SAP H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Enterprise SaaS · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
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Does SAP sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. SAP has filed 9,148 H-1B LCAs and 1,947 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 SAP filed 1,294 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $158,668, about 30% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 170 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) | 585 | $160k |
| FY2025 | 709 | $158k |
| FY2024 | 641 | $152k |
| FY2023 | 654 | $147k |
| FY2022 | 904 | $139k |
| FY2021 | 850 | $133k |
| FY2020 | 1,113 | $125k |
| FY2019 | 1,276 | $115k |
| FY2018 | 1,342 | $112k |
| FY2017 | 1,074 | $110k |
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
Where they hire
Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year
Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †
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| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 1 | $125k |
| FY2025 | 169 | $135k |
| FY2024 | 93 | $122k |
| FY2023 | 176 | $117k |
| FY2022 | 127 | $114k |
| FY2021 | 471 | $112k |
| FY2020 | 258 | $108k |
| FY2019 | 242 | $110k |
| FY2018 | 261 | $110k |
| FY2017 | 149 | $110k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 9,939
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 8,150
- applications
- Most recent grant
- April 7, 2026
- Top area
- Electric digital data processing6,493
Pay against the local market
SAP’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 108% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | SAP pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 1,583 | $133,245 | $160,127 | 83% |
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 505 | $133,171 | $149,460 | 89% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | San Jose, CA | 443 | $141,419 | $133,597 | 106% |
| Software Developers | Seattle, WA | 355 | $129,784 | $145,261 | 89% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | Dallas, TX | 269 | $146,583 | $105,622 | 139% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | Atlanta, GA | 231 | $130,906 | $98,462 | 133% |
| Software Developers | Dallas, TX | 217 | $138,136 | $121,212 | 114% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | Pittsburgh, PA | 206 | $114,106 | $86,289 | 132% |
| Software Developers | Washington, DC | 203 | $125,669 | $128,095 | 98% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | Chicago, IL | 201 | $141,934 | $93,680 | 152% |
About SAP
SAP is an enterprise saas company based in Walldorf, Germany. It was founded in 1972 and has about 66,500 employees worldwide. It is listed on NYSE as SAP.
- Name (DOL filings)
- SAP
- Listed
- NYSE: SAP
- Incorporated in
- 2M
- Headquarters
- Dietmar-Hopp-Allee 16, Walldorf, 2m, 69190
- Industry
- Enterprise SaaS
- Employees (global)
- 110,000 (2025)
- Revenue FY2025
- €36.8B +8% from €34.2B
- Net income FY2025
- €7.3B +133% from €3.1B
- R&D FY2025
- €6.6B (18% of revenue)
SAP pays a median H-1B base of $130,445 across FY2017–2026, about 25% above the typical Enterprise SaaS sponsor.
