Nike H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Apparel & consumer goods · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Beaverton, OR HQ🌐 nike.com
Does Nike sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Nike has filed 3,257 H-1B LCAs and 955 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Nike filed 552 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $165,000, about 35% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 343 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) | 180 | $165k |
| FY2025 | 372 | $165k |
| FY2024 | 330 | $163k |
| FY2023 | 360 | $155k |
| FY2022 | 579 | $147k |
| FY2021 | 459 | $135k |
| FY2020 | 281 | $130k |
| FY2019 | 263 | $125k |
| FY2018 | 258 | $120k |
| FY2017 | 175 | $115k |
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) | 154 | $160k |
| FY2025 | 189 | $152k |
| FY2024 | 96 | $145k |
| FY2023 | 143 | $140k |
| FY2022 | 121 | $129k |
| FY2021 | 104 | $132k |
| FY2020 | 38 | $124k |
| FY2019 | 39 | $125k |
| FY2018 | 40 | $121k |
| FY2017 | 31 | $119k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 15,559
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 7,115
- applications
- Most recent grant
- April 7, 2026
- Top area
- Characteristic features of footwear; parts of footwear2,450
Pay against the local market
Nike’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 126% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Nike pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Portland, OR | 1,372 | $144,469 | $125,809 | 115% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Portland, OR | 339 | $169,010 | $149,164 | 113% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Portland, OR | 185 | $139,527 | $93,481 | 149% |
| Commercial and Industrial Designers | Portland, OR | 172 | $113,452 | $79,881 | 142% |
| Operations Research Analysts | Portland, OR | 101 | $139,196 | $90,796 | 153% |
| Marketing Managers | Portland, OR | 90 | $149,264 | $133,754 | 112% |
| Data Scientists | Portland, OR | 84 | $153,550 | $117,538 | 131% |
| Management Analysts | Portland, OR | 81 | $146,389 | $94,796 | 154% |
| Financial Managers | Portland, OR | 57 | $141,894 | $129,443 | 110% |
| Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | Portland, OR | 35 | $157,958 | $99,785 | 158% |
About Nike
Nike is an apparel & consumer goods company based in Beaverton, OR. It was founded in 1964 and has about 62,600 employees worldwide. It is listed on NYSE as NKE.
- Legal name
- NIKE, Inc.
- Listed
- NYSE: NKE
- Incorporated in
- Oregon
- Headquarters
- One Bowerman Dr, Beaverton, OR 97005-6453
- Industry
- Apparel & consumer goods
- Employees (global)
- 73,000 (2026)
- Revenue FY2026
- $46.4B +0% from $46.3B
- Net income FY2026
- $3.1B -3% from $3.2B
- Founded
- 1964
Nike pays a median H-1B base of $144,799 across FY2017–2026, about 30% above the typical Apparel & consumer goods sponsor.
