Avaya H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Telecom equipment · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Morristown, NJ HQ📍 Irving, TX most H-1B filings🌐 avaya.com
Does Avaya sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Avaya has filed 272 H-1B LCAs and 58 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Avaya filed 21 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $144,557, about 19% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 5 green-card cases were decided.
H-1B pay & filings by year
Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year
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| Fiscal year | H-1B LCA filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 14 | $149k |
| FY2025 | 7 | $134k |
| FY2024 | 16 | $128k |
| FY2023 | 17 | $131k |
| FY2022 | 31 | $130k |
| FY2021 | 26 | $122k |
| FY2020 | 42 | $110k |
| FY2019 | 32 | $110k |
| FY2018 | 20 | $107k |
| FY2017 | 67 | $107k |
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
Roles they file for
Where they hire
Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year
Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †
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| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 3 | $183k |
| FY2025 | 2 | $121k |
| FY2024 | 1 | $135k |
| FY2022 | 8 | $112k |
| FY2021 | 5 | $145k |
| FY2020 | 3 | $108k |
| FY2019 | 2 | $116k |
| FY2018 | 19 | $115k |
| FY2017 | 15 | $118k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 2,379
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 1,764
- applications
- Most recent grant
- October 15, 2024
- Top area
- Transmission of digital information822
Pay against the local market
Avaya’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 98% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Avaya pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Dallas, TX | 83 | $112,968 | $115,906 | 97% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Dallas, TX | 21 | $119,724 | $107,880 | 111% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Dallas, TX | 19 | $145,369 | $159,136 | 91% |
| Software Developers | Denver, CO | 16 | $125,635 | $114,921 | 109% |
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 14 | $109,658 | $149,981 | 73% |
| Software Developers | New York, NY | 14 | $116,074 | $125,200 | 93% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | Dallas, TX | 12 | $112,055 | $96,698 | 116% |
| Software Developers | Seattle, WA | 9 | $122,886 | $136,023 | 90% |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | New York, NY | 7 | $146,384 | $122,170 | 120% |
| Sales Engineers | Denver, CO | 6 | $107,002 | $136,070 | 79% |
About Avaya
Avaya is a telecom equipment company based in Basking Ridge. It was founded in 2000 and has about 7,090 employees worldwide. It was formerly listed on New York Stock Exchange as AVYA.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Avaya
- Formerly listed
- New York Stock Exchange: AVYA
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 211 Mount Airy Rd, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
- Industry
- Telecom equipment
- Employees (US, est)
- 983 (2024)
- H-1B filings
- 272
- Median base
- $113,441
- Founded
- 2000
Spends 8% of revenue on R&D, against a 19% median across the 8 Telephone & Telegraph Apparatus filers we hold SEC data for.
Avaya pays a median H-1B base of $113,441 across FY2017–2026, about 6% above the typical Telecom equipment sponsor.
H-1B sponsors similar to Avaya
| Employer | Filings, all years | Recent filings | Median base | New employment | Level III-IV roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ericsson | 2,375 | 261 | $127k | 46 | 41% |
| Viasat | 513 | 69 | $154k | 18 | 35% |
| Mavenir Systems | 445 | 75 | $148k | 24 | 65% |
| Avaya | 272 | 21 | $145k | 2 | — |
| Calix | 226 | 65 | $128k | 15 | 65% |
| Rohde & Schwarz | 174 | 36 | $185k | 10 | 89% |
| John Mezzalingua Associates | 149 | 36 | $118k | 15 | 54% |
