2026 H-1B Sponsorship Report for UX & Product Designers

The five product classifications cover all 955 postings in this cohort. Highly likely: 89 / 955 (9.3%); Likely: 415 / 955 (43.5%); Possible: 237 / 955 (24.8%); Unclear: 145 / 955 (15.2%); Unlikely: 69 / 955 (7.2%). Percentages are rounded to one decimal place and may not sum to exactly 100%.

Highly likely and Likely form an evidence-backed starting point, not an application acceptance rate. Possible indicates limited support. Unclear means the available record does not justify a stronger conclusion; Unlikely reflects negative evidence under the product’s rules.

The largest title-defined subtype is Product Design: 648 / 955 postings. Each subgroup’s favorable share uses its own sample size, rather than all 955 openings. Product Design: 309 / 648 (47.7%) Highly likely or Likely; UX / UI / Interaction: 143 / 215 (66.5%) Highly likely or Likely; UX Research: 34 / 64 (53.1%) Highly likely or Likely; Design Systems: 16 / 26 (61.5%) Highly likely or Likely.

These subtypes refine the existing design family for reporting; they are based on title rules and are not independently verified occupations. Groups with fewer than 20 postings should be read as descriptive counts, not reliable estimates of a broader market.

The employer table lists up to 20 employers with current openings. Ranking first uses design openings with verified employer identity and mapped, positive LCA or USCIS history; then Highly likely + Likely openings; then total active design openings; finally employer name. This prioritizes the overlap between current inventory and attributable evidence, rather than historical filing volume. The leading three employers hold 145 / 955 postings (15.2%) in this design cohort.

Verified history is an employer-level fact and can include USCIS continuation approvals. It does not establish design-specific sponsorship, new hiring, or eligibility for every opening. The favorable column separately reflects each posting’s current classification.

Primary state is available for 738 / 955 postings. The chart shows the ten largest recorded primary-state buckets; the HTML table contains every bucket. Unspecified and multi-location records remain visible. CA: 303 / 955 (31.7%); NY: 165 / 955 (17.3%); WA: 86 / 955 (9.0%).

A posting is counted once under its stored primary state. Multi-location and nationwide remote openings can be eligible in additional states, so this is a description of recorded posting locations rather than the number of available seats or all eligible worksites.

Unspecified: 616 / 955 (64.5%); Remote: 235 / 955 (24.6%); Hybrid: 88 / 955 (9.2%); On-site: 16 / 955 (1.7%). Workplace type describes where work is performed; it does not determine the employer’s immigration policy. For Remote postings, 57 / 235 carry Highly likely or Likely signals. With 616 / 955 workplace values unspecified, this is not enough to claim that remote work causes weaker sponsorship.

Compare signals inside each arrangement using its own denominator. Unspecified is retained as a category; the absence of a remote flag is never treated as evidence that an opening is on-site.

Search broadly within your discipline: Product Design contributes 648 / 955 openings. Its signal share differs from UX / UI / Interaction, but this cohort does not justify changing your specialization or claiming higher hiring success in another subtype.

Use the employer table as a research shortlist. For example, Amazon has 87 active design openings in this snapshot, with 84 attached to verified history and 84 classified Highly likely or Likely. Verify the individual job and employing legal entity before applying.

If you need remote work, investigate the 57 favorable-signal postings among 235 Remote openings rather than assuming any remote role supports a visa. Check permitted states and U.S. work authorization requirements on the source posting.

For the 145 Unclear openings, ask the recruiter about sponsorship for this role and your visa pathway before investing in an interview loop. Missing evidence is not a refusal; an explicit restriction is more decisive than company-wide filing history.