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First Solar

#2,542 H-1B sponsor of 59,424
H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

๐Ÿข Tempe, AZ HQ๐Ÿ“ Perrysburg, OH most H-1B hiring๐ŸŒ firstsolar.com

Does First Solar sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?

Yes. First Solar has filed 267 H-1B LCAs and 36 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor since FY2017, most recently 58 in FY2025 at a $92k median base salary, about 22% below the national H-1B median.

H-1B filings
267
FY2017โ€“2026
66 in FY25-26* โ†’
Median base pay (H-1B)
$92k
FY2025
$68kโ€“$107k typical
Pay vs market
-22%
below national H-1B median
vs $119k in FY2025
Green-card (PERM)
36
FY2017โ€“2026
$84k median wage
97.1% 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
$81k
DOL legal floor, not actual pay
Offered median $83k
Wage levels
Level I83Level II52Level III39Level IV69
LCA decisions
Certified245Withdrawn21Denied1

Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year

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

How they get sponsored

Visa held when the green card (PERM) was filed

H-1B14L-14TN1

What this means โ†’ Green-card paths

Worker backgrounds

Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from ยท FY2017โ€“2024

Countries of citizenship
India10Malaysia3Canada2China2Austria1
Top schools
Arizona State University2Bharathidasan University1Brigham Young University Hawaii1Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University1Texas Am Universitycommerce1
Fields of study
Electrical Engineering4Computer Science3Information Technology2Business Administration2Accounting1
Degrees
Master's12Bachelor's4Other2None1

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