Discovery H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Streaming & media · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Silver Spring, MD HQ📍 Bellevue, WA most H-1B filings🌐 discovery.com
Does Discovery sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Discovery has filed 429 H-1B LCAs and 113 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Discovery filed 47 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $157,014, about 29% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 26 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) | 12 | $149k |
| FY2025 | 35 | $159k |
| FY2024 | 41 | $137k |
| FY2023 | 54 | $157k |
| FY2022 | 85 | $129k |
| FY2021 | 90 | $147k |
| FY2020 | 38 | $149k |
| FY2019 | 48 | $120k |
| FY2018 | 14 | $122k |
| FY2017 | 12 | $89k |
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) | 12 | $181k |
| FY2025 | 14 | $177k |
| FY2024 | 21 | $180k |
| FY2023 | 31 | $165k |
| FY2022 | 16 | $161k |
| FY2021 | 14 | $139k |
| FY2020 | 1 | $140k |
| FY2018 | 2 | $88k |
| FY2017 | 2 | $99k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 12
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 6
- applications
- Most recent grant
- September 8, 2020
- Top area
- Electric digital data processing1
Pay against the local market
Discovery’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 106% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Discovery pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Seattle, WA | 102 | $165,018 | $152,886 | 108% |
| Software Developers | Washington, DC | 60 | $126,891 | $126,732 | 100% |
| Software Developers | New York, NY | 42 | $142,341 | $136,703 | 104% |
| Software Developers | Knoxville, TN | 28 | $111,536 | $99,285 | 112% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Seattle, WA | 20 | $201,902 | $187,015 | 108% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | New York, NY | 14 | $120,015 | $106,404 | 113% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Washington, DC | 11 | $126,863 | $131,057 | 97% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Seattle, WA | 11 | $149,073 | $127,992 | 116% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | New York, NY | 8 | $190,643 | $207,655 | 92% |
| Software Developers | Atlanta, GA | 7 | $143,897 | $129,091 | 111% |
About Discovery
Discovery is a streaming & media company based in New York City. It was founded in 1982 and has about 11,000 employees worldwide. It is listed on Nasdaq as WBD.
- Legal name
- Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
- Listed
- Nasdaq: WBD
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 230 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10003
- Industry
- Streaming & media
- Parent company
- Warner Bros. Discovery (since 2022)
- Revenue FY2025
- $37.3B -5% from $39.3B
- Net income FY2025
- $727M +106% from $-11.3B
- Founded
- 1982
