The petitioner pays the published filing fees, plus the cost of forming and documenting the U.S. entity. Recruiting the staff the executive role depends on is the largest real expense.
The petition depends on a payroll you have to fund
Read the filing fees from the USCIS fee schedule at the time of filing, and treat faster processing as an optional business cost. Around them sit incorporation, share issuance, banking, premises, insurance and accountancy for the new entity. The expense easiest to overlook is the one the petition itself depends on: an executive role only exists if other people are doing the operational work, and hiring those people costs wages before the U.S. operation produces revenue. Budget that as part of the immigration plan rather than as a separate business decision, because a first-year extension will be judged on whether it happened. Add the cost of a second filing at twelve months where the office is new, and a contingency for a request for further evidence.
Hypothetical example: a botanical-skincare manufacturer budgets for the petition but postpones the hiring needed to let the U.S. president manage rather than pack orders. The first review should distinguish filing expenses from the operating expense that makes the claimed position credible. The payroll forecast, signed offers, premises budget, and cash-flow statements settle whether the plan can be carried out. Sequence the budget by funding the legal entity and physical operation, then the staff, then the filing and any expedited option; do not treat employees as an afterthought. A common mistake is relying on an organizational chart with unpaid or hypothetical workers. If revenue cannot support the planned hires, the cost question is really an eligibility question, and the role or timing should be reconsidered before filing.