######## sample on 2026-10-13 all roles 4021, companies 170 main sample: roles open in the US at US-based companies 2718, companies 136 ######## what the posting text says, role level yes 10 0.4% case by case 271 10.0% no new 13 0.5% no 29 1.1% silent 2395 88.1% any sponsorship statement 323 11.9% without the two companies with most statements ['anthropic', 'roblox']: 73 of 2468 3.0% silent on sponsorship but requires existing US work authorization 17 0.6% citizenship / clearance / export-control line 390 14.3% conflicts (yes and no in one role): [] ######## company level: what a company says in any of its US roles silent 115 84.6% refuses (no or no new) 13 9.6% affirm roles 42 silent 41, no 1 calendly roles 4 no 4 harvey roles 40 silent 37, no 3 honeycomb roles 3 no 3 jellyfish roles 2 no 2 mozilla roles 6 silent 4, no 2 newrelic roles 4 no 4 pinterest roles 37 silent 36, no 1 planetscale roles 4 silent 3, no 1 render roles 13 no new 13 scaleai roles 40 silent 39, no 1 vanta roles 15 silent 9, no 6 xai roles 52 silent 51, no 1 offers (yes or case by case) 8 5.9% anthropic roles 128 case by case 128 cartesia roles 4 case by case 4 clickup roles 17 case by case 17 flexport roles 4 silent 3, yes 1 klaviyo roles 26 silent 25, yes 1 reka roles 4 yes 4 roblox roles 122 case by case 122 sonder roles 4 yes 4 ######## the application form (roles whose form was read) roles 2718, companies 136 form asks about sponsorship 2466 90.7% without the company with most roles (spacex): 2241 of 2490 90.0% form asks about work authorization 1844 67.8% text silent, form asks 2160 79.5%; share of asking roles whose text is silent 87.6% board gh: roles 1757, companies 70, form asks 1618 92.1% board ab: roles 818, companies 61, form asks 711 86.9% board lv: roles 143, companies 5, form asks 137 95.8% text stance among roles with a form read: silent 2395, case by case 271, no 29, no new 13, yes 10 stance yes roles 10 form asks 6 60.0% stance case by case roles 271 form asks 259 95.6% stance no new roles 13 form asks 13 100.0% stance no roles 29 form asks 28 96.6% stance silent roles 2395 form asks 2160 90.2% companies: ask in every US role 89, in none 18, in some 29, of 136 never ask: ['anchorage', 'cartesia', 'character', 'cockroachlabs', 'cognition', 'discord', 'figma', 'hightouch', 'inngest', 'lattice', 'linear', 'midjourney', 'modal', 'paxos', 'planetscale', 'reka', 'resend', 'rocketlab'] ######## by seniority, main sample intern roles 136 refuses 2 1.5% offers 4 2.9% form asks 130/136 95.6% junior roles 7 refuses 0 0.0% offers 0 0.0% form asks 6/7 85.7% mid roles 1013 refuses 17 1.7% offers 67 6.6% form asks 910/1013 89.8% senior roles 814 refuses 15 1.8% offers 82 10.1% form asks 750/814 92.1% staff roles 748 refuses 8 1.1% offers 128 17.1% form asks 670/748 89.6% ######## where the refusing and the offering companies have roles open refuses (no or no new) companies 13 roles with a country 334 open outside the US 138 41.3% not open in the US 72 21.6% offers (yes or case by case) companies 8 roles with a country 361 open outside the US 65 18.0% not open in the US 52 14.4% mixed companies 0 roles with a country 0 open outside the US 0 n/a not open in the US 0 n/a silent companies 115 roles with a country 2800 open outside the US 951 34.0% not open in the US 653 23.3% per company, median of its own share (companies with 5+ roles with a country) refuses (no or no new) companies 9 median share open outside the US 39% offers (yes or case by case) companies 7 median share open outside the US 20% silent companies 85 median share open outside the US 33% ######## how the form asks (roles whose form asks about sponsorship) now or in the future 2151 87.2% names H-1B or another visa type 492 20.0% yes/no only, of 1755 on Greenhouse and Lever 1291 73.6% the sponsorship question is required 2447 of 2466 99.2% ######## companies: the ad against the form, company level ad silent everywhere form never asks 15 ad silent everywhere form asks 100 ad says something form never asks 3 ad says something form asks 18