Gen Digital H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Cybersecurity · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
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Does Gen Digital sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Gen Digital has filed 522 H-1B LCAs and 92 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2020 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Gen Digital filed 133 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $159,135, about 30% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 30 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) | 79 | $159k |
| FY2025 | 54 | $161k |
| FY2024 | 31 | $165k |
| FY2023 | 63 | $156k |
| FY2022 | 92 | $149k |
| FY2021 | 105 | $130k |
| FY2020 | 98 | $134k |
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) | 10 | $171k |
| FY2025 | 20 | $151k |
| FY2024 | 4 | $149k |
| FY2023 | 18 | $140k |
| FY2022 | 13 | $135k |
| FY2021 | 26 | $121k |
| FY2020 | 1 | $120k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 75
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 21
- applications
- Most recent grant
- March 17, 2026
- Top area
- Transmission of digital information34
Pay against the local market
Gen Digital’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros, FY2020–FY2026. Its median base salary is 117% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Gen Digital pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 111 | $169,427 | $163,232 | 104% |
| Software Developers | Los Angeles, CA | 71 | $135,428 | $128,248 | 106% |
| Software Developers | Phoenix, AZ | 63 | $135,855 | $117,174 | 116% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 36 | $155,103 | $134,545 | 115% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Phoenix, AZ | 20 | $132,240 | $91,357 | 145% |
| Data Scientists | Phoenix, AZ | 12 | $109,668 | $109,275 | 100% |
| Information Security Analysts | Phoenix, AZ | 11 | $113,829 | $114,476 | 99% |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | San Francisco, CA | 9 | $156,073 | $139,052 | 112% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Los Angeles, CA | 9 | $144,471 | $95,236 | 152% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | San Francisco, CA | 9 | $159,084 | $130,921 | 122% |
About Gen Digital
- Legal name
- Gen Digital Inc.
- Listed
- Nasdaq: GEN
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 60 E Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe, AZ 85281
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Employees (global)
- 3,900 (2026)
- Revenue FY2026
- $5.0B +27% from $3.9B
- Net income FY2026
- $973M +51% from $643M
- R&D FY2026
- $409M (8% of revenue)
Spends 8% of revenue on R&D, against a 22% median across the 152 Services-Prepackaged Software filers we hold SEC data for.
Gen Digital pays a median H-1B base of $146,021 across FY2017–2026, about 17% above the typical Cybersecurity sponsor.
H-1B sponsors similar to Gen Digital
| Employer | Filings, all years | Recent filings | Median base | New employment | Level III-IV roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Networks | 3,804 | 1,025 | $183k | 556 | 88% |
| Fortinet | 1,375 | 296 | $155k | 63 | 55% |
| Okta | 1,192 | 214 | $164k | 29 | 83% |
| Gen Digital | 522 | 133 | $159k | 38 | 59% |
| McAfee | 489 | 45 | $135k | 2 | 68% |
| SecureWorks | 403 | 5 | $153k | 0 | — |
| Securonix | 381 | 21 | $118k | 3 | — |
