Fortrea H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Durham, NC HQ🌐 fortrea.com
Does Fortrea sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Fortrea has filed 219 H-1B LCAs and 36 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Fortrea filed 54 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $128,627, about 5% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 14 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) | 24 | $129k |
| FY2025 | 30 | $130k |
| FY2024 | 32 | $105k |
| FY2023 | 46 | $107k |
| FY2022 | 49 | $116k |
| FY2021 | 23 | $111k |
| FY2019 | 2 | $69k |
| FY2018 | 5 | $56k |
| FY2017 | 8 | $65k |
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) | 14 | $101k |
| FY2024 | 8 | $123k |
| FY2023 | 12 | $115k |
| FY2022 | 2 | $108k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Pay against the local market
Fortrea’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 103% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Fortrea pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statisticians | Durham, NC | 42 | $124,480 | $115,623 | 108% |
| Statisticians | Madison, WI | 10 | $70,007 | $86,621 | 81% |
| Statisticians | Chicago, IL | 7 | $103,012 | $108,679 | 95% |
| Statisticians | Raleigh, NC | 6 | $132,711 | $123,418 | 108% |
| Statisticians | Trenton, NJ | 6 | $113,989 | $116,143 | 98% |
| Data Scientists | Durham, NC | 6 | $127,613 | $93,110 | 137% |
| Statisticians | Atlanta, GA | 5 | $94,935 | $109,410 | 87% |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | Durham, NC | 5 | $126,364 | $131,232 | 96% |
| Statisticians | Houston, TX | 5 | $96,996 | $97,510 | 99% |
| Statisticians | New York, NY | 5 | $89,669 | $132,888 | 67% |
About Fortrea
- Legal name
- Fortrea Holdings Inc.
- Listed
- Nasdaq: FTRE
- Sponsoring since
- FY2017 or earlier
- Headquarters
- 8 Moore Drive, Durham, NC 27709
- Industry (SIC)
- Services-Medical Laboratories (8071)
- Employees (global)
- 19,000 (2023)
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.7B +1% from $2.7B
- Net income FY2025
- $-986M -200% from $-328M
- Website
- fortrea.com
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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