Leidos H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Aerospace & defense · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
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Does Leidos sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Leidos has filed 973 H-1B LCAs and 171 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Leidos filed 170 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $118,342, about 3% below the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 56 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) | 73 | $122k |
| FY2025 | 97 | $114k |
| FY2024 | 91 | $119k |
| FY2023 | 121 | $110k |
| FY2022 | 105 | $102k |
| FY2021 | 104 | $105k |
| FY2020 | 133 | $100k |
| FY2019 | 106 | $88k |
| FY2018 | 80 | $97k |
| FY2017 | 63 | $86k |
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) | 35 | $118k |
| FY2025 | 21 | $119k |
| FY2024 | 15 | $130k |
| FY2023 | 19 | $131k |
| FY2022 | 13 | $107k |
| FY2021 | 15 | $106k |
| FY2020 | 13 | $107k |
| FY2019 | 17 | $109k |
| FY2018 | 10 | $96k |
| FY2017 | 13 | $130k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 129
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 109
- applications
- Most recent grant
- July 29, 2025
- Top area
- Preparations for medical11
Pay against the local market
Leidos’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 96% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Leidos pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Washington, DC | 183 | $111,309 | $127,696 | 87% |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | Washington, DC | 68 | $106,729 | $102,476 | 104% |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | Washington, DC | 53 | $84,166 | $101,015 | 83% |
| Medical Scientists | Washington, DC | 40 | $99,031 | $112,635 | 88% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Washington, DC | 19 | $125,654 | $120,853 | 104% |
| Civil Engineers | Washington, DC | 14 | $89,488 | $96,594 | 93% |
| Electrical Engineers | Orlando, FL | 14 | $93,242 | $103,746 | 90% |
| Electrical Engineers | Detroit, MI | 14 | $102,137 | $99,516 | 103% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Morgantown, WV | 11 | $102,415 | $97,543 | 105% |
| Statisticians | Washington, DC | 11 | $125,061 | $119,687 | 104% |
About Leidos
Leidos is an aerospace & defense company based in McLean. It was founded in 1969 and has about 50,000 employees worldwide. It is listed on NYSE as LDOS.
- Legal name
- Leidos Holdings, Inc.
- Listed
- NYSE: LDOS
- Sponsoring since
- FY2017 or earlier
- Headquarters
- 1750 Presidents Street, Reston, VA 20190
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Employees (global)
- 47,000 (2026)
- Revenue FY2026
- $17.2B +3% from $16.7B
- Net income FY2026
- $1.4B +15% from $1.3B
- R&D FY2026
- $187M (1% of revenue)
Spends 1% of revenue on R&D, against a 13% median across the 22 Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design filers we hold SEC data for.
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