VMware H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Databases & infra software · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Palo Alto, CA HQ🌐 vmware.com
Does VMware sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. VMware has filed 8,500 H-1B LCAs and 2,438 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 VMware filed 224 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $186,816, about 53% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 226 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) | 84 | $186k |
| FY2025 | 140 | $190k |
| FY2024 | 413 | $196k |
| FY2023 | 740 | $178k |
| FY2022 | 1,201 | $165k |
| FY2021 | 1,260 | $155k |
| FY2020 | 1,094 | $150k |
| FY2019 | 1,181 | $146k |
| FY2018 | 1,124 | $129k |
| FY2017 | 1,263 | $130k |
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
- 1Member of Technical Staff2,088$135k
- 2Senior Member of Technical Staff779$173k
- 3Staff Engineer583$195k
- 4Member of Technical Staff - Software Engineering345$120k
- 5R&D Engineer Software237$190k
- 6Sr. Member of Technical Staff124$165k
- 7Member of Technical Staff 3121$156k
- 8Senior Member of Technical Staff - Software Engineering88$160k
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) | 1 | $190k |
| FY2025 | 225 | $151k |
| FY2024 | 192 | $154k |
| FY2023 | 382 | $131k |
| FY2022 | 92 | $144k |
| FY2021 | 167 | $125k |
| FY2020 | 411 | $122k |
| FY2019 | 292 | $125k |
| FY2018 | 370 | $125k |
| FY2017 | 306 | $125k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 5,821
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 6,623
- applications
- Most recent grant
- April 7, 2026
- Top area
- Electric digital data processing3,541
Pay against the local market
VMware’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 105% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | VMware pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 4,488 | $154,238 | $158,932 | 97% |
| Software Developers | Atlanta, GA | 461 | $113,008 | $108,775 | 104% |
| Software Developers | Seattle, WA | 337 | $150,452 | $143,695 | 105% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Jose, CA | 312 | $155,584 | $138,611 | 112% |
| Software Developers | Austin, TX | 229 | $147,793 | $112,475 | 131% |
| Marketing Managers | San Jose, CA | 144 | $173,630 | $192,165 | 90% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | San Jose, CA | 133 | $200,701 | $208,629 | 96% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | Atlanta, GA | 108 | $86,604 | $88,715 | 98% |
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 92 | $174,183 | $151,806 | 115% |
| Software Developers | New York, NY | 90 | $152,466 | $125,936 | 121% |
About VMware
VMware is a databases & infra software company based in Palo Alto, CA. It was founded in 1998 and has about 24,200 employees worldwide. It was formerly listed on New York Stock Exchange as VMW.
- Name (DOL filings)
- VMware
- Parent company
- Broadcom
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 3401 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304
- Industry
- Databases & infra software
- Employees (global)
- 38,300 (2023)
- Revenue FY2018
- $7.9B +12% from $7.1B
- Net income FY2023
- $1.3B -28% from $1.8B
- R&D FY2023
- $3.3B
VMware pays a median H-1B base of $152,362 across FY2017–2026, about 20% above the typical Databases & infra software sponsor.
