Target H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Retail · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Minneapolis, MN HQ🌐 target.com
Does Target sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Target has filed 2,463 H-1B LCAs and 517 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Target filed 382 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $141,898, about 16% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 41 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) | 135 | $142k |
| FY2025 | 247 | $142k |
| FY2024 | 187 | $129k |
| FY2023 | 206 | $125k |
| FY2022 | 371 | $123k |
| FY2021 | 223 | $117k |
| FY2020 | 275 | $114k |
| FY2019 | 319 | $110k |
| FY2018 | 331 | $109k |
| FY2017 | 169 | $104k |
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) | 7 | $105k |
| FY2025 | 34 | $131k |
| FY2024 | 27 | $123k |
| FY2023 | 32 | $122k |
| FY2022 | 65 | $123k |
| FY2021 | 41 | $114k |
| FY2020 | 78 | $110k |
| FY2019 | 71 | $110k |
| FY2018 | 121 | $109k |
| FY2017 | 41 | $108k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 2,032
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 1,092
- applications
- Most recent grant
- April 7, 2026
- Top area
- Information and communication technology287
Pay against the local market
Target’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 | Target pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Minneapolis, MN | 1,434 | $121,336 | $111,668 | 109% |
| Data Scientists | Minneapolis, MN | 111 | $123,436 | $118,427 | 104% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Minneapolis, MN | 102 | $165,062 | $163,773 | 101% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Minneapolis, MN | 99 | $104,758 | $89,956 | 116% |
| Operations Research Analysts | Minneapolis, MN | 95 | $90,958 | $88,050 | 103% |
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 90 | $151,501 | $160,244 | 95% |
| Statisticians | Minneapolis, MN | 86 | $98,078 | $81,229 | 121% |
| Logisticians | Minneapolis, MN | 58 | $87,148 | $75,721 | 115% |
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 46 | $133,164 | $147,032 | 91% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | Minneapolis, MN | 33 | $109,474 | $94,861 | 115% |
About Target
Target is a retail company based in Minneapolis, MN. It was founded in 1902 and has about 400,000 employees worldwide. It is listed on NYSE as TGT.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Target
- Listed
- NYSE: TGT
- Incorporated in
- Minnesota
- Headquarters
- 1000 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55403
- Industry
- Retail
- Employees (global)
- 415,000 (2026)
- Revenue FY2018
- $71.9B +3% from $69.5B
- Net income FY2026
- $3.7B -9% from $4.1B
- Founded
- 1902
