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Sallie Mae

#2,971 H-1B sponsor of 59,424
H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

๐Ÿข Newark, DE HQ๐ŸŒ salliemae.com

Does Sallie Mae sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?

Yes. Sallie Mae has filed 230 H-1B LCAs and 22 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor since FY2017, most recently 47 in FY2025 at a $97k median base salary, about 18% below the national H-1B median.

H-1B filings
230
FY2017โ€“2026
58 in FY25-26* โ†’
Median base pay (H-1B)
$97k
FY2025
$81kโ€“$119k typical
Pay vs market
-18%
below national H-1B median
vs $119k in FY2025
Green-card (PERM)
22
FY2020โ€“2025
$117k median wage
95.2% 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
$83k
DOL legal floor, not actual pay
Offered median $90k
Wage levels
Level I70Level II60Level III18Level IV55
LCA decisions
Certified216Withdrawn12Denied2

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-1B16

What this means โ†’ Green-card paths

Worker backgrounds

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

Countries of citizenship
China10India6
Top schools
University of Delaware8Drexel University1Goldeybeacom College1Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology1Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur1
Fields of study
Finance3Statistics3Operations Research2Business Administration1Business Analytics1
Degrees
Master's11Bachelor's4Doctorate1

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