Red Hat H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
#450 H-1B sponsor of 59,424Part of IBM
🏢 Raleigh, NC HQ🌐 redhat.com
Does Red Hat sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Red Hat has filed 1,199 H-1B LCAs and 266 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor since FY2017, most recently 156 in FY2025 at a $136k median base salary, about 14% above the national H-1B median.
H-1B filings
1,199
FY2017–2026
198 in FY25-26* →
Median base pay (H-1B)
$136k
FY2025
$112k–$166k typical
Pay vs market
+14%
above national H-1B median
vs $119k in FY2025
Green-card (PERM)
266
FY2017–2026
$128k median wage
99.2% certified
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
$107k
DOL legal floor, not actual pay
Offered median $115k
Wage levels
Level I146Level II423Level III316Level IV280
LCA decisions
Certified1,121Withdrawn76Denied2
Roles they sponsor
Where they hire
Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year
Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †
How they get sponsored
Visa held when the green card (PERM) was filed
H-1B162L-163F-14TN4E-33O-12
What this means → Green-card paths
Worker backgrounds
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from · FY2017–2024
Countries of citizenship
India142Brazil21China13Canada10Australia6
Top schools
North Carolina State University12Northeastern University12The University of Texas at Dallas6Boston University5University of Madras4
Fields of study
Computer Science63Computer Engineering37Electrical Engineering31Information Systems13Information Technology10
Degrees
Master's117Bachelor's96None16Other7Doctorate2
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