Etsy
Brooklyn, NY · founded 2005
Etsy runs the marketplace for handmade, vintage and craft goods, headquartered in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighborhood in a well-known adaptively reused industrial building. It has long had a mission-driven, design-conscious, B-Corp-rooted identity, though it formally dropped B-Corp certification years ago as it scaled and went public. The culture skews creative and values-forward, and benefits reflect that with paid parental leave for all genders, backup care, adoption and family-planning support, 401(k) matching and equity. The business reality is a mature marketplace under pressure to grow, which has meant cost discipline and layoffs, and ongoing tension with sellers over fees. Good for people who care about a creative, purpose-driven consumer marketplace and want strong family-friendly benefits in New York, with clear eyes about a slower-growth public company.
see the full file on Etsydocumented benefits (19)
| Birthing-parent leave | offered |
|---|---|
| Partner leave | offered |
| How leave is framed | equal_all_parents |
| Fertility support | yes |
| Backup care | yes |
| Mental health | yes |
| Wellness stipend | offered |
| Volunteer days | offered |
| Retirement match | offered |
| Equity | RSU |
| Campus or amenities | Brooklyn (Dumbo) headquarters; offices are 'Zero Waste' certified and powered by 100% renewable electricity. |
| Median filed wage | $170,000 |
| Publicly traded | yes |
| Funding stage | Public |
| Vesting schedule | Employee RSUs: requisite service period generally three or four years from the grant date |
| Life insurance | yes |
| Dental | yes |
| Vision | yes |
| Disability | yes |
what Etsy pays
Median of 7 certified wages filed with the US Department of Labor: $170,000.
Half of Etsy's certified filings fall between $169,000 and $197,100.
Source: US Department of Labor, FY2025 Q4. Read 2026-07-27.
notable perks
- Etsy Labs: an in-office craft workspace stocked with equipment and donated materials, where people make things and take or teach hands-on workshops
- Offices are certified 'Zero Waste' — the Brooklyn HQ diverts nearly all its trash from landfill via composting and recycling
- Offices run on 100% renewable electricity, and Etsy even matches employees' work-from-home electricity use with renewables
- Creative Brooklyn-loft workspace: open plan in a converted industrial building with exposed ductwork, plants and a team photo wall
the legal floor where they are
Set by law, not by Etsy. It applies to every employer in NY.
| IVF cycles the state covers | New York requires three IVF cycles, from large groups only. Insurance Law §§ 3221(k)(6)(C) and 4303(s)(3) require large group policies to cover 'three cycles of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) used to treat infertility and prescription drugs that are prescribed for the IVF treatment'. Large group means more than 100 employees, and the law applies to policies issued or renewed on or after 1 January 2020. Age restrictions are not permitted, and an insurer may not discriminate on age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status or gender identity. Small group and individual plans must cover basic infertility treatment such as intrauterine insemination but are NOT required to cover IVF. THE LIMIT THAT DECIDES WHETHER THIS REACHES YOU: the Department of Financial Services states that 'the IVF law does not apply to self-funded ERISA plans', nor to Medicaid managed care, the Essential Plan or Medicare. KFF's 2025 employer survey puts 67% of covered workers in a self-funded plan and 80% at firms of 200 or more, so at most large New York employers this law does not apply and the fertility benefit on the page is the company's own choice. (New York Insurance Law §§ 3221(k)(6)(C) and 4303(s)(3), effective 1 January 2020.) |
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| Adoption leave the law gives | 12 workweeks of UNPAID job-protected leave in any 12-month period on the placement of a child for adoption or foster care, and only for employees who meet the FMLA eligibility test. There is no federal paid adoption leave. (Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(B) and 2612(c); eligibility at 29 U.S.C. 2611(2) and (4). Quoted from the 2023 edition of the US Code.) |
| Pay when you are ill | No federal law requires any paid sick leave. The FLSA does not require payment for time not worked, and the FMLA gives 12 workweeks of UNPAID job-protected leave in any 12-month period for a serious health condition, and only for employees who meet the FMLA eligibility test. Any paid sick time comes from a state or city law, or from the employer's own choice. (Fair Labor Standards Act, per the Department of Labor's statement on payment for time not worked; Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(D) and 2612(c). Quoted from the 2023 edition of the US Code on govinfo.gov.) |
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