Discover H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

#62 H-1B sponsor of 59,424

H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

Payments & fintech · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026

Does Discover sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?

Yes. Discover has filed 6,383 H-1B LCAs and 1,075 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor since FY2017, most recently 636 in FY2025 at a $124k median base salary, about 4% above the national H-1B median.

Median base pay (H-1B)

$124k

FY2025

$107k–$149k typical

Pay vs market

+4%

above national H-1B median

vs $119k in FY2025

Green-card (PERM)

1,075

FY2017–2026

$113k median wage

99.5% certified

H-1B pay & filings by year

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

Wage floor & filing outcomes

The DOL-required prevailing wage (the legal floor, not actual pay), skill levels, and LCA decisions

Median prevailing wage

$98k

DOL legal floor, not actual pay

Offered median $100k

Wage levels

Level I320Level II2,605Level III1,107Level IV1,718

LCA decisions

Certified6,086Withdrawn278Denied19

Roles they sponsor

Top occupations (SOC) · click to search

Software Developers2,926 Statisticians860 Operations Research Analysts772 Business Intelligence Analysts482 Data Scientists389 Computer Systems Engineers/Architects189 Information Technology Project Managers119 Computer and Information Systems Managers90

Where they hire

By city

By state

Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year

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

How they get sponsored

Visa held when the green card (PERM) was filed

H-1B749L-15H-43PAROLEE1

What this means → Green-card paths

Worker backgrounds

Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from · FY2017–2024

Countries of citizenship

India576China168Iran3Canada2Sri Lanka2Taiwan2Ghana1Nepal1Pakistan1

Top schools

Anna University32Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University31University of Pune24Illinois Institute of Technology16Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad15Osmania University14University of Madras12University of Mumbai12Depaul University10Oklahoma State University10

Fields of study

Computer Engineering113Electrical Engineering105Computer Science87Information Technology42Statistics38Information Systems37Business Administration34Mechanical Engineering26

Degrees

Bachelor's363Master's357Doctorate26Other12