Igt H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Gaming · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Las Vegas, NV HQ📍 Reno, NV most H-1B filings🌐 igt.com
Does Igt sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Igt has filed 215 H-1B LCAs and 42 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Igt filed 21 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $122,953, about 1% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 8 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) | 6 | $118k |
| FY2025 | 15 | $123k |
| FY2024 | 10 | $124k |
| FY2023 | 15 | $132k |
| FY2022 | 22 | $125k |
| FY2021 | 16 | $116k |
| FY2020 | 33 | $101k |
| FY2019 | 25 | $108k |
| FY2018 | 28 | $96k |
| FY2017 | 45 | $88k |
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) | 3 | $142k |
| FY2025 | 5 | $125k |
| FY2024 | 1 | $94k |
| FY2023 | 2 | $100k |
| FY2022 | 3 | $98k |
| FY2021 | 5 | $95k |
| FY2020 | 3 | $85k |
| FY2019 | 5 | $90k |
| FY2018 | 7 | $90k |
| FY2017 | 8 | $100k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 3
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 6
- applications
- Most recent grant
- April 7, 2026
- Top area
- Coin-freed or like apparatus1
Pay against the local market
Igt’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 109% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Igt pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Reno, NV | 47 | $101,066 | $97,105 | 104% |
| Software Developers | Las Vegas, NV | 43 | $109,236 | $101,723 | 107% |
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 25 | $126,331 | $147,253 | 86% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Las Vegas, NV | 9 | $76,586 | $72,799 | 105% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Reno, NV | 9 | $103,370 | $70,048 | 148% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | Reno, NV | 5 | $87,679 | $80,032 | 110% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | Las Vegas, NV | 5 | $104,918 | $85,102 | 123% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 4 | $132,901 | $128,424 | 103% |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | Las Vegas, NV | 4 | $89,599 | $86,408 | 104% |
| Software Developers | Austin, TX | 4 | $130,708 | $118,670 | 110% |
About Igt
Igt is a gaming company based in London. It was founded in 1990. It is listed on NYSE as BRSL.
- Legal name
- Brightstar Lottery PLC
- Listed
- NYSE: BRSL
- Incorporated in
- X0
- Headquarters
- 2 and 3 Eldon Street, London, Ec2m 7ls
- Industry
- Gaming
- Employees (global)
- 5,815 (2025)
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.5B -0% from $2.5B
- Net income FY2025
- $147M -58% from $348M
- R&D FY2025
- $47M (2% of revenue)
Igt pays a median H-1B base of $111,753 across FY2017–2026, about 6% below the typical Gaming sponsor.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Igt | 215 | 21 | $123k | 9 | — |
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