Red Hat H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Databases & infra software · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
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Does Red Hat sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Red Hat has filed 1,278 H-1B LCAs and 294 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Red Hat filed 277 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $140,592, about 15% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 56 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) | 121 | $153k |
| FY2025 | 156 | $136k |
| FY2024 | 148 | $126k |
| FY2023 | 154 | $118k |
| FY2022 | 182 | $110k |
| FY2021 | 155 | $110k |
| FY2020 | 110 | $113k |
| FY2019 | 101 | $95k |
| FY2018 | 90 | $106k |
| FY2017 | 61 | $105k |
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
- 1Software Engineer186$101k
- 2Senior Software Engineer143$130k
- 3Principal Software Engineer50$169k
- 4Associate Software Engineer41$82k
- 5Senior Software Quality Engineer31$120k
- 6Senior Quality Engineer22$110k
- 7Software Quality Engineer22$96k
- 8Machine Learning Engineer15$171k
Where they hire
Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year
Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 45 | $128k |
| FY2025 | 11 | $126k |
| FY2024 | 54 | $131k |
| FY2023 | 41 | $132k |
| FY2022 | 64 | $127k |
| FY2021 | 24 | $127k |
| FY2020 | 17 | $129k |
| FY2019 | 15 | $133k |
| FY2018 | 16 | $112k |
| FY2017 | 7 | $126k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 3,644
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 2,932
- applications
- Most recent grant
- April 7, 2026
- Top area
- Electric digital data processing2,432
Pay against the local market
Red Hat’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 103% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Red Hat pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Durham, NC | 202 | $112,986 | $121,490 | 93% |
| Software Developers | Boston, MA | 75 | $158,234 | $154,118 | 103% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Durham, NC | 41 | $99,281 | $101,466 | 98% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | Durham, NC | 40 | $113,503 | $100,066 | 113% |
| Software Developers | New York, NY | 31 | $146,750 | $143,904 | 102% |
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 26 | $139,070 | $180,683 | 77% |
| Statisticians | Durham, NC | 25 | $97,018 | $111,790 | 87% |
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 24 | $133,906 | $152,521 | 88% |
| Software Developers | Dallas, TX | 23 | $121,419 | $123,604 | 98% |
| Software Developers | Seattle, WA | 18 | $131,106 | $157,949 | 83% |
About Red Hat
Red Hat is a databases & infra software company based in Raleigh, NC. It was founded in 1993 and has about 12,000 employees worldwide. It was formerly listed on New York Stock Exchange as RHT.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Red Hat
- Listed as
- Nasdaq: RHAT (1999–2006) · NYSE: RHT (2006–2019)
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 100 East Davie Street, Raleigh, NC 27601
- Industry
- Databases & infra software
- Employees (global)
- 13,360 (2019)
- H-1B filings
- 1,278
- Median base
- $117,643
- Founded
- 1993
- Taken private
- International Business Machines Corporation, $34.0B
- CEO
- Matt Hicks
Red Hat pays a median H-1B base of $117,643 across FY2017–2026, about 6% below the typical Databases & infra software sponsor.
H-1B sponsors similar to Red Hat
| Employer | Filings, all years | Recent filings | Median base | New employment | Level III-IV roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware | 8,500 | 224 | $187k | 37 | 97% |
| Akamai Technologies | 2,483 | 391 | $155k | 90 | 56% |
| Hitachi Vantara | 2,300 | 37 | $127k | 3 | 22% |
| Red Hat | 1,278 | 277 | $141k | 109 | 53% |
| Teradata | 1,142 | 118 | $154k | 23 | 73% |
| Equinix | 1,126 | 194 | $150k | 44 | 57% |
| Cloud Big Data Technologies | 1,031 | 4 | $88k | 0 | — |
