Synchrony H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Payments & fintech · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Stamford, CT HQ🌐 synchrony.com
Does Synchrony sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Synchrony has filed 601 H-1B LCAs and 134 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Synchrony filed 139 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $150,000, about 23% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 38 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) | 57 | $155k |
| FY2025 | 82 | $149k |
| FY2024 | 76 | $144k |
| FY2023 | 57 | $131k |
| FY2022 | 75 | $130k |
| FY2021 | 52 | $120k |
| FY2020 | 58 | $111k |
| FY2019 | 58 | $98k |
| FY2018 | 54 | $113k |
| FY2017 | 32 | $120k |
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
- 1AVP, Model Validation21$116k
- 2Big Data Engineer14$81k
- 3Senior Analyst, Model Validation13$80k
- 4VP, Solution Architect13$155k
- 5AVP, Solution Architect12$140k
- 6AVP, Credit Model Development10$140k
- 7AVP, Software Development Engineering Manager8$133k
- 8Senior Analyst, Credit Model Development8$105k
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) | 26 | $153k |
| FY2025 | 12 | $139k |
| FY2024 | 5 | $145k |
| FY2023 | 4 | $144k |
| FY2022 | 21 | $134k |
| FY2021 | 32 | $129k |
| FY2020 | 12 | $124k |
| FY2019 | 8 | $96k |
| FY2018 | 6 | $116k |
| FY2017 | 8 | $123k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 8
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 3
- applications
- Most recent grant
- August 23, 2022
- Top area
- Dynamo-electric machines4
Pay against the local market
Synchrony’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 112% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Synchrony pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Atlanta, GA | 69 | $133,884 | $122,879 | 109% |
| Software Developers | Chicago, IL | 49 | $131,167 | $114,392 | 115% |
| Statisticians | Chicago, IL | 17 | $95,882 | $99,945 | 96% |
| Data Scientists | Chicago, IL | 16 | $116,500 | $111,879 | 104% |
| Software Developers | Charlotte, NC | 15 | $153,709 | $129,693 | 119% |
| Software Developers | Dallas, TX | 13 | $122,692 | $117,452 | 104% |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | Atlanta, GA | 10 | $96,500 | $77,554 | 124% |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | Chicago, IL | 9 | $100,889 | $86,578 | 117% |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | Chicago, IL | 5 | $110,000 | $123,784 | 89% |
| Data Scientists | New York, NY | 5 | $139,200 | $131,280 | 106% |
About Synchrony
- Legal name
- Synchrony Financial
- Listed
- NYSE: SYF
- Incorporated in
- New York
- Headquarters
- 777 Long Ridge Road, Stamford, CT 06902-1250
- Industry
- Payments & fintech
- Employees (global)
- 20,000 (2025)
- H-1B filings
- 601
- Net income FY2025
- $3.6B +2% from $3.5B
- Website
- synchrony.com
Synchrony pays a median H-1B base of $130,000 across FY2017–2026, about 7% above the typical Payments & fintech sponsor.
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