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PwC

#22 H-1B sponsor of 76,738#3 Professional services (audit/consulting) sponsor of 2,12135% roles at wage level III and IV
H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

Professional services (audit/consulting) ยท H-1B sponsor ยท FY2017โ€“2026

๐Ÿข Tampa, FL HQ๐Ÿ“ New York, NY most H-1B filings๐ŸŒ pwc.com

Does PwC sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?

Yes. PwC has filed 19,722 H-1B LCAs and 3,238 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025โ€“2026 PwC filed 2,666 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $175,857, about 44% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 607 green-card cases were decided.

H-1B filings
19,722
(FY2017โ€“2026)
Median base pay
$176k
from 2,666 filings (FY2025โ€“2026)
Pay vs market
+44%
above national median ($122k, FY2025โ€“2026)
Green-card (PERM) filings
3,238
(FY2017โ€“2026)

H-1B pay & filings by year

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

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PwC H-1B LCA filings and median base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal yearH-1B LCA filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)1,154$175k
FY20251,512$176k
FY20241,693$164k
FY20231,363$163k
FY20222,036$145k
FY20211,670$122k
FY20201,831$110k
FY20192,587$81k
FY20182,876$105k
FY20173,000$92k

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

Pay vs the legal floor
$122k
34% above the $92k prevailing wage
Role seniority (wage levels)
65% entry to mid
3,5628,8552,2204,425
LCA decisions
99.2% certified
19,564 of 19,722 filings
Withdrawn 107 ยท Denied 51
USCIS I-129 petition outcomes ยท FY2017โ€“2023
New petitions2,985 decided90.8% approved
Extensions11,122 decided90.2% approved
LCA filings by type
New employment5,676 filings28.8%
Transfers in2,382 filings12.1%
Renewals11,662 filings59.1%

Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year

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

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PwC green-card (PERM) filings and median offered wage by fiscal year
Fiscal yearPERM filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)289$169k
FY2025318$165k
FY2024169$158k
FY2023236$138k
FY2022328$126k
FY2021482$124k
FY2020282$123k
FY2019321$121k
FY2018446$122k
FY2017367$126k

Green-card route and outcomes

Visa held when the green card was filed
H-1B2,323L-1269TN9E-37H-45NOT IN USA5F-13G-42
Green-card wage
$132k
median of 3,238 cases
$113kโ€“$158k typical
PERM decisions
95.0% certified
3,077 of 3,238 filings
Withdrawn 57 ยท Denied 104

Worker backgrounds ยท FY2017โ€“2024

Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from

Countries of citizenship
India1,323China467South Korea89Canada81Pakistan36
Top schools
New York University46Carnegie Mellon University35The University of Texas at Dallas30Indiana University28University of Southern California25
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Fields of study
Accounting510Business Administration506Information Systems227Electrical Engineering147Computer Engineering134
Degrees
Master's1,624Bachelor's927None60Doctorate14Other6

Patents

Granted
58
US patents
Published, not yet granted
95
applications
Most recent grant
March 17, 2026
Top area
Electric digital data processing25
Other top areas
Transmission of digital information7Diagnosis; surgery; identification5Image or video recognition or understanding4Wireless communication networks3

Pay against the local market

PwCโ€™s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 116% of the local BLS median for the same work.

OccupationMetroFilingsPwC payLocal BLS medianโ€กvs market
Accountants and AuditorsNew York, NY1,258$102,347$94,585108%
Management AnalystsNew York, NY688$139,219$103,362135%
Operations Research AnalystsNew York, NY567$148,290$109,024136%
Computer Systems AnalystsNew York, NY438$101,834$103,77198%
Accountants and AuditorsSan Jose, CA418$101,986$96,356106%
Software DevelopersNew York, NY394$137,864$131,830105%
Computer and Information Systems ManagersNew York, NY364$203,047$203,122100%
Accountants and AuditorsLos Angeles, CA356$89,719$80,212112%
Software DevelopersDallas, TX353$127,980$119,294107%
Computer and Information Systems ManagersDallas, TX346$175,313$164,728106%

About PwC

PwC is a professional services (audit/consulting) company based in London, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1995 and has about 195,000 employees worldwide.

Name (DOL filings)
PwC
Listed
Private
Sponsoring since
FY2017 or earlier
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Industry
Professional services (audit/consulting)
Founded
1995
H-1B filings
19,722
Median base
$122,096
Website
pwc.com

PwC pays a median H-1B base of $122,096 across FY2017โ€“2026, about 30% above the typical Professional services (audit/consulting) sponsor.

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