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Principal Financial Group

#8,863 H-1B sponsor of 59,424
H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

๐Ÿข Des Moines, IA HQ๐ŸŒ principal.com

Does Principal Financial Group sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?

Yes. Principal Financial Group has filed 62 H-1B LCAs and 4 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor since FY2017, most recently 4 in FY2025 at a $138k median base salary, about 16% above the national H-1B median.

H-1B filings
62
FY2017โ€“2026
5 in FY25-26* โ†’
Median base pay (H-1B)
$138k
FY2025
$126kโ€“$152k typical
Pay vs market
+16%
above national H-1B median
vs $119k in FY2025
Green-card (PERM)
4
FY2017โ€“2025
$114k median wage

H-1B pay & filings by year

Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year

Wage floor & filing outcomes

The DOL-required prevailing wage (the legal floor, not actual pay), skill levels, and LCA decisions

Median prevailing wage
$71k
DOL legal floor, not actual pay
Offered median $91k
Wage levels
Level I20Level II20Level III2Level IV14
LCA decisions
Certified52Withdrawn9Denied1

Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year

Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year โ€ 

How they get sponsored

Visa held when the green card (PERM) was filed

H-1B2

What this means โ†’ Green-card paths

Worker backgrounds

Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from ยท FY2017โ€“2024

Countries of citizenship
China1India1
Top schools
No data on record.
Fields of study
Business Administration1Mathematics1
Degrees
Master's2

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