FMC H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Industrial manufacturing · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Philadelphia, PA HQ🌐 fmc.com
Does FMC sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. FMC has filed 136 H-1B LCAs and 26 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 FMC filed 14 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $102,971, about 16% below the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 6 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) | 2 | $116k |
| FY2025 | 12 | $100k |
| FY2024 | 13 | $116k |
| FY2023 | 17 | $105k |
| FY2022 | 14 | $117k |
| FY2021 | 15 | $115k |
| FY2020 | 17 | $111k |
| FY2019 | 13 | $113k |
| FY2018 | 23 | $110k |
| FY2017 | 10 | $130k |
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
- 1Global R&D Scientist13$111k
- 2SAP Business Process Analyst7$133k
- 3ES COE Finance Specialist3$125k
- 4Global Regulatory Specialist3$64k
- 5SAP Basis Technical Lead3$133k
- 6Applications and Systems Administrator2$110k
- 7COE Procurement Analytics Specialist2$78k
- 8Commercial and Business Development Manager2$129k
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 | $98k |
| FY2025 | 2 | $117k |
| FY2024 | 4 | $120k |
| FY2023 | 3 | $116k |
| FY2022 | 3 | $119k |
| FY2021 | 1 | $112k |
| FY2020 | 4 | $113k |
| FY2019 | 1 | $134k |
| FY2018 | 3 | $115k |
| FY2017 | 1 | $107k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 6,255
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 406
- applications
- Most recent grant
- March 10, 2026
- Top area
- Machines or apparatus for treating harvested fruit378
Pay against the local market
FMC’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 115% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | FMC pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemists | Philadelphia, PA | 24 | $99,982 | $89,104 | 112% |
| Software Developers | Philadelphia, PA | 17 | $125,796 | $115,901 | 109% |
| Marketing Managers | Philadelphia, PA | 11 | $156,687 | $148,851 | 105% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | Philadelphia, PA | 10 | $130,384 | $99,871 | 131% |
| Soil and Plant Scientists | Philadelphia, PA | 9 | $87,688 | $62,891 | 139% |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | Philadelphia, PA | 6 | $111,287 | $83,315 | 134% |
| Database Administrators | Philadelphia, PA | 5 | $107,603 | $92,852 | 116% |
| Accountants and Auditors | Philadelphia, PA | 4 | $93,158 | $78,085 | 119% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Philadelphia, PA | 4 | $109,372 | $98,073 | 112% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Philadelphia, PA | 3 | $136,291 | $160,490 | 85% |
About FMC
FMC is an industrial manufacturing company based in BNY Mellon Center. It was founded in 1883. It is listed on NYSE as FMC.
- Name (DOL filings)
- FMC Corporation
- Listed
- NYSE: FMC
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 2929 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Industry
- Industrial manufacturing
- Employees (global)
- 5,500 (2025)
- Revenue FY2018
- $4.7B +64% from $2.9B
- Net income FY2025
- $-2.2B -756% from $341M
- R&D FY2025
- $266M
FMC pays a median H-1B base of $112,674 across FY2017–2026, about 14% above the typical Industrial manufacturing sponsor.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dart Container of Michigan | 191 | 22 | $111k | 3 | 64% |
| CertainTeed | 184 | 61 | $117k | 23 | 59% |
| Flowserve | 168 | 31 | $104k | 12 | 50% |
| FMC | 136 | 14 | $103k | 3 | — |
| EnerSys Delaware | 134 | 28 | $93k | 13 | 29% |
| International Flavors & Fragrances | 131 | 38 | $107k | 34 | 66% |
| Yokogawa | 128 | 24 | $122k | 12 | — |
