Medline H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Medical devices & life sciences · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
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Does Medline sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Medline has filed 1,437 H-1B LCAs and 278 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Medline filed 610 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $135,568, about 11% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 93 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) | 266 | $139k |
| FY2025 | 344 | $134k |
| FY2024 | 144 | $130k |
| FY2023 | 141 | $125k |
| FY2022 | 143 | $116k |
| FY2021 | 137 | $114k |
| FY2020 | 113 | $110k |
| FY2019 | 72 | $105k |
| FY2018 | 43 | $100k |
| FY2017 | 34 | $97k |
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) | 39 | $127k |
| FY2025 | 54 | $134k |
| FY2024 | 33 | $115k |
| FY2023 | 32 | $115k |
| FY2022 | 31 | $120k |
| FY2021 | 43 | $106k |
| FY2020 | 17 | $110k |
| FY2019 | 9 | $112k |
| FY2018 | 13 | $90k |
| FY2017 | 7 | $90k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Pay against the local market
Medline’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 108% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Medline pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Chicago, IL | 652 | $126,185 | $121,716 | 104% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | Chicago, IL | 115 | $108,611 | $95,001 | 114% |
| Operations Research Analysts | Chicago, IL | 90 | $94,354 | $96,062 | 98% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Chicago, IL | 84 | $130,888 | $100,878 | 130% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Chicago, IL | 72 | $155,754 | $162,336 | 96% |
| Data Scientists | Chicago, IL | 58 | $130,347 | $112,287 | 116% |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | Chicago, IL | 54 | $119,197 | $93,654 | 127% |
| Database Architects | Chicago, IL | 27 | $138,779 | $134,786 | 103% |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | Chicago, IL | 24 | $118,790 | $101,190 | 117% |
| Industrial Engineers | Chicago, IL | 20 | $88,002 | $95,541 | 92% |
About Medline
- Legal name
- Medline Inc.
- Listed
- Nasdaq: MDLN
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 3 Lakes Drive, Northfield, IL 60093
- Industry
- Medical devices & life sciences
- Employees (global)
- 45,000 (2025)
- Revenue FY2025
- $28.4B +11% from $25.5B
- Net income FY2024
- $1.2B +397% from $234M
- R&D FY2025
- $80M (0% of revenue)
Spends 0% of revenue on R&D, against a 11% median across the 47 Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus filers we hold SEC data for.
Medline pays a median H-1B base of $124,623 across FY2017–2026, about 16% above the typical Medical devices & life sciences sponsor.
H-1B sponsors similar to Medline
| Employer | Filings, all years | Recent filings | Median base | New employment | Level III-IV roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 3,975 | 784 | $118k | 176 | 73% |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific | 2,354 | 410 | $118k | 98 | 60% |
| Abbott | 2,164 | 512 | $122k | 110 | 48% |
| Medline | 1,437 | 610 | $136k | 98 | 77% |
| GE HealthCare | 1,433 | 186 | $148k | 54 | 82% |
| Illumina | 1,392 | 218 | $136k | 40 | 63% |
| Philips | 1,250 | 137 | $123k | 45 | 64% |
