Jefferies H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Banking · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 New York, NY HQ🌐 jefferies.com
Does Jefferies sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Jefferies has filed 1,214 H-1B LCAs and 125 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Jefferies filed 268 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $175,000, about 43% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 34 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) | 126 | $175k |
| FY2025 | 142 | $175k |
| FY2024 | 118 | $160k |
| FY2023 | 81 | $135k |
| FY2022 | 190 | $110k |
| FY2021 | 179 | $103k |
| FY2020 | 74 | $106k |
| FY2019 | 104 | $105k |
| FY2018 | 121 | $97k |
| FY2017 | 79 | $77k |
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) | 24 | $180k |
| FY2025 | 10 | $188k |
| FY2024 | 17 | $200k |
| FY2023 | 11 | $149k |
| FY2022 | 9 | $150k |
| FY2021 | 13 | $145k |
| FY2020 | 13 | $138k |
| FY2019 | 8 | $160k |
| FY2018 | 12 | $132k |
| FY2017 | 8 | $120k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Pay against the local market
Jefferies’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 106% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Jefferies pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial and Investment Analysts | New York, NY | 499 | $125,314 | $120,463 | 104% |
| Software Developers | New York, NY | 295 | $137,273 | $134,538 | 102% |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | San Francisco, CA | 69 | $130,609 | $116,376 | 112% |
| Financial Specialists, All Other | New York, NY | 38 | $143,380 | $100,988 | 142% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | New York, NY | 30 | $129,433 | $111,194 | 116% |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | Houston, TX | 29 | $103,318 | $90,218 | 115% |
| Accountants and Auditors | New York, NY | 20 | $97,185 | $95,811 | 101% |
| Data Scientists | New York, NY | 20 | $147,300 | $131,106 | 112% |
| Statisticians | New York, NY | 19 | $104,684 | $118,226 | 89% |
| Operations Research Analysts | New York, NY | 11 | $81,545 | $99,581 | 82% |
About Jefferies
Jefferies is a banking company based in New York City, Germany. It was founded in 1962. It is listed on NYSE as JEF.
- Legal name
- Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
- Listed
- NYSE: JEF
- Incorporated in
- New York
- Headquarters
- 520 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022
- Industry
- Banking
- Founded
- 1962
- Revenue FY2025
- $10.8B +3% from $10.5B
- Net income FY2025
- $682M -5% from $716M
- R&D FY2012
- $18M
H-1B sponsors similar to Jefferies
| Employer | Filings, all years | Recent filings | Median base | New employment | Level III-IV roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barclays | 7,345 | 1,413 | $160k | 421 | 61% |
| U.S. Bank NA | 4,855 | 1,302 | $128k | 96 | 74% |
| Wells Fargo | 4,216 | 1,154 | $143k | 209 | 84% |
| Jefferies | 1,214 | 268 | $175k | 143 | 43% |
| Freddie Mac | 1,153 | 264 | $130k | 31 | 59% |
| Northern Trust | 1,104 | 221 | $142k | 64 | 81% |
| PNC Financial Services | 1,051 | 174 | $130k | 37 | 85% |
