ChampionX H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Energy & oilfield services · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Sugar Land, TX HQ🌐 championx.com
Does ChampionX sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. ChampionX has filed 77 H-1B LCAs and 13 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2020 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 ChampionX filed 15 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $117,478, about 4% below the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 7 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) | 8 | $128k |
| FY2025 | 7 | $115k |
| FY2024 | 16 | $130k |
| FY2023 | 18 | $123k |
| FY2022 | 4 | $107k |
| FY2021 | 2 | $100k |
| FY2020 | 22 | $120k |
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 | $151k |
| FY2025 | 4 | $164k |
| FY2024 | 1 | $94k |
| FY2023 | 2 | $157k |
| FY2022 | 3 | $145k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 34
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 91
- applications
- Most recent grant
- March 24, 2026
- Top area
- Materials for miscellaneous applications17
Pay against the local market
ChampionX’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros, FY2020–FY2026. Its median base salary is 110% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | ChampionX pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Houston, TX | 14 | $128,663 | $125,526 | 102% |
| Chemists | Houston, TX | 9 | $109,302 | $109,543 | 100% |
| Sales Engineers | Houston, TX | 6 | $105,592 | $121,897 | 87% |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | Houston, TX | 5 | $127,760 | $87,576 | 146% |
| Financial Managers | Houston, TX | 5 | $139,891 | $143,840 | 97% |
| Marketing Managers | Houston, TX | 5 | $129,047 | $138,670 | 93% |
| Data Scientists | Houston, TX | 4 | $122,747 | $99,688 | 123% |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | Houston, TX | 3 | $110,000 | $62,700 | 175% |
| Chemical Engineers | Houston, TX | 3 | $106,307 | $151,263 | 70% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Houston, TX | 2 | $165,000 | $167,630 | 98% |
About ChampionX
- Name (DOL filings)
- ChampionX
- Listed
- —
- Sponsoring since
- FY2020
- Main filing location
- Sugar Land, TX
- Industry
- Energy & oilfield services
- Website
- championx.com
- H-1B filings
- 77
- Median base
- $120,000
- R&D
- —
ChampionX pays a median H-1B base of $120,000 across FY2017–2026, about 6% above the typical Energy & oilfield services sponsor.
H-1B sponsors similar to ChampionX
| Employer | Filings, all years | Recent filings | Median base | New employment | Level III-IV roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Solar | 135 | 71 | $76k | 41 | 18% |
| EDP Renewables | 133 | 20 | $79k | 10 | — |
| Venture Global LNG | 117 | 53 | $235k | 18 | 81% |
| ChampionX | 77 | 15 | $117k | 8 | — |
| MODEC | 74 | 6 | $135k | 0 | — |
| RRC Power and Energy | 71 | 29 | $104k | 10 | 19% |
| TotalEnergies | 68 | 27 | $131k | 12 | 71% |
