Boeing H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Aerospace & defense · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Arlington, VA HQ📍 Everett, WA most H-1B filings🌐 boeing.com
Does Boeing sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Boeing has filed 450 H-1B LCAs and 42 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Boeing filed 145 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $138,515, about 14% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 13 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) | 81 | $145k |
| FY2025 | 64 | $118k |
| FY2024 | 53 | $135k |
| FY2023 | 54 | $125k |
| FY2022 | 41 | $114k |
| FY2021 | 24 | $109k |
| FY2020 | 40 | $112k |
| FY2019 | 31 | $111k |
| FY2018 | 25 | $109k |
| FY2017 | 37 | $100k |
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) | 8 | $147k |
| FY2025 | 5 | $140k |
| FY2024 | 7 | $145k |
| FY2023 | 6 | $119k |
| FY2022 | 6 | $129k |
| FY2021 | 1 | $165k |
| FY2020 | 5 | $136k |
| FY2019 | 2 | $116k |
| FY2017 | 2 | $144k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 23,922
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 16,986
- applications
- Most recent grant
- April 7, 2026
- Top area
- Aeroplanes; helicopters2,550
Pay against the local market
Boeing’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 109% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Boeing pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Denver, CO | 32 | $129,365 | $124,749 | 104% |
| Aerospace Engineers | Los Angeles, CA | 24 | $135,274 | $137,297 | 99% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Los Angeles, CA | 24 | $126,582 | $111,651 | 113% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Seattle, WA | 21 | $133,433 | $111,718 | 119% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Seattle, WA | 21 | $110,359 | $116,474 | 95% |
| Operations Research Analysts | Seattle, WA | 19 | $93,924 | $96,139 | 98% |
| Aerospace Engineers | Seattle, WA | 16 | $166,725 | $174,130 | 96% |
| Industrial Engineers | Seattle, WA | 15 | $132,395 | $122,389 | 108% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Charleston, SC | 12 | $109,825 | $106,369 | 103% |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | Seattle, WA | 10 | $114,129 | $142,716 | 80% |
About Boeing
Boeing is an aerospace & defense company based in Seattle. It was founded in 1916 and has about 158,750 employees worldwide. It is listed on NYSE as BA.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Boeing
- Listed
- NYSE: BA
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 929 Long Bridge Drive, Arlington, VA 22202
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Employees (global)
- 72,000 (2025)
- Revenue FY2025
- $89.5B +34% from $66.5B
- Net income FY2025
- $2.2B +119% from $-11.8B
- R&D FY2025
- $3.6B (4% of revenue)
Boeing pays a median H-1B base of $119,850 across FY2017–2026, about 15% above the typical Aerospace & defense sponsor.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leidos | 973 | 170 | $118k | 60 | 51% |
| Gulfstream Aerospace | 675 | 110 | $138k | 64 | 64% |
| Valeo | 628 | 106 | $126k | 35 | 52% |
| Boeing | 450 | 145 | $139k | 82 | 66% |
| iSpace | 331 | 14 | $112k | 0 | — |
| Cubic Technologies | 316 | 17 | $103k | 3 | — |
| Blue Space Technologies | 302 | 29 | $87k | 9 | 3% |
