PPL H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Utilities · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Allentown, PA HQ🌐 pplweb.com
Does PPL sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. PPL has filed 43 H-1B LCAs and 4 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 PPL filed 5 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $143,222, about 17% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 1 green-card case was decided.
Allentown, PA accounts for 86% of its H-1B filings.
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) | 1 | $143k |
| FY2025 | 4 | $140k |
| FY2024 | 4 | $131k |
| FY2023 | 9 | $105k |
| FY2022 | 6 | $76k |
| FY2021 | 5 | $107k |
| FY2020 | 10 | $64k |
| FY2019 | 2 | $100k |
| FY2018 | 1 | $87k |
| FY2017 | 1 | $66k |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1 | $150k |
| FY2024 | 2 | $121k |
| FY2021 | 1 | $150k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 4
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 4
- applications
- Most recent grant
- November 3, 2020
- Top area
- Emergency protective circuit arrangements1
Pay against the local market
PPL’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 98% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | PPL pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Allentown, PA | 9 | $114,611 | $104,944 | 109% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Allentown, PA | 6 | $90,873 | $83,400 | 109% |
| Logisticians | Allentown, PA | 5 | $69,406 | $76,180 | 91% |
| Electrical Engineers | Allentown, PA | 5 | $82,822 | $96,554 | 86% |
| Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | Allentown, PA | 3 | $83,221 | $98,820 | 84% |
| Data Scientists | Allentown, PA | 2 | $77,505 | $93,220 | 83% |
| Operations Research Analysts | Allentown, PA | 1 | $86,586 | $91,740 | 94% |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers | Allentown, PA | 1 | $117,257 | $144,840 | 81% |
| Statisticians | Allentown, PA | 1 | $63,003 | $65,950 | 96% |
| Engineers, All Other | Allentown, PA | 1 | $62,026 | $96,140 | 65% |
About PPL
PPL is a utilities company based in Allentown, PA. It was founded in 1920. It is listed on NYSE as PPL.
- Legal name
- PPL Corp
- Listed
- NYSE: PPL
- Sponsoring since
- FY2017 or earlier
- Headquarters
- Two N Ninth St, Allentown, PA 18101-1179
- Industry
- Utilities
- Employees (US, est)
- 1,787 (2024)
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.0B +7% from $8.5B
- Net income FY2025
- $1.2B +33% from $888M
- Founded
- 1920
PPL pays a median H-1B base of $86,586 across FY2017–2026, about 25% below the typical Utilities sponsor.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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