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BDO USA

#388 H-1B sponsor of 76,738#5 Professional services (audit/consulting) sponsor of 2,12128% roles at wage level III and IV
H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

Professional services (audit/consulting) ยท H-1B sponsor ยท FY2017โ€“2026

๐Ÿข Chicago, IL HQ๐Ÿ“ New York, NY most H-1B filings๐ŸŒ bdo.com

Does BDO USA sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?

Yes. BDO USA has filed 1,411 H-1B LCAs and 239 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025โ€“2026 BDO USA filed 160 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $117,354, about 4% below the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 84 green-card cases were decided.

H-1B filings
1,411
(FY2017โ€“2026)
Median base pay
$117k
from 160 filings (FY2025โ€“2026)
Pay vs market
-4%
below national median ($122k, FY2025โ€“2026)
Green-card (PERM) filings
239
(FY2017โ€“2026)

H-1B pay & filings by year

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

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BDO USA H-1B LCA filings and median base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal yearH-1B LCA filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)60$119k
FY2025100$117k
FY2024111$108k
FY2023146$100k
FY2022167$95k
FY2021114$85k
FY2020209$80k
FY201997$77k
FY2018184$68k
FY2017223$69k

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
$85k
13% above the $75k prevailing wage
Role seniority (wage levels)
72% entry to mid
277659272100
LCA decisions
97.4% certified
1,374 of 1,411 filings
Withdrawn 21 ยท Denied 16
USCIS I-129 petition outcomes ยท FY2017โ€“2023
New petitions167 decided98.8% approved
Extensions438 decided97.9% approved
LCA filings by type
New employment521 filings36.9%
Transfers in374 filings26.5%
Renewals516 filings36.6%

Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year

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

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BDO USA green-card (PERM) filings and median offered wage by fiscal year
Fiscal yearPERM filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)27$135k
FY202557$130k
FY202421$121k
FY202324$106k
FY202217$98k
FY202138$97k
FY202018$100k
FY201910$99k
FY201815$85k
FY201712$98k

Green-card route and outcomes

Visa held when the green card was filed
H-1B92L-145E-35TN4L-22NOT IN USA2A1/A21E-11
Green-card wage
$106k
median of 239 cases
$94kโ€“$130k typical
PERM decisions
97.9% certified
234 of 239 filings
Withdrawn 2 ยท Denied 3

Worker backgrounds ยท FY2017โ€“2024

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

Countries of citizenship
China45Philippines21India17South Africa13Zimbabwe12
Top schools
Northwest University5University of South Africa5The George Washington University3University of Maryland3Boston College2
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Fields of study
Accounting103Business Administration233 Yrs Uni Lvl Study 2 Yrs Rel Exp in Meeting Bach Deg Reqt See Sect H.1432 Yrs of Academic Study 4 Addl Yrs of Exp Towards Meeting Bachelors Degree Reqsee Section H.1412 Yrs Rel Exp in Meeting Bach Deg Reqt See Sect H.141
Degrees
Master's76Bachelor's71Other7Doctorate1

Patents

Granted
2
US patents
Published, not yet granted
โ€”
applications
Most recent grant
January 14, 2025
Top area
Electric digital data processing2

Pay against the local market

BDO USAโ€™s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 105% of the local BLS median for the same work.

OccupationMetroFilingsBDO USA payLocal BLS medianโ€กvs market
Accountants and AuditorsNew York, NY207$93,795$96,81697%
Accountants and AuditorsSan Francisco, CA136$100,949$95,883105%
Accountants and AuditorsWashington, DC105$89,091$90,93898%
Accountants and AuditorsLos Angeles, CA82$88,964$80,964110%
Accountants and AuditorsChicago, IL70$93,808$78,009120%
Accountants and AuditorsSan Jose, CA65$94,775$100,40994%
Accountants and AuditorsMiami, FL44$94,460$75,041126%
Accountants and AuditorsHouston, TX43$87,944$79,243111%
Accountants and AuditorsDallas, TX41$94,127$78,351120%
Accountants and AuditorsSan Diego, CA30$81,383$81,650100%

About BDO USA

BDO USA is a professional services (audit/consulting) company based in Chicago, IL. It was founded in 1910.

Name (DOL filings)
BDO USA
Listed
Private
Sponsoring since
FY2017 or earlier
Headquarters
Chicago, United States
Industry
Professional services (audit/consulting)
Employees (US, est)
9,138 (2024)
Funding raised
$748M (2023)
Median base
$85,000
Founded
1910

BDO USA pays a median H-1B base of $85,000 across FY2017โ€“2026, about 8% below the typical Professional services (audit/consulting) sponsor.

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