Cargill H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
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Does Cargill sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Cargill has filed 284 H-1B LCAs and 74 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Cargill filed 46 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $125,014, about 2% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 29 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) | 21 | $147k |
| FY2025 | 25 | $120k |
| FY2024 | 25 | $117k |
| FY2023 | 31 | $128k |
| FY2022 | 31 | $115k |
| FY2021 | 27 | $104k |
| FY2020 | 43 | $111k |
| FY2019 | 24 | $108k |
| FY2018 | 32 | $104k |
| FY2017 | 25 | $95k |
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) | 11 | $121k |
| FY2025 | 18 | $112k |
| FY2024 | 11 | $81k |
| FY2023 | 3 | $138k |
| FY2021 | 9 | $111k |
| FY2020 | 5 | $135k |
| FY2019 | 11 | $94k |
| FY2018 | 3 | $69k |
| FY2017 | 3 | $115k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 924
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 1,113
- applications
- Most recent grant
- March 24, 2026
- Top area
- Fermentation or enzyme-using processes to synthesise a desired92
Pay against the local market
Cargill’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 119% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Cargill pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial and Investment Analysts | Minneapolis, MN | 28 | $112,091 | $87,792 | 128% |
| Management Analysts | Minneapolis, MN | 19 | $129,534 | $94,814 | 137% |
| Software Developers | Minneapolis, MN | 14 | $121,667 | $114,344 | 106% |
| Chemical Engineers | Minneapolis, MN | 13 | $112,936 | $106,845 | 106% |
| Financial Managers | Minneapolis, MN | 12 | $158,395 | $135,993 | 116% |
| Data Scientists | Minneapolis, MN | 12 | $137,982 | $116,590 | 118% |
| Operations Research Analysts | Minneapolis, MN | 10 | $110,261 | $85,500 | 129% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Minneapolis, MN | 9 | $97,566 | $89,300 | 109% |
| Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents | Miami, FL | 8 | $96,173 | $65,088 | 148% |
| Food Scientists and Technologists | Minneapolis, MN | 8 | $100,556 | $93,816 | 107% |
About Cargill
Cargill is an apparel & consumer goods company based in Minnetonka. It was founded in 1865 and has about 155,000 employees worldwide.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Cargill
- Listed
- Private
- Sponsoring since
- FY2017 or earlier
- Headquarters
- Minnetonka, United States
- Industry
- Apparel & consumer goods
- Employees (US, est)
- 26,979 (2024)
- H-1B filings
- 284
- Median base
- $113,027
- Founded
- 1865
