Apple H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

#14 H-1B sponsor of 59,424

H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

Consumer electronics · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026

🏢 Cupertino, CA HQ🌐 apple.com

Does Apple sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?

Yes. Apple has filed 36,284 H-1B LCAs and 9,946 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor since FY2017, most recently 6,414 in FY2025 at a $175k median base salary, about 47% above the national H-1B median.

Median base pay (H-1B)

$175k

FY2025

$154k–$200k typical

Pay vs market

+47%

above national H-1B median

vs $119k in FY2025

Green-card (PERM)

9,946

FY2017–2026

$148k median wage

99.6% certified

H-1B pay & filings by year

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

Wage floor & filing outcomes

The DOL-required prevailing wage (the legal floor, not actual pay), skill levels, and LCA decisions

Median prevailing wage

$150k

DOL legal floor, not actual pay

Offered median $164k

Wage levels

Level I258Level II4,911Level III9,180Level IV13,118

LCA decisions

Certified34,261Withdrawn1,960Denied63

Roles they sponsor

Top occupations (SOC) · click to search

Software Developers15,232 Electronics Engineers, Except Computer5,284 Electrical Engineers2,594 Mechanical Engineers1,467 Computer and Information Systems Managers1,432 Industrial Engineers1,220 Information Technology Project Managers820 Operations Research Analysts804

Where they hire

By city

By state

Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year

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

How they get sponsored

Visa held when the green card (PERM) was filed

H-1B7,802L-1603O-1120TN51H-439F-111L-29PAROLEE9

What this means → Green-card paths

Worker backgrounds

Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from · FY2017–2024

Countries of citizenship

India4,901China1,518Canada579France158United Kingdom153Taiwan145Germany99South Korea99Italy69Australia66

Top schools

University of Southern California278Carnegie Mellon University218North Carolina State University139Arizona State University137The Georgia Institute of Technology129San Jose State University122University of Waterloo104Texas Am University99The University of Michigan86The University of Texas at Dallas77

Fields of study

Electrical Engineering2,086Computer Science1,372Computer Engineering1,099Electrical & Computer Engineering624Mechanical Engineering421Business Administration287Information Systems177Software Engineering150

Degrees

Master's5,787Bachelor's2,246Doctorate423None146Other72High School2