CFA Institute H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

#13,893 H-1B sponsor of 76,738#99 Education & publishing sponsor of 40664% roles at wage level III and IV

H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

Education & publishing · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026

🏢 Charlottesville, VA HQ🌐 cfainstitute.org

Does CFA Institute sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?

Yes. CFA Institute has filed 34 H-1B LCAs and 4 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025 CFA Institute filed 2 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $150,285, and 2 green-card cases were decided.

Charlottesville, VA accounts for 82% of its H-1B filings.

H-1B filings

(FY2017–2025)

Median base pay

$150k

$147k–$154k typical (FY2025)

Pay vs market

+25%

above national median ($120k, FY2025)

Green-card (PERM) filings

(FY2020–2026)

H-1B pay & filings by year

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

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CFA Institute H-1B LCA filings and median base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal year	H-1B LCA filings	Median base salary
FY2025	2	$150k
FY2024	2	$127k
FY2023	2	$128k
FY2022	1	$120k
FY2021	1	$145k
FY2020	4	$128k
FY2019	7	$112k
FY2018	7	$111k
FY2017	8	$111k

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

$111k

1% above the $110k prevailing wage

Role seniority (wage levels)

64% senior

L II

L III

L IV

10414

LCA decisions

88.2% certified

30 of 34 filings

Withdrawn 4

USCIS I-129 petition outcomes · FY2017–2023

Approved4 petitions

Denied0 petitions

LCA filings by type · FY2017–2025

New employment14 filings41.2%

Transfers in5 filings14.7%

Renewals15 filings44.1%

Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year

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

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CFA Institute green-card (PERM) filings and median offered wage by fiscal year
Fiscal year	PERM filings	Median base salary
FY2026 (partial)	1	$148k
FY2025	1	$178k
FY2023	1	$131k
FY2020	1	$115k

Green-card route and outcomes

Visa held when the green card was filed

H-1B1

Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024

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

Countries of citizenship

India2

Top schools

Troy University1West Virginia University Institute of Technology1

Fields of study

Computer Science1Control Systems Engineering1

Degrees

Master's2

Pay against the local market

CFA Institute’s most-filed occupations and metros, FY2021–FY2025. Its median base salary is 117% of the local BLS median for the same work.

Occupation	Metro	Filings	CFA Institute pay	Local BLS median^‡	vs market
Computer Occupations, All Other	Washington, DC	2	$159,805	$128,782	124%
Computer Occupations, All Other	Charlotte, NC	1	$119,810	$100,646	119%
Data Scientists	New York, NY	1	$157,210	$130,710	120%
Software Developers	Washington, DC	1	$143,360	$150,880	95%

About CFA Institute

CFA Institute is an education & publishing company based in Charlottesville, VA. It was founded in 1947.

Name (DOL filings): CFA Institute
Listed: Private
Sponsoring since: FY2017 or earlier
Headquarters: Charlottesville, United States
Industry: Education & publishing
Employees (US, est): 403 (2024)
Revenue (IRS Form 990): $534M (FY2025)
Median base: $111,426
Founded: 1947

CFA Institute pays a median H-1B base of $111,426 across FY2017–2026, about 30% above the typical Education & publishing sponsor.

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