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage0%

Filing at exactly the prevailing wage does not mean low pay: at senior levels and in high-cost areas the prevailing wage itself is high.

About Afterpay

Afterpay's filings list its industry as Activities Related to Credit Intermediation (Finance and Insurance sector, NAICS 5223). Its main U.S. filing address is in Oakland, CA and its filings in the data run from FY2020 to FY2026 Q3. In the latest two fiscal years, the most filed jobs are Software Engineer, Systems Engineer / Architect and Quantitative Analyst and the main metro areas are San Francisco, CA, San Jose, CA and New York, NY. The most common wage level in those years is Level IV (expert).

Questions

Does Afterpay sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Afterpay filed 27 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications in FY2025–FY2026, the latest two fiscal years. The most recent filing in the data is from FY2026 Q3. A certified LCA is a step before the H-1B petition; it is not a visa approval.

How much does Afterpay pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Afterpay's H-1B filings is $201,790; half of filings fall between $186,350 and $230,713. Bonus and stock are not included.