Hyatt H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Hotels and Motels · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Chicago, IL HQ🌐 hyatt.com
Does Hyatt sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Hyatt has filed 293 H-1B LCAs and 69 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Hyatt filed 76 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $148,526, about 22% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 19 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) | 28 | $147k |
| FY2025 | 48 | $149k |
| FY2024 | 25 | $130k |
| FY2023 | 28 | $129k |
| FY2022 | 45 | $125k |
| FY2021 | 23 | $121k |
| FY2020 | 19 | $108k |
| FY2019 | 26 | $114k |
| FY2018 | 24 | $82k |
| FY2017 | 27 | $70k |
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) | 6 | $86k |
| FY2025 | 13 | $73k |
| FY2024 | 6 | $85k |
| FY2023 | 4 | $112k |
| FY2022 | 8 | $124k |
| FY2021 | 5 | $110k |
| FY2020 | 4 | $63k |
| FY2019 | 6 | $117k |
| FY2018 | 10 | $99k |
| FY2017 | 7 | $90k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 8
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 7
- applications
- Most recent grant
- September 15, 2020
- Top area
- Wireless communication networks3
Pay against the local market
Hyatt’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 117% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Hyatt pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Chicago, IL | 72 | $128,646 | $114,854 | 112% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Chicago, IL | 44 | $127,248 | $98,173 | 130% |
| Data Scientists | Chicago, IL | 9 | $151,997 | $111,287 | 137% |
| Accountants and Auditors | Chicago, IL | 8 | $82,782 | $74,785 | 111% |
| Database Architects | Chicago, IL | 6 | $139,804 | $133,907 | 104% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | Oklahoma City, OK | 5 | $110,006 | $93,238 | 118% |
| Accountants and Auditors | Oklahoma City, OK | 4 | $65,468 | $66,940 | 98% |
| Operations Research Analysts | Chicago, IL | 4 | $142,750 | $98,523 | 145% |
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 4 | $146,717 | $174,910 | 84% |
| Software Developers | Austin, TX | 4 | $134,740 | $132,195 | 102% |
About Hyatt
Hyatt is a hospitality company based in Chicago, IL. It was founded in 1957. It is listed on NYSE as H.
- Legal name
- Hyatt Hotels Corp
- Listed
- NYSE: H
- Incorporated in
- Illinois
- Headquarters
- 150 North Riverside Plaza, Chicago, IL 60606
- Industry (SIC)
- Hotels & Motels (7011)
- Employees (global)
- 242,000 (2025)
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.1B +7% from $6.6B
- Net income FY2025
- $-52M -104% from $1.3B
- Founded
- 1957
Hyatt pays a median H-1B base of $120,000 across FY2017–2026, about 6% above the typical Hospitality sponsor.
H-1B sponsors similar to Hyatt
| Employer | Filings, all years | Recent filings | Median base | New employment | Level III-IV roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilton Domestic Operating Company | 579 | 88 | $147k | 4 | 80% |
| Bed Bath & Beyond | 416 | 3 | $158k | 0 | — |
| Kraft Heinz | 414 | 54 | $123k | 23 | 65% |
| Hyatt | 293 | 76 | $149k | 8 | 73% |
| InterContinental Hotels Group | 200 | 42 | $132k | 3 | 90% |
| Wyndham Hotel Group | 181 | 27 | $141k | 4 | 87% |
| Royal Caribbean Cruises | 140 | 53 | $126k | 18 | 59% |
