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Freddie Mac

#492 H-1B sponsor of 76,738#29 Banking sponsor of 40970% roles at wage level III and IV
H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

Banking ยท H-1B sponsor ยท FY2017โ€“2026

๐Ÿข Mclean, VA HQ๐ŸŒ freddiemac.com

Does Freddie Mac sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?

Yes. Freddie Mac has filed 1,153 H-1B LCAs and 324 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025โ€“2026 Freddie Mac filed 264 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $130,000, about 7% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 81 green-card cases were decided.

H-1B filings
1,153
(FY2017โ€“2026)
Median base pay
$130k
from 264 filings (FY2025โ€“2026)
Pay vs market
+7%
above national median ($122k, FY2025โ€“2026)
Green-card (PERM) filings
324
(FY2017โ€“2026)

H-1B pay & filings by year

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

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Freddie Mac H-1B LCA filings and median base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal yearH-1B LCA filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)89$130k
FY2025175$130k
FY2024113$139k
FY202399$130k
FY2022134$135k
FY2021113$110k
FY202071$111k
FY2019155$100k
FY2018114$92k
FY201790$81k

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

Pay vs the legal floor
$118k
13% above the $104k prevailing wage
Role seniority (wage levels)
70% senior
22144101280
LCA decisions
83.8% certified
966 of 1,153 filings
Withdrawn 178 ยท Denied 9
USCIS I-129 petition outcomes ยท FY2017โ€“2023
New petitions49 decided93.9% approved
Extensions456 decided97.8% approved
LCA filings by type
New employment168 filings14.6%
Transfers in316 filings27.4%
Renewals669 filings58%

Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year

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

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Freddie Mac green-card (PERM) filings and median offered wage by fiscal year
Fiscal yearPERM filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)53$165k
FY202528$157k
FY202420$117k
FY202319$117k
FY202219$91k
FY202128$83k
FY202024$79k
FY201937$92k
FY201873$81k
FY201723$98k

Green-card route and outcomes

Visa held when the green card was filed
H-1B239F-12H-41TPS1
Green-card wage
$98k
median of 324 cases
$81kโ€“$124k typical
PERM decisions
92.3% certified
299 of 324 filings
Withdrawn 23 ยท Denied 2

Worker backgrounds ยท FY2017โ€“2024

Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from

Countries of citizenship
India157China72Canada2Japan2Germany1
Top schools
The George Washington University11Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University7University of Maryland7Carnegie Mellon University3Northwestern Polytechnic University3
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Fields of study
Computer Science47Statistics21Economics20Computer Engineering13Information Systems13
Degrees
Master's139Bachelor's61Doctorate42Other1

Pay against the local market

Freddie Macโ€™s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 97% of the local BLS median for the same work.

OccupationMetroFilingsFreddie Mac payLocal BLS medianโ€กvs market
Software DevelopersWashington, DC549$129,291$135,77695%
StatisticiansWashington, DC222$111,165$119,50193%
Financial Specialists, All OtherWashington, DC53$115,395$105,125110%
Computer Systems AnalystsWashington, DC43$117,854$109,998107%
Software DevelopersDallas, TX30$139,012$126,999109%
Financial ManagersWashington, DC29$130,261$159,53582%
Database AdministratorsWashington, DC25$130,834$116,233113%
Information Security AnalystsWashington, DC18$119,153$125,90795%
Computer and Information Systems ManagersWashington, DC13$165,864$182,21191%
Operations Research AnalystsWashington, DC12$79,774$104,66076%

About Freddie Mac

Federal Home Loan Mortgage is a banking company based in McLean, VA. It was founded in 1970 and has about 5,000 employees worldwide. It is listed on OTC as FMCC.

Name (DOL filings)
Freddie Mac
Listed
OTC: FMCC
Sponsoring since
FY2017 or earlier
Headquarters
8200 Jones Branch Dr, Mclean, VA 22102
Industry
Banking
Employees (global)
7,334 (2026)
H-1B filings
1,153
Net income FY2025
$10.7B -10% from $11.9B
Founded
1970

H-1B sponsors similar to Freddie Mac

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UBS4,1411,037$145k28069%
Freddie Mac1,153264$130k3159%
Northern Trust1,104221$142k6481%
PNC Financial Services1,051174$130k3785%
SoFi1,023421$200k5271%

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