Dow H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Industrial manufacturing · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Midland, MI HQ🌐 dow.com
Does Dow sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Dow has filed 910 H-1B LCAs and 87 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Dow filed 161 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $111,925, about 8% below the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 27 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) | 53 | $107k |
| FY2025 | 108 | $116k |
| FY2024 | 68 | $115k |
| FY2023 | 97 | $111k |
| FY2022 | 95 | $117k |
| FY2021 | 86 | $108k |
| FY2020 | 95 | $98k |
| FY2019 | 88 | $87k |
| FY2018 | 108 | $97k |
| FY2017 | 112 | $95k |
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) | 20 | $111k |
| FY2025 | 7 | $122k |
| FY2024 | 5 | $99k |
| FY2023 | 4 | $110k |
| FY2022 | 7 | $93k |
| FY2021 | 6 | $113k |
| FY2020 | 3 | $139k |
| FY2019 | 2 | $107k |
| FY2018 | 24 | $105k |
| FY2017 | 9 | $105k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 6
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- —
- applications
- Most recent grant
- November 5, 1991
- Top area
- Methods or apparatus for combustion using fluid fuel or solid1
Pay against the local market
Dow’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 | Dow pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical Engineers | Houston, TX | 107 | $107,495 | $150,559 | 71% |
| Materials Scientists | Houston, TX | 105 | $98,521 | $86,289 | 114% |
| Chemists | Houston, TX | 82 | $99,228 | $91,561 | 108% |
| Materials Engineers | Houston, TX | 48 | $111,766 | $110,623 | 101% |
| Chemists | Bay City, MI | 30 | $116,562 | $93,410 | 125% |
| Chemical Engineers | Philadelphia, PA | 29 | $109,901 | $108,173 | 102% |
| Chemists | Philadelphia, PA | 24 | $100,651 | $85,826 | 117% |
| Materials Engineers | Philadelphia, PA | 19 | $106,677 | $98,642 | 108% |
| Chemical Engineers | Bay City, MI | 12 | $108,274 | $101,840 | 106% |
| Materials Scientists | Philadelphia, PA | 12 | $110,298 | $105,828 | 104% |
About Dow
Dow is an industrial manufacturing company based in Midland, MI. It was founded in 1897. It is listed on NYSE as DOW.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Dow
- Listed
- NYSE: DOW
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 2211 H.H. Dow Way, Midland, MI 48674
- Industry
- Industrial manufacturing
- Employees (global)
- 34,600 (2025)
- Revenue FY2025
- $40.0B -7% from $43.0B
- Net income FY2025
- $-2.4B -303% from $1.2B
- R&D FY2025
- $752M (2% of revenue)
Dow pays a median H-1B base of $105,388 across FY2017–2026, about 7% above the typical Industrial manufacturing sponsor.
H-1B sponsors similar to Dow
| Employer | Filings, all years | Recent filings | Median base | New employment | Level III-IV roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siemens | 4,687 | 1,273 | $136k | 564 | 56% |
| Honeywell | 3,111 | 580 | $145k | 202 | 74% |
| Caterpillar | 2,361 | 642 | $112k | 98 | 60% |
| Dow | 910 | 161 | $112k | 112 | 92% |
| Stanley Black & Decker | 898 | 143 | $135k | 20 | 58% |
| Eaton | 872 | 278 | $123k | 180 | 65% |
| Archer Daniels Midland | 830 | 202 | $120k | 60 | 68% |
