Jacobs H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Engineering & construction · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Houston, TX HQ🌐 jacobs.com
Does Jacobs sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Jacobs has filed 1,855 H-1B LCAs and 308 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Jacobs filed 486 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $103,768, about 15% below the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 119 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) | 239 | $106k |
| FY2025 | 247 | $101k |
| FY2024 | 171 | $97k |
| FY2023 | 185 | $92k |
| FY2022 | 166 | $95k |
| FY2021 | 132 | $86k |
| FY2020 | 173 | $83k |
| FY2019 | 237 | $81k |
| FY2018 | 170 | $90k |
| FY2017 | 135 | $87k |
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) | 73 | $104k |
| FY2025 | 46 | $94k |
| FY2024 | 9 | $80k |
| FY2023 | 17 | $113k |
| FY2022 | 24 | $94k |
| FY2021 | 37 | $85k |
| FY2020 | 18 | $90k |
| FY2019 | 19 | $98k |
| FY2018 | 45 | $91k |
| FY2017 | 20 | $89k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 20
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 7
- applications
- Most recent grant
- March 10, 2026
- Top area
- Crushing6
Pay against the local market
Jacobs’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 101% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Jacobs pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civil Engineers | Seattle, WA | 66 | $93,414 | $99,328 | 94% |
| Civil Engineers | Houston, TX | 66 | $104,330 | $95,455 | 109% |
| Civil Engineers | New York, NY | 63 | $103,152 | $103,287 | 100% |
| Civil Engineers | Atlanta, GA | 58 | $83,026 | $79,803 | 104% |
| Civil Engineers | San Francisco, CA | 52 | $110,730 | $119,547 | 93% |
| Civil Engineers | Dallas, TX | 44 | $85,320 | $92,323 | 92% |
| Civil Engineers | Los Angeles, CA | 39 | $112,804 | $104,007 | 108% |
| Civil Engineers | Washington, DC | 38 | $105,332 | $97,660 | 108% |
| Civil Engineers | Chicago, IL | 36 | $108,069 | $95,957 | 113% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Houston, TX | 27 | $116,263 | $100,267 | 116% |
About Jacobs
Jacobs is an engineering & construction company based in Harwood Center. It was founded in 1947 and has about 55,000 employees worldwide. It is listed on NYSE as J.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Jacobs
- Listed
- NYSE: J
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 1999 Bryan Street, Suite 3500, Dallas, TX 75201
- Industry
- Engineering & construction
- Employees (US, est)
- 16,218 (2024)
- Revenue FY2018
- $15.0B +50% from $10.0B
- Net income FY2025
- $289M -64% from $806M
- Founded
- 1947
Jacobs pays a median H-1B base of $94,000 across FY2017–2026, about 12% above the typical Engineering & construction sponsor.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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