Skip to content
H1BSalary.net

Goldman Sachs

#21 H-1B sponsor of 76,738#2 Banking sponsor of 40933% roles at wage level III and IV
H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

Banking · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026

🏢 New York, NY HQ🌐 goldmansachs.com

Does Goldman Sachs sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?

Yes. Goldman Sachs has filed 21,192 H-1B LCAs and 2,637 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Goldman Sachs filed 4,429 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $127,190, about 4% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 1,058 green-card cases were decided.

H-1B filings
21,192
(FY2017–2026)
Median base pay
$127k
from 4,429 filings (FY2025–2026)
Pay vs market
+4%
above national median ($122k, FY2025–2026)
Green-card (PERM) filings
2,637
(FY2017–2026)

H-1B pay & filings by year

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

Show the numbers behind this chart
Goldman Sachs H-1B LCA filings and median base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal yearH-1B LCA filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)2,054$131k
FY20252,375$125k
FY20242,016$133k
FY20232,433$122k
FY20222,770$123k
FY20212,691$123k
FY20201,780$117k
FY20191,929$115k
FY20181,954$110k
FY20171,190$103k

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
$121k
31% above the $92k prevailing wage
Role seniority (wage levels)
67% entry to mid
5,8707,4704,5282,066
LCA decisions
98.4% certified
20,852 of 21,192 filings
Withdrawn 247 · Denied 93
USCIS I-129 petition outcomes · FY2017–2023
New petitions2,909 decided94.8% approved
Extensions4,580 decided98.3% approved
LCA filings by type
New employment11,855 filings55.9%
Transfers in2,600 filings12.3%
Renewals6,737 filings31.8%

Roles they file for

Top occupations (SOC) · click to search
Software Developers6,941Financial and Investment Analysts3,683Financial Quantitative Analysts1,896Accountants and Auditors943Financial Risk Specialists853

Where they hire

By city

Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year

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

Show the numbers behind this chart
Goldman Sachs green-card (PERM) filings and median offered wage by fiscal year
Fiscal yearPERM filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)466$135k
FY2025592$150k
FY202486$145k
FY2023337$146k
FY2022224$130k
FY2021164$137k
FY2020176$133k
FY2019224$134k
FY2018191$116k
FY2017177$116k

Green-card route and outcomes

Visa held when the green card was filed
H-1B1,398L-1170NOT IN USA6H-1B11H-41TN1
Green-card wage
$138k
median of 2,637 cases
$113k–$161k typical
PERM decisions
98.6% certified
2,601 of 2,637 filings
Withdrawn 26 · Denied 10

Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024

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

Countries of citizenship
India864China271United Kingdom60Canada41Brazil33
Top schools
New York University56Columbia University27The University of Texas at Dallas19Carnegie Mellon University17Stevens Institute of Technology16
View more →
Fields of study
Computer Science295Computer Engineering132Electrical Engineering109Business Administration85Finance68
Degrees
Master's837Bachelor's616Other66Doctorate58None2

Patents

Granted
377
US patents
Published, not yet granted
252
applications
Most recent grant
March 24, 2026
Top area
Information and communication technology248
Other top areas
Electric digital data processing67Transmission of digital information29Computing arrangements based on specific computational models9Telephonic communication3
Learn more →

Pay against the local market

Goldman Sachs’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 112% of the local BLS median for the same work.

OccupationMetroFilingsGoldman Sachs payLocal BLS median‡vs market
Software DevelopersNew York, NY3,696$141,511$132,082107%
Financial and Investment AnalystsNew York, NY2,539$148,786$117,909126%
Software DevelopersDallas, TX1,950$121,010$125,25897%
Financial Specialists, All OtherNew York, NY1,770$139,990$100,473139%
Software DevelopersSalt Lake City, UT938$100,437$112,17190%
Financial Specialists, All OtherSalt Lake City, UT782$61,066$63,60696%
Financial Specialists, All OtherDallas, TX678$86,808$67,586128%
Accountants and AuditorsNew York, NY518$112,942$96,059118%
Operations Research AnalystsNew York, NY469$125,109$100,087125%
Financial Risk SpecialistsSalt Lake City, UT352$73,153$83,84787%

About Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs is a banking company based in 200 West Street. It was founded in 1869 and has about 34,000 employees worldwide. It is listed on NYSE as GS.

Name (DOL filings)
Goldman Sachs
Listed
NYSE: GS
Incorporated in
Delaware
Headquarters
200 West Street, New York, NY 10282
Industry
Banking
Founded
1869
H-1B filings
21,192
Net income FY2025
$17.2B +20% from $14.3B

H-1B sponsors similar to Goldman Sachs

EmployerFilings, all yearsRecent filingsMedian baseNew employmentLevel III-IV roles
Goldman Sachs21,1924,429$127k2,27939%
Citi12,4752,834$158k75077%
Capital One10,8992,493$140k74165%
Morgan Stanley9,5862,156$165k72747%
Bank of America8,1571,238$155k22253%
Barclays7,3451,413$160k42161%
U.S. Bank NA4,8551,302$128k9674%

More H-1B sponsors in New York, NY

Ernst & Young11,991Google7,736Amazon6,311JPMorgan Chase5,425Deloitte3,972Meta3,883
View all 21,192 filings →Find employers near you