ConocoPhillips H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Energy & oilfield services · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Houston, TX HQ🌐 conocophillips.com
Does ConocoPhillips sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. ConocoPhillips has filed 292 H-1B LCAs and 61 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 ConocoPhillips filed 42 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $166,722, about 37% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 16 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) | 23 | $175k |
| FY2025 | 19 | $154k |
| FY2024 | 13 | $167k |
| FY2023 | 50 | $157k |
| FY2022 | 34 | $132k |
| FY2021 | 25 | $126k |
| FY2020 | 29 | $128k |
| FY2019 | 38 | $118k |
| FY2018 | 16 | $126k |
| FY2017 | 45 | $115k |
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) | 1 | $168k |
| FY2025 | 15 | $191k |
| FY2024 | 1 | $229k |
| FY2023 | 4 | $160k |
| FY2022 | 15 | $144k |
| FY2021 | 10 | $128k |
| FY2020 | 2 | $172k |
| FY2019 | 7 | $132k |
| FY2018 | 3 | $116k |
| FY2017 | 3 | $113k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 976
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 1,155
- applications
- Most recent grant
- March 24, 2026
- Top area
- Earth or rock drilling; obtaining oil328
Pay against the local market
ConocoPhillips’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 129% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | ConocoPhillips pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petroleum Engineers | Houston, TX | 24 | $174,931 | $157,365 | 111% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Houston, TX | 20 | $125,651 | $97,059 | 129% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Houston, TX | 18 | $147,773 | $109,597 | 135% |
| Software Developers | Tulsa, OK | 17 | $105,692 | $92,339 | 114% |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers | Houston, TX | 16 | $191,450 | $172,570 | 111% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Tulsa, OK | 12 | $101,100 | $84,212 | 120% |
| Geoscientists | Houston, TX | 11 | $140,582 | $156,121 | 90% |
| Software Developers | Houston, TX | 9 | $125,868 | $116,699 | 108% |
| Operations Research Analysts | Houston, TX | 8 | $136,322 | $86,729 | 157% |
| Economists | Houston, TX | 8 | $157,553 | $125,323 | 126% |
About ConocoPhillips
ConocoPhillips is an energy & oilfield services company based in Houston, TX. It was founded in 1875 and has about 39,000 employees worldwide. It is listed on NYSE as COP.
- Name (DOL filings)
- ConocoPhillips
- Listed
- NYSE: COP
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 925 N. Eldridge Parkway, Houston, TX 77079
- Industry
- Energy & oilfield services
- Employees (global)
- 9,900 (2025)
- Revenue FY2025
- $58.9B +8% from $54.7B
- Net income FY2025
- $8.0B -14% from $9.2B
- R&D FY2025
- $78M (0% of revenue)
ConocoPhillips pays a median H-1B base of $135,315 across FY2017–2026, about 19% above the typical Energy & oilfield services sponsor.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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