Ericsson H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Telecom equipment · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Plano, TX HQ🌐 ericsson.com
Does Ericsson sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Ericsson has filed 2,375 H-1B LCAs and 500 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Ericsson filed 261 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $126,547, about 4% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 21 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) | 74 | $127k |
| FY2025 | 187 | $127k |
| FY2024 | 161 | $125k |
| FY2023 | 201 | $115k |
| FY2022 | 271 | $111k |
| FY2021 | 164 | $104k |
| FY2020 | 202 | $100k |
| FY2019 | 400 | $97k |
| FY2018 | 272 | $93k |
| FY2017 | 443 | $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) | 4 | $120k |
| FY2025 | 17 | $109k |
| FY2024 | 60 | $136k |
| FY2023 | 69 | $127k |
| FY2022 | 38 | $111k |
| FY2021 | 40 | $105k |
| FY2020 | 52 | $100k |
| FY2019 | 36 | $90k |
| FY2018 | 76 | $90k |
| FY2017 | 108 | $90k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 1,432
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 41
- applications
- Most recent grant
- December 19, 2017
- Top area
- Wireless communication networks385
Pay against the local market
Ericsson’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 90% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Ericsson pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Dallas, TX | 277 | $99,013 | $101,698 | 97% |
| Software Developers | Dallas, TX | 205 | $94,376 | $115,164 | 82% |
| Computer Network Architects | Dallas, TX | 183 | $99,259 | $128,105 | 77% |
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 117 | $118,617 | $140,777 | 84% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Seattle, WA | 86 | $121,400 | $125,872 | 96% |
| Software Developers | Seattle, WA | 84 | $112,515 | $137,190 | 82% |
| Software Developers | Austin, TX | 78 | $111,370 | $115,686 | 96% |
| Electronics Engineers | Dallas, TX | 67 | $91,547 | $120,957 | 76% |
| Electrical Engineers | Dallas, TX | 65 | $88,267 | $100,248 | 88% |
| Electrical Engineers | Austin, TX | 57 | $133,506 | $118,555 | 113% |
About Ericsson
Ericsson is a telecom equipment company based in Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded in 1876 and has about 104,525 employees worldwide. It is listed on Nasdaq as ERIC.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Ericsson
- Listed
- Nasdaq: ERIC
- Incorporated in
- V7
- Headquarters
- Torshamnsgatan 21 - 23, Stockholm Sweden, V7, 164 83
- Industry
- Telecom equipment
- Employees (US, est)
- 4,401 (2024)
- Revenue FY2025
- SEK 236.7B -5% from SEK 247.9B
- Net income FY2025
- SEK 28.7B +7578% from SEK 374M
- R&D FY2025
- SEK 48.9B (21% of revenue)
Ericsson pays a median H-1B base of $103,637 across FY2017–2026, about 5% below the typical Telecom equipment sponsor.
H-1B sponsors similar to Ericsson
| Employer | Filings, all years | Recent filings | Median base | New employment | Level III-IV roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micron | 5,315 | 1,186 | $128k | 510 | 50% |
| MathWorks | 4,143 | 716 | $131k | 168 | 61% |
| Applied Materials | 4,098 | 913 | $151k | 343 | 73% |
| Ericsson | 2,375 | 261 | $127k | 46 | 41% |
| Marvell | 2,300 | 510 | $157k | 196 | 58% |
| Hitachi Vantara | 2,300 | 37 | $127k | 3 | 22% |
| X | 2,285 | 68 | $190k | 31 | 55% |
