Shure H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Consumer electronics · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Niles, IL HQ🌐 shure.com
Does Shure sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Shure has filed 201 H-1B LCAs and 35 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Shure filed 37 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $120,370, about 1% below the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 6 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) | 16 | $120k |
| FY2025 | 21 | $116k |
| FY2024 | 18 | $109k |
| FY2023 | 22 | $96k |
| FY2022 | 33 | $92k |
| FY2021 | 18 | $88k |
| FY2020 | 31 | $80k |
| FY2019 | 18 | $110k |
| FY2018 | 12 | $97k |
| FY2017 | 12 | $60k |
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
- 1Engineer II, DSP9$82k
- 2Engineer II, Application Systems Development8$91k
- 3Engineer I, Embedded Systems Development6$72k
- 4Buyer II5$67k
- 5Engineer II, Embedded Systems Development4$90k
- 6Engineer II, System Verification4$78k
- 7Engineer Sr, DSP4$119k
- 8Accountant I, Tax3$47k
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) | 3 | $97k |
| FY2025 | 3 | $68k |
| FY2024 | 5 | $110k |
| FY2022 | 9 | $121k |
| FY2021 | 4 | $87k |
| FY2020 | 2 | $103k |
| FY2019 | 4 | $115k |
| FY2018 | 4 | $104k |
| FY2017 | 1 | $111k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 47
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 12
- applications
- Most recent grant
- August 30, 2016
- Top area
- Loudspeakers10
Pay against the local market
Shure’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros, FY2018–FY2026. Its median base salary is 95% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Shure pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Chicago, IL | 80 | $110,066 | $116,204 | 95% |
| Electrical Engineers | Chicago, IL | 27 | $88,655 | $100,587 | 88% |
| Industrial Engineers | Chicago, IL | 10 | $88,388 | $92,891 | 95% |
| Information Security Analysts | Chicago, IL | 6 | $73,816 | $111,297 | 66% |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | Chicago, IL | 5 | $109,342 | $102,360 | 107% |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers | Chicago, IL | 5 | $124,347 | $147,614 | 84% |
| Operations Research Analysts | Chicago, IL | 5 | $113,938 | $98,010 | 116% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Chicago, IL | 5 | $163,634 | $102,713 | 159% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | Chicago, IL | 4 | $91,937 | $91,973 | 100% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Chicago, IL | 4 | $104,583 | $93,693 | 112% |
About Shure
Shure is a consumer electronics company based in Niles, IL. It was founded in 1925.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Shure
- Listed
- Private
- Sponsoring since
- FY2017 or earlier
- Headquarters
- Niles, United States
- Industry
- Consumer electronics
- Employees (US, est)
- 1,172 (2024)
- H-1B filings
- 201
- Median base
- $96,658
- Founded
- 1925
Shure pays a median H-1B base of $96,658 across FY2017–2026, about 14% below the typical Consumer electronics sponsor.
