WhatsApp H-1B wage filings
Menlo Park, CA. Last filed in fiscal 2026. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five. Also filed as WHATSAPP INC.; WhatsApp LLC.
WhatsApp filed 139 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2026, covering 281 positions. The median wage it offered was $185,000, 15.2% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Software Engineer (70 filings, median $193,050).
- Filings since FY2020
- 139
- Positions covered
- 281
- Certified
- 97.8%
- Job titles
- 32
- Worksite cities
- 7
- Last filed
- FY2026
Offered wage since 2020
WhatsApp's median H-1B wage offer rose 55%, from $164,467 in fiscal 2020 to $255,458 in fiscal 2023. In fiscal 2023 it was 30.4% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2020, with 52 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
WhatsApp by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2025 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2024 | 4 | $232,829 | −8.9% | $215,197 | +8.2% |
| 2023 | 11 | $255,458 | +31.0% | $183,310 | +30.4% |
| 2022 | 16 | $195,030 | +6.5% | $165,110 | +18.0% |
| 2021 | 52 | $183,150 | +11.4% | $151,154 | +14.3% |
| 2020 | 52 | $164,467 | n/a | $140,254 | +15.1% |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing | Median since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 70 | $193,050 | +13.9% | +51% since 2020 | |
| Engineering Manager | 7 | $240,000 | +13.9% | ||
| Data Scientist | 5 | $177,899 | +23.9% | ||
| Software Engineering Manager | 5 | $241,560 | +6.8% | ||
| Market Specialist | 4 | $106,050 | +12.8% | ||
| Technical Specialist | 4 | $109,000 | +2.9% | ||
| Language Lead | 3 | $96,000 | +61.3% | ||
| Market Manager, Customer Operations | 3 | $161,454 | +15.1% | ||
| Product Designer | 3 | $160,000 | +37.8% | ||
| Product Manager | 3 | $190,995 | +9.0% | ||
| Data Science Manager | 2 | $180,644 | +24.6% | ||
| Director, Brand & Consumer Marketing | 2 | $315,796 | +38.7% | ||
| Director, Product Management | 2 | $318,295 | +21.8% | ||
| Marketing Decision Scientist | 2 | $185,000 | +37.7% | ||
| Product Design Director | 2 | $319,086 | +116.8% | ||
| Product Design Manager | 2 | $225,088 | +98.1% | ||
| Product Marketing Manager | 2 | $202,706 | +9.6% | ||
| Technical Quality Specialist | 2 | $114,325 | +18.8% | ||
| Anti-Abuse Analyst | 1 | $104,870 | +9.8% | ||
| Business Analyst | 1 | $173,700 | +19.6% | ||
| Consumer Product Marketing Manager | 1 | $182,000 | +22.5% | ||
| Content Strategist | 1 | $104,582 | +19.2% | ||
| Decision Scientist | 1 | $185,000 | +42.0% | ||
| Director, Head of WhatsApp Design | 1 | $274,400 | +72.4% | ||
| Front End Engineer | 1 | $202,209 | +19.3% | ||
| Head of Business Integrity, WhatsApp Trust & Safety | 1 | $234,630 | +44.5% | ||
| Localization Project Manager | 1 | $127,000 | +5.5% | ||
| Product Marketing Lead | 1 | $259,300 | +31.6% | ||
| Project Manager | 1 | $104,870 | +9.7% | ||
| Software Engineeer | 1 | $162,436 | +11.8% | ||
| Strategic Program Manager | 1 | $125,486 | +41.4% | ||
| User Experience Researcher | 1 | $156,427 | +37.3% | ||
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Menlo Park, CA | 125 | $183,150 |
| San Francisco, CA | 6 | $301,350 |
| New York, NY | 3 | $299,333 |
| Seattle, WA | 2 | $213,715 |
| Edison, NJ | 1 | $133,022 |
| Fremont, CA | 1 | $215,896 |
| Jersey City, NJ | 1 | $185,000 |
By visa type: 133 H-1B, 4 E-3 (Australia), 2 H-1B1 (Singapore). By outcome: 121 certified, 15 certified and later withdrawn, 3 withdrawn before a decision.
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages WhatsApp attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
- On 58.3% of its filings, WhatsApp declared itself an H-1B-dependent employer: one where H-1B workers make up a large share of staff, which adds hiring obligations.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.