Johnson Controls H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Industrial manufacturing · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Milwaukee, WI HQ🌐 jci.com
Does Johnson Controls sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Johnson Controls has filed 1,118 H-1B LCAs and 183 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Johnson Controls filed 147 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $107,640, about 12% below the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 31 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) | 61 | $111k |
| FY2025 | 86 | $107k |
| FY2024 | 78 | $103k |
| FY2023 | 115 | $102k |
| FY2022 | 120 | $104k |
| FY2021 | 94 | $103k |
| FY2020 | 120 | $88k |
| FY2019 | 135 | $90k |
| FY2018 | 169 | $88k |
| FY2017 | 140 | $81k |
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) | 15 | $118k |
| FY2025 | 16 | $119k |
| FY2024 | 24 | $117k |
| FY2023 | 17 | $110k |
| FY2022 | 11 | $93k |
| FY2021 | 12 | $106k |
| FY2020 | 15 | $103k |
| FY2019 | 16 | $85k |
| FY2018 | 29 | $85k |
| FY2017 | 28 | $101k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 3,501
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 3,563
- applications
- Most recent grant
- April 7, 2026
- Top area
- Air-conditioning; air-humidification; ventilation659
Pay against the local market
Johnson Controls’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 97% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Johnson Controls pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Milwaukee, WI | 180 | $98,140 | $95,766 | 102% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Milwaukee, WI | 40 | $133,725 | $131,129 | 102% |
| Industrial Engineers | Milwaukee, WI | 27 | $84,509 | $77,974 | 108% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | Milwaukee, WI | 26 | $97,859 | $82,967 | 118% |
| Electrical Engineers | Milwaukee, WI | 24 | $73,949 | $89,209 | 83% |
| Software Developers | Los Angeles, CA | 23 | $123,323 | $126,507 | 97% |
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 21 | $128,786 | $180,615 | 71% |
| Software Developers | Miami, FL | 21 | $118,001 | $107,317 | 110% |
| Accountants and Auditors | Milwaukee, WI | 19 | $74,087 | $68,364 | 108% |
| Mechanical Engineers | York, PA | 16 | $82,118 | $77,475 | 106% |
About Johnson Controls
Johnson Controls is an industrial manufacturing company based in Cork. It was founded in 1885 and has about 120,000 employees worldwide. It is listed on NYSE as JCI.
- Legal name
- Johnson Controls International plc
- Listed
- NYSE: JCI
- Incorporated in
- L2
- Headquarters
- One Albert Quay, Cork, L2, 00000
- Industry
- Industrial manufacturing
- Employees (global)
- 87,000 (2025)
- Revenue FY2018
- $25.3B +5% from $24.1B
- Net income FY2025
- $3.3B +93% from $1.7B
- R&D FY2025
- $273M
Johnson Controls pays a median H-1B base of $94,557 across FY2017–2026, about 5% below the typical Industrial manufacturing sponsor.
