Nokia H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Telecom equipment · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Murray Hill, NJ HQ📍 Sunnyvale, CA most H-1B filings🌐 nokia.com
Does Nokia sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Nokia has filed 3,181 H-1B LCAs and 737 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Nokia filed 587 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $145,266, about 19% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 161 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) | 322 | $145k |
| FY2025 | 265 | $145k |
| FY2024 | 266 | $141k |
| FY2023 | 260 | $130k |
| FY2022 | 251 | $127k |
| FY2021 | 296 | $124k |
| FY2020 | 289 | $123k |
| FY2019 | 355 | $117k |
| FY2018 | 380 | $111k |
| FY2017 | 497 | $107k |
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) | 121 | $151k |
| FY2025 | 40 | $129k |
| FY2024 | 23 | $121k |
| FY2023 | 43 | $125k |
| FY2022 | 34 | $122k |
| FY2021 | 59 | $111k |
| FY2020 | 59 | $100k |
| FY2019 | 60 | $104k |
| FY2018 | 173 | $103k |
| FY2017 | 125 | $111k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 84
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 99
- applications
- Most recent grant
- August 12, 2014
- Top area
- Transmission of digital information52
Pay against the local market
Nokia’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 106% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Nokia pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 387 | $144,361 | $141,640 | 102% |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | Dallas, TX | 301 | $102,970 | $92,242 | 112% |
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 299 | $166,818 | $179,085 | 93% |
| Electrical Engineers | Dallas, TX | 140 | $94,178 | $100,903 | 93% |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | San Jose, CA | 132 | $172,843 | $165,129 | 105% |
| Software Developers | Dallas, TX | 95 | $119,390 | $118,875 | 100% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 83 | $120,443 | $108,646 | 111% |
| Software Developers | Austin, TX | 76 | $112,634 | $109,701 | 103% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Dallas, TX | 74 | $109,201 | $102,905 | 106% |
| Computer Network Architects | Dallas, TX | 69 | $135,328 | $132,180 | 102% |
About Nokia
Nokia is a telecom equipment company based in Espoo, Finland. It was founded in 1865 and has about 58,900 employees worldwide. It is listed on NYSE as NOK.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Nokia
- Listed
- NYSE: NOK
- Incorporated in
- H9
- Headquarters
- Karakaari 7, Espoo Finland, H9, 02610
- Industry
- Telecom equipment
- Employees (US, est)
- 6,514 (2024)
- Revenue FY2025
- €19.9B +3% from €19.2B
- Net income FY2025
- €660M -49% from €1.3B
- R&D FY2025
- €4.9B (24% of revenue)
Nokia pays a median H-1B base of $124,299 across FY2017–2026, about 16% above the typical Telecom equipment sponsor.
