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21 Remote Companies That Pay for Your Home Office

Home office stipends with dollar amounts verified against company handbooks and job postings — setup budgets, monthly allowances, and refresh cycles.

21companies736open roles87avg REMOTE Score

Updated November 2, 2026 — hand-reviewed list

Openings checked November 2, 2026

Every remote job ad promises to set you up for success at home. Most of them stop there.

We went looking for the number behind the promise, and found that the number usually isn't there. Fewer than half the remote companies we track with a home office stipend publish what it's actually worth. Worse: when we traced the dollar figures that do circulate about these companies, 45% of them were wrong or unsourced. One well-known remote employer has three specific amounts attached to its name that appear nowhere on its own website, in any of its live job postings, or in a two-year-old archive of its careers page.

So this list has a narrow entry requirement. Every company below publishes a real number on a page you can open yourself — a careers page, a job posting on their own hiring board, or a public handbook. A company that only says "generous home office stipend" isn't here, no matter how good the rest of its remote setup is.

What you'll notice reading down the list is that the shape of the benefit matters more than the size. A $750 budget that resets every three years beats a $2,000 one-time payment by year seven. A monthly stipend covers the internet bill; a setup budget covers the desk. The companies that thought hardest about remote work tend to offer both. Those are usually the same employers you'll find on the best remote companies to work for list.

21 Best Remote Companies That Offer a Home Office Stipend

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DuckDuckGo logo

DuckDuckGo

Hiring now
Fully Remote
Internet Services
BrowserCybersecurity
350 employees10 open remote roles

Home Office Stipend at DuckDuckGo

Up to $1,250 for the desk, chair, monitors, and keyboard, then $100 every month toward internet and supplies, with coworking up to $500 monthly. All of it sits in a dated support guide you can download before you apply.

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Kit logo

Kit

Hiring now
Fully Remote
Marketing Technology
MarTechSaaS Platform
100 employees6 open remote roles

Home Office Stipend at Kit

A $2,000 equipment budget on joining, then $1,000 every two years to replace what wore out, plus $360 a year toward internet paid each January. The policy sits in a public handbook, and the budget is scoped to US-based core team members.

3
RevenueCat logo

RevenueCat

Hiring now
Fully Remote
FinTech
DevToolsFinTech+1 more
150 employees19 open remote roles

Home Office Stipend at RevenueCat

A one-time $2,000 budget for the home workspace, printed on the job postings themselves rather than saved for the offer call. A $1,000 annual learning stipend sits alongside it.

4
Tremendous logo

Tremendous

Hiring now
Fully Remote
FinTech
FinTechSaaS Platform
150 employees26 open remote roles

Home Office Stipend at Tremendous

$750 for the home office, and it resets every three years — so the chair you bought in year one isn't the chair you're stuck with in year four. The amount is published in an open handbook, not quoted secondhand.

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Customer.io logo

Customer.io

Hiring now
Fully Remote
SaaS Platforms
MarTechData & Analytics+1 more
450 employees24 open remote roles

Home Office Stipend at Customer.io

$1,500 to set up the home office on day one, then $250 every month after that for internet, phone, and the rest of what remote work quietly costs. A separate $300 monthly coworking budget covers the days home doesn't work.

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PostHog logo

PostHog

Hiring now
Fully Remote
Software Development
DevToolsData & Analytics
200 employees9 open remote roles

Home Office Stipend at PostHog

Not a stipend but a company card, with published guidance of up to $500 for a desk, $500 for a chair, and $250 for a keyboard. Laptop and monitor are bought centrally, so nobody fronts the cost and waits on a reimbursement.

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Trail of Bits logo

Trail of Bits

Hiring now
Fully Remote
Computer & Network Security
CybersecurityBlockchain & Web3+1 more
150 employees6 open remote roles

Home Office Stipend at Trail of Bits

A $1,000 work-from-home stipend to build a comfortable, productive home office. The figure appears in the job postings themselves; the careers page names the benefit without it, so read the posting.

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GitLab logo

GitLab

Hiring now
Fully Remote
Software Development
AI/MLCybersecurity+2 more
2,500 employees232 open remote roles

Home Office Stipend at GitLab

$1,500 in year one, then a $500 refresh every following year, issued as a virtual card that expires if unused. Laptops come from IT separately on a three-year cycle. The whole policy lives in the public handbook.

9
Buffer logo
Fully Remote
Social Media Management
MarTechSaaS Platform
50 employees

Home Office Stipend at Buffer

$1,000 to set up the home office, published openly alongside their salary formula. A separate working-smarter stipend covers coworking and coffee shops, and the laptop refreshes every three years.

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Huntress logo

Huntress

Hiring now
Fully Remote
Computer & Network Security
Cybersecurity
800 employees36 open remote roles

Home Office Stipend at Huntress

$500 one-time for the US home office setup plus $75 a month for internet and phone. Australian staff get AUD 800 to start, AUD 185 monthly, and a further AUD 40 a month specifically to keep replacing gear as it ages.

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Nearform logo

Nearform

Hiring now
Fully Remote
IT Services & Consulting
Dev AgencyAI/ML
500 employees23 open remote roles

Home Office Stipend at Nearform

€1,250 every two years for the home office, on top of the equipment issued at hire. The cadence matters more than the size here: a two-year refresh cycle is rare in a field of one-and-done setup budgets.

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Mercury logo

Mercury

Hiring now
Remote-First
FinTech
FinTech
1,400 employees74 open remote roles

Home Office Stipend at Mercury

$600 one-time for a work-from-home equipment setup, plus $50 a month toward the cell phone bill. Both figures are listed on the careers page rather than left to the offer conversation.

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Bitwarden logo

Bitwarden

Hiring now
Fully Remote
Computer & Network Security
CybersecuritySaaS Platform+1 more
250 employees30 open remote roles

Home Office Stipend at Bitwarden

A company computer, plus up to $500 reimbursed to upgrade the home office around it. Stated plainly on the careers page in one sentence with one number, which is rarer than it should be.

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Prolific logo

Prolific

Hiring now
Remote-First
SaaS Platforms
AI/MLResearch Tools
200 employees24 open remote roles

Home Office Stipend at Prolific

£/$1,000 for new joiners to set up the home office, then £/$200 every following year to renew equipment, both inclusive of VAT or sales tax. Published in an external handbook linked from every job posting.

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Docker logo

Docker

Hiring now
Fully Remote
API & Developer Tools
DevTools
1,000 employees53 open remote roles

Home Office Stipend at Docker

The home office is set up before day one, then a technology stipend equivalent to $100 net per month keeps it running, with a monthly coworking allowance on top. The setup amount isn't published; the monthly figure is.

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Aurora Solar logo

Aurora Solar

Hiring now
Remote-First
Software Development
CleanTechSaaS Platform+1 more
300 employees8 open remote roles

Home Office Stipend at Aurora Solar

$500 for the home office, $750 in engineering roles, up to $100 a month toward internet or phone, and $300 a month for coworking. Amounts are localized by hiring country and published per posting.

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3Cloud logo

3Cloud

Hiring now
Remote-First
IT Services & Consulting
Dev AgencyData & Analytics+1 more
1,200 employees39 open remote roles

Home Office Stipend at 3Cloud

$67 a month as a combined tech and home office allowance. Modest, recurring, and stated to the dollar in current job postings rather than described as generous and left there.

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Axios logo

Axios

Hiring now
Remote-First
Online Media
450 employees23 open remote roles

Home Office Stipend at Axios

$100 every month as a work-from-home stipend. No setup lump sum, just a recurring line you can count on, with the figure stated in their current job postings.

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Alpaca logo

Alpaca

Hiring now
Fully Remote
FinTech
FinTechDevTools
400 employees70 open remote roles

Home Office Stipend at Alpaca

$500 once to set up, then $150 every month, both charged to a company card rather than reimbursed after the fact. The amounts appear in the job postings, so you know the number before you apply.

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Skylight logo

Skylight

Hiring now
Fully Remote
IT Services & Consulting
GovTechDev Agency+1 more
200 employees16 open remote roles

Home Office Stipend at Skylight

Up to $750 a year toward anything that helps you do the job better, a new computer included. Annual rather than one-time, which means the budget survives past onboarding instead of expiring with it.

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Game Changer logo

Game Changer

Hiring now
Remote-First
Software Development
Gaming
8 open remote roles

Home Office Stipend at Game Changer

$500 a year for the work-from-home setup, and a $4,000 technology stipend every two years on top — the larger of the two is the one most roundups miss. Both are listed on their own job board.

How We Ranked These Companies

We started with every company we track that carries a home office stipend, then applied one rule: the amount has to come from the company itself.

That means a careers page, a benefits page, a public handbook, or a job posting on the company's own hiring board. It does not mean Built In, Levels.fyi, Glassdoor, or Comparably. Those sites carry a lot of stipend figures, and a striking number of them are wrong — copied between aggregators until a single anonymous employee report hardens into a fact. One company on our shortlist had a "$380 per month" figure circulating that appears nowhere in its own materials and flatly contradicts its own description of the benefit as locally adjusted.

Of the claims we checked that carried a dollar amount, 45% had at least one figure that was wrong, stale, or unsupported by any first-party source. One company's stored amounts were off by exactly double on both legs of the policy. Five companies turned out to have no home office stipend at all — and one of those prices every other benefit on its careers page, which is exactly why the silence on this one was so telling. Those claims came out of our database, not just off this page.

We also read for the details that matter after day one: whether the budget refreshes, what it covers, whether it's scoped to a single country. Those are in the notes beside each company.

Every company here is rated by Remotivated based on public information. Amounts were current as of July 2026. Stipends do get cut — several were reduced between 2023 and 2025 — so if you're weighing an offer, get the number in writing.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a home office stipend?
A home office stipend is money an employer gives you to set up and run a workspace at home. It usually takes one of two shapes: a one-time setup budget for furniture and equipment, or a recurring monthly allowance for ongoing costs like internet and phone. Some companies offer both, and a few pair them with a coworking budget for the days home doesn't work. It is separate from the laptop, which most remote employers issue directly rather than asking you to buy.
What is the average home office stipend?
There is no reliable industry average, because most companies never publish a figure. Across the companies on this page — all of which do publish one — one-time setup budgets run from $500 to $2,000, with $1,000 the most common. Recurring monthly stipends run from $50 to $250, clustering around $100. Treat any single quoted 'average' with suspicion: most of the numbers circulating online trace back to anonymous employee reports rather than company policy.
Is a home office stipend taxable?
It depends on how the employer structures it. In the United States, reimbursement of documented business expenses under what the IRS calls an accountable plan is generally not taxable income to you. A flat cash stipend paid without substantiation is generally treated as taxable wages. The practical tell: if you submit receipts, it is probably a reimbursement; if it lands in your paycheck every month regardless of what you spend, it is probably taxed. Rules differ outside the US, and this isn't tax advice — ask your employer how their plan is structured, and a tax professional what it means for you.
What does a remote work stipend cover?
Most policies cover desks, chairs, monitors, keyboards, mice, headsets, and lighting. Recurring stipends typically cover internet and mobile bills. Beyond that, the range is wide: some companies extend it to coworking day passes, and at least one explicitly allows plants, art, and home cleaning. A few restrict it tightly to ergonomic equipment. The scope is usually spelled out in the policy, so it's worth asking rather than assuming.
What is the difference between a setup budget and a monthly stipend?
A setup budget is a one-time amount, usually paid at hire, meant to furnish the room — desk, chair, monitor. A monthly stipend is recurring and meant to cover the costs of working from home that never stop, mainly internet and phone. They solve different problems, which is why the strongest policies include both. If a company offers only a setup budget, ask whether it ever refreshes; if it offers only a monthly stipend, the first month probably won't buy you a chair.
Do companies still offer home office stipends in 2026?
Yes, but the benefit has thinned since its 2021 peak. Several companies cut or quietly retired their stipends between 2023 and 2025, and a handful of the figures still circulating online describe policies that no longer exist. Genuinely remote-first companies have largely kept theirs, and the ones that publish the amount publicly are the safest bet — a company willing to print the number is a company that has budgeted for it.
How do I ask about a home office stipend in an interview?
Ask late, and ask specifically. Once you're at the offer stage, ask three questions: what is the amount, does it refresh and how often, and what does it cover. Asking whether it refreshes is the one most candidates skip and the one that reveals the most — a company that has thought past your first month will have an answer ready. Get it in writing alongside the salary, not as a verbal aside.
Do I have to return home office equipment if I leave?
Sometimes. Policies vary and they are not always obvious from the benefits page. Laptops and monitors bought by the company almost always go back. Furniture bought with a stipend usually stays with you, but some employers state explicitly that items purchased with the budget remain company property. One company on this list says so in its public handbook. It's a fair question to ask before you spend the money.

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## What a good home office stipend actually looks like Three things separate a serious stipend from a line written to pad out a benefits page. **It has a number attached.** Not "generous," not "competitive." A company that has actually budgeted for this can tell you the figure before you apply — several of the companies above put it directly in the job posting. **It refreshes.** A one-time setup budget assumes your chair lasts forever. The strongest policies here cycle: GitLab refreshes annually, Nearform every two years, Tremendous every three. **It splits setup from running costs.** The desk is a purchase. Internet is a bill. Companies offering both a one-time budget and a monthly stipend have thought about remote work as an ongoing condition rather than an onboarding event. If you're comparing offers, ask for the policy in writing and ask what happens in year three. The answer tells you more about how a company thinks about distributed work than the headline number does.

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