Lowe's H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Retail · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Mooresville, NC HQ📍 Charlotte, NC most H-1B filings🌐 lowes.com
Does Lowe's sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Lowe's has filed 2,593 H-1B LCAs and 559 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Lowe's filed 619 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $133,536, about 9% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 168 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) | 238 | $134k |
| FY2025 | 381 | $134k |
| FY2024 | 301 | $128k |
| FY2023 | 380 | $120k |
| FY2022 | 357 | $133k |
| FY2021 | 244 | $130k |
| FY2020 | 398 | $127k |
| FY2019 | 142 | $115k |
| FY2018 | 75 | $110k |
| FY2017 | 77 | $99k |
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) | 116 | $149k |
| FY2025 | 52 | $141k |
| FY2024 | 100 | $139k |
| FY2023 | 125 | $137k |
| FY2022 | 65 | $134k |
| FY2021 | 44 | $123k |
| FY2020 | 14 | $125k |
| FY2019 | 10 | $106k |
| FY2018 | 11 | $117k |
| FY2017 | 22 | $105k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 68
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 61
- applications
- Most recent grant
- December 16, 2025
- Top area
- Image data processing or generation13
Pay against the local market
Lowe's’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 107% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Lowe's pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Charlotte, NC | 1,867 | $126,422 | $124,626 | 101% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Charlotte, NC | 290 | $123,633 | $97,692 | 127% |
| Data Scientists | Charlotte, NC | 150 | $128,129 | $131,693 | 97% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Charlotte, NC | 52 | $171,794 | $153,985 | 112% |
| Statisticians | Charlotte, NC | 44 | $128,359 | $80,365 | 160% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | Charlotte, NC | 22 | $113,631 | $97,760 | 116% |
| Information Security Analysts | Charlotte, NC | 18 | $126,335 | $125,571 | 101% |
| Database Administrators | Charlotte, NC | 16 | $118,809 | $106,633 | 111% |
| Software Developers | Seattle, WA | 15 | $157,417 | $152,320 | 103% |
| Operations Research Analysts | Charlotte, NC | 9 | $135,046 | $95,671 | 141% |
About Lowe's
Lowe's is a retail company based in Mooresville, NC. It was founded in 1921. It is listed on NYSE as LOW.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Lowe's
- Listed
- NYSE: LOW
- Incorporated in
- North Carolina
- Headquarters
- 1000 Lowes Blvd., Mooresville, NC 28117
- Industry
- Retail
- Employees (US, est)
- 263,650 (2024)
- Revenue FY2026
- $86.3B +3% from $83.7B
- Net income FY2026
- $6.7B -4% from $7.0B
- Founded
- 1921
Lowe's pays a median H-1B base of $127,539 across FY2017–2026, about 10% above the typical Retail sponsor.
