Staples H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Retail · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Framingham, MA HQ🌐 staples.com
Does Staples sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Staples has filed 1,750 H-1B LCAs and 245 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Staples filed 275 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $135,000, about 11% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 51 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) | 115 | $135k |
| FY2025 | 160 | $135k |
| FY2024 | 190 | $129k |
| FY2023 | 164 | $125k |
| FY2022 | 175 | $124k |
| FY2021 | 131 | $113k |
| FY2020 | 194 | $112k |
| FY2019 | 184 | $105k |
| FY2018 | 228 | $105k |
| FY2017 | 209 | $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
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) | 35 | $130k |
| FY2025 | 16 | $133k |
| FY2024 | 22 | $140k |
| FY2023 | 15 | $133k |
| FY2022 | 23 | $136k |
| FY2021 | 35 | $116k |
| FY2020 | 18 | $112k |
| FY2019 | 21 | $122k |
| FY2018 | 25 | $112k |
| FY2017 | 35 | $120k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 71
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 67
- applications
- Most recent grant
- March 10, 2026
- Top area
- Information and communication technology34
Pay against the local market
Staples’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 | Staples pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Boston, MA | 164 | $145,723 | $154,240 | 94% |
| Data Scientists | Boston, MA | 57 | $114,774 | $131,830 | 87% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Boston, MA | 54 | $141,075 | $106,430 | 133% |
| Software Developers | Chicago, IL | 53 | $113,037 | $113,900 | 99% |
| Software Developers | Denver, CO | 47 | $116,128 | $109,771 | 106% |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | Boston, MA | 32 | $114,724 | $125,440 | 91% |
| Operations Research Analysts | Boston, MA | 31 | $112,738 | $92,470 | 122% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Boston, MA | 21 | $182,872 | $207,150 | 88% |
| Software Developers | Austin, TX | 19 | $117,764 | $130,044 | 91% |
| Data Scientists | Chicago, IL | 16 | $123,132 | $112,133 | 110% |
About Staples
Staples is a retail company based in Framingham, MA. It was founded in 1986 and has about 79,075 employees worldwide. It is listed on Nasdaq as SPLS.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Staples
- Listed
- Nasdaq: SPLS
- Sponsoring since
- FY2017 or earlier
- Headquarters
- Framingham, United States
- Industry
- Retail
- Employees (US, est)
- 11,200 (2024)
- H-1B filings
- 1,750
- Median base
- $116,000
- Founded
- 1986
