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American Express

#59 H-1B sponsor of 76,738#3 Payments & fintech sponsor of 26776% roles at wage level III and IV
H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

Payments & fintech · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026

🏢 New York, NY HQ📍 Phoenix, AZ most H-1B filings🌐 americanexpress.com

Does American Express sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?

Yes. American Express has filed 6,745 H-1B LCAs and 1,437 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 American Express filed 1,456 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $148,935, about 22% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 217 green-card cases were decided.

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H-1B filings
6,745
(FY2017–2026)
Median base pay
$149k
from 1,456 filings (FY2025–2026)
Pay vs market
+22%
above national median ($122k, FY2025–2026)
Green-card (PERM) filings
1,437
(FY2017–2026)

H-1B pay & filings by year

Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year

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American Express H-1B LCA filings and median base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal yearH-1B LCA filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)519$153k
FY2025937$147k
FY2024680$149k
FY2023548$143k
FY2022817$137k
FY2021677$120k
FY2020620$120k
FY2019626$116k
FY2018762$111k
FY2017559$109k

A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.

H-1B wage floor & filing outcomes

What this employer pays against the DOL legal minimum, how senior the roles are, and how the filings were decided

Pay vs the legal floor
$129k
13% above the $114k prevailing wage
Role seniority (wage levels)
76% senior
2401,3332,0192,931
LCA decisions
96.7% certified
6,520 of 6,745 filings
Withdrawn 218 · Denied 7
USCIS I-129 petition outcomes · FY2017–2023
New petitions217 decided96.8% approved
Extensions1,648 decided99.5% approved
LCA filings by type
New employment1,567 filings23.2%
Transfers in1,405 filings20.8%
Renewals3,772 filings55.9%

Roles they file for

Top occupations (SOC) · click to search
Software Developers2,921Information Technology Project Managers624Computer and Information Systems Managers475Statisticians315Computer Occupations286

Where they hire

By city

Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year

Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †

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American Express green-card (PERM) filings and median offered wage by fiscal year
Fiscal yearPERM filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)108$124k
FY2025109$118k
FY202472$137k
FY2023106$129k
FY202266$122k
FY2021125$113k
FY2020125$115k
FY2019185$114k
FY2018365$114k
FY2017176$111k

Green-card route and outcomes

Visa held when the green card was filed
H-1B1,153L-155H-43TN2F-11
Green-card wage
$114k
median of 1,437 cases
$105k–$125k typical
PERM decisions
98.2% certified
1,411 of 1,437 filings
Withdrawn 14 · Denied 12

Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024

Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from

Countries of citizenship
India1,072China78Canada14Mexico9Australia8
Top schools
Columbia University20Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University18Arizona State University14Anna University13Visveswaraiah Technological University, Belgaum13
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Fields of study
Electrical Engineering282Computer Engineering218Computer Science151Engineering93Information Systems90
Degrees
Bachelor's756Master's451Doctorate8None5

Patents

Granted
1,538
US patents
Published, not yet granted
2,019
applications
Most recent grant
April 7, 2026
Top area
Information and communication technology914
Other top areas
Electric digital data processing249Transmission of digital information127Coin-freed or like apparatus46Graphical data reading; presentation of data; record carriers43
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Pay against the local market

American Express’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 117% of the local BLS median for the same work.

OccupationMetroFilingsAmerican Express payLocal BLS median‡vs market
Software DevelopersPhoenix, AZ2,135$130,458$111,763117%
Computer Occupations, All OtherPhoenix, AZ613$124,147$93,733132%
Software DevelopersMiami, FL328$130,432$108,162121%
Computer and Information Systems ManagersPhoenix, AZ308$175,774$157,383112%
Computer Occupations, All OtherNew York, NY299$128,485$106,906120%
Software DevelopersNew York, NY287$148,209$133,541111%
StatisticiansNew York, NY273$121,949$117,687104%
Financial Specialists, All OtherNew York, NY236$116,144$98,879117%
Data ScientistsNew York, NY228$137,473$131,282105%
Financial ManagersNew York, NY183$164,957$208,35179%

About American Express

American Express is a payments & fintech company based in New York City. It was founded in 1850 and has about 62,800 employees worldwide. It is listed on NYSE as AXP.

Name (DOL filings)
American Express
Listed
NYSE: AXP
Incorporated in
New York
Headquarters
200 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10285
Industry
Payments & fintech
Employees (global)
76,800 (2025)
Revenue FY2025
$41.3B +6% from $38.8B
Net income FY2025
$10.8B +7% from $10.1B
Founded
1850

American Express pays a median H-1B base of $129,488 across FY2017–2026, about 6% above the typical Payments & fintech sponsor.

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