Which employers sponsor work visas? What 19,750 job postings say
Figures computed on October 21, 2026
We read every open posting collected from company career sites and job boards and counted what each one says about sponsoring a work visa. Most say nothing. Here is what the rest say, updated every day.
Key figures
- Only 5.1% of 19,750 open postings say anything about visa sponsorship.
- 541 postings offer sponsorship and 469 rule it out: refusals are almost as common as offers.
- Sponsorship is concentrated: 37 employers offer it, and the two largest account for 75.4% of all offers.
By country
Postings that offer sponsorship and postings that refuse it, by the country of the job (a remote job open to several countries counts in each).
| Country | Offer sponsorship | Refuse sponsorship |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 277 | 180 |
| United Kingdom | 101 | 83 |
| Germany | 60 | 25 |
| Spain | 31 | 8 |
| Japan | 23 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 20 | 2 |
| Ireland | 19 | 2 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 5 |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 | 1 |
| Portugal | 14 | 4 |
| Hungary | 13 | 3 |
| Serbia | 13 | 1 |
| Austria | 13 | 0 |
| Poland | 12 | 6 |
| India | 12 | 2 |
Employers offering sponsorship
Employers with the most open postings that explicitly offer to sponsor a work visa.
- Anthropic254
- Wayve154
- N8n25
- N2619
- Flexion Robotics8
- Shieldai8
- Trivago8
- Betterhomes5
- Enclave Real Estate5
- Monzo5
- Affirm4
- Agoda4
How we count
A posting counts as offering sponsorship only when its own text says so (for example “we sponsor visas” or “visa sponsorship available”), and as refusing it when it says it does not (“we are unable to sponsor”, “without the need for sponsorship”). Refusals are looked for first, so a refusal is never read as an offer.
Postings that say nothing are not guessed at. Many employers sponsor without saying so in the posting, so these figures show what postings state, not every job open to foreign candidates.
Only open postings are counted, from company career sites (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable…) and public job boards, refreshed every day.
See the jobs that offer sponsorshipHow visa sponsorship works