Costco H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Retail · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Issaquah, WA HQ🌐 costco.com
Does Costco sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Costco has filed 791 H-1B LCAs and 219 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Costco filed 236 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $156,850, about 29% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 99 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) | 87 | $153k |
| FY2025 | 149 | $160k |
| FY2024 | 117 | $150k |
| FY2023 | 107 | $140k |
| FY2022 | 108 | $140k |
| FY2021 | 69 | $130k |
| FY2020 | 58 | $125k |
| FY2019 | 62 | $120k |
| FY2018 | 24 | $115k |
| FY2017 | 10 | $101k |
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) | 50 | $147k |
| FY2025 | 49 | $143k |
| FY2024 | 7 | $127k |
| FY2023 | 8 | $135k |
| FY2022 | 38 | $130k |
| FY2021 | 47 | $128k |
| FY2020 | 4 | $134k |
| FY2018 | 6 | $119k |
| FY2017 | 10 | $105k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Pay against the local market
Costco’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 98% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Costco pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Seattle, WA | 531 | $141,704 | $158,229 | 90% |
| Software Developers | Dallas, TX | 49 | $141,804 | $128,897 | 110% |
| Database Administrators | Seattle, WA | 43 | $155,667 | $131,926 | 118% |
| Information Security Analysts | Seattle, WA | 32 | $167,581 | $136,484 | 123% |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | Seattle, WA | 30 | $142,287 | $131,188 | 108% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Seattle, WA | 21 | $117,281 | $112,360 | 104% |
| Software Developers | Chicago, IL | 18 | $140,555 | $125,619 | 112% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | Seattle, WA | 14 | $128,749 | $108,200 | 119% |
| Data Scientists | Seattle, WA | 10 | $152,630 | $152,954 | 100% |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | Seattle, WA | 10 | $119,110 | $98,249 | 121% |
About Costco
Costco is a retail company based in Issaquah, WA. It was founded in 1983 and has about 254,000 employees worldwide. It is listed on Nasdaq as COST.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Costco
- Listed
- Nasdaq: COST
- Incorporated in
- Washington
- Headquarters
- 999 Lake Drive, Issaquah, Wa, 98027-
- Industry
- Retail
- Employees (US, est)
- 212,976 (2024)
- Revenue FY2025
- $275.2B +8% from $254.5B
- Net income FY2025
- $8.1B +10% from $7.4B
- Founded
- 1983
Costco pays a median H-1B base of $142,200 across FY2017–2026, about 20% above the typical Retail sponsor.
