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H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

Payments & fintech · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026

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Does Visa sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?

Yes. Visa has filed 9,253 H-1B LCAs and 2,194 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Visa filed 1,683 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $144,903, about 19% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 425 green-card cases were decided.

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H-1B filings
9,253
(FY2017–2026)
Median base pay
$145k
from 1,683 filings (FY2025–2026)
Pay vs market
+19%
above national median ($122k, FY2025–2026)
Green-card (PERM) filings
2,194
(FY2017–2026)

H-1B pay & filings by year

Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year

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Visa H-1B LCA filings and median base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal yearH-1B LCA filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)618$152k
FY20251,065$142k
FY2024927$134k
FY2023939$131k
FY20221,314$122k
FY2021807$111k
FY2020992$112k
FY20191,027$111k
FY2018897$107k
FY2017667$102k

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

Pay vs the legal floor
$120k
4% above the $116k prevailing wage
Role seniority (wage levels)
59% senior
2762,9101,3683,298
LCA decisions
94.7% certified
8,762 of 9,253 filings
Withdrawn 447 · Denied 44
USCIS I-129 petition outcomes · FY2017–2023
New petitions263 decided98.1% approved
Extensions2,105 decided99.4% approved
LCA filings by type
New employment2,908 filings31.4%
Transfers in1,676 filings18.1%
Renewals4,669 filings50.5%

Roles they file for

Top occupations (SOC) · click to search
Software Developers4,122Information Technology Project Managers646Computer Systems Engineers/Architects640Operations Research Analysts541Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers454

Where they hire

By city

Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year

Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †

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Visa green-card (PERM) filings and median offered wage by fiscal year
Fiscal yearPERM filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)53$135k
FY2025372$130k
FY2024189$133k
FY2023224$128k
FY2022272$125k
FY2021224$125k
FY2020272$124k
FY2019200$123k
FY2018227$120k
FY2017161$115k

Green-card route and outcomes

Visa held when the green card was filed
H-1B1,680L-157F-113H-47TN4E-32B-21O-11
Green-card wage
$125k
median of 2,194 cases
$111k–$142k typical
PERM decisions
95.2% certified
2,089 of 2,194 filings
Withdrawn 96 · Denied 9

Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024

Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from

Countries of citizenship
India1,435China135Nigeria36Canada22Brazil14
Top schools
University of Texas at Dallas38University of Southern California37San Jose State University33Anna University28Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University26
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Fields of study
Computer Science453Electrical Engineering271Computer Engineering210Information Systems130Information Technology93
Degrees
Master's1,086Bachelor's630None27Doctorate26

Patents

Granted
3,107
US patents
Published, not yet granted
2,619
applications
Most recent grant
March 31, 2026
Top area
Information and communication technology1,734
Other top areas
Transmission of digital information549Electric digital data processing362Wireless communication networks85Computing arrangements based on specific computational models67
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Pay against the local market

Visa’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 102% of the local BLS median for the same work.

OccupationMetroFilingsVisa payLocal BLS median‡vs market
Software DevelopersAustin, TX2,008$118,430$114,874103%
Software DevelopersSan Francisco, CA1,019$130,307$150,57687%
Computer Occupations, All OtherAustin, TX663$119,290$106,856112%
Computer Occupations, All OtherSan Francisco, CA657$144,889$137,389105%
Software DevelopersDenver, CO530$105,003$118,59789%
Operations Research AnalystsSan Francisco, CA324$123,612$106,597116%
Software DevelopersSan Jose, CA234$127,861$149,13486%
Computer Occupations, All OtherDenver, CO182$118,141$111,408106%
Data ScientistsSan Francisco, CA129$162,830$164,74599%
Information Security AnalystsAustin, TX128$120,167$109,487110%

About Visa

Visa is a payments & fintech company based in San Francisco. It was founded in 1958 and has about 11,300 employees worldwide. It is listed on NYSE as V.

Name (DOL filings)
Visa
Listed
NYSE: V
Incorporated in
Delaware
Headquarters
P.O. Box 8999, San Francisco, CA 94128-8999
Industry
Payments & fintech
Employees (global)
26,000 (2025)
Revenue FY2025
$40.0B +11% from $35.9B
Net income FY2025
$20.1B +2% from $19.7B
Founded
1958

H-1B sponsors similar to Visa

EmployerFilings, all yearsRecent filingsMedian baseNew employmentLevel III-IV roles
Accenture43,1334,475$134k69482%
JPMorgan Chase29,6586,341$158k1,42681%
Goldman Sachs21,1924,429$127k2,27939%
Visa9,2531,683$145k42071%
Bank of America8,1571,238$155k22253%
Barclays7,3451,413$160k42161%
American Express6,7451,456$149k35771%

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