Walmart H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Retail · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Bentonville, AR HQ🌐 walmart.com
Does Walmart sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Walmart has filed 27,409 H-1B LCAs and 4,700 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Walmart filed 6,466 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $145,391, about 19% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 1,564 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) | 2,322 | $146k |
| FY2025 | 4,144 | $145k |
| FY2024 | 3,934 | $141k |
| FY2023 | 3,192 | $140k |
| FY2022 | 3,832 | $140k |
| FY2021 | 2,849 | $130k |
| FY2020 | 1,910 | $118k |
| FY2019 | 2,388 | $122k |
| FY2018 | 1,743 | $115k |
| FY2017 | 1,095 | $117k |
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) | 627 | $146k |
| FY2025 | 937 | $136k |
| FY2024 | 417 | $126k |
| FY2023 | 508 | $116k |
| FY2022 | 870 | $108k |
| FY2021 | 507 | $118k |
| FY2020 | 211 | $143k |
| FY2019 | 253 | $135k |
| FY2018 | 234 | $141k |
| FY2017 | 136 | $138k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 2,896
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 4,114
- applications
- Most recent grant
- April 7, 2026
- Top area
- Information and communication technology1,377
Pay against the local market
Walmart’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 109% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Walmart pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Fayetteville, AR | 7,093 | $109,857 | $98,168 | 112% |
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 5,265 | $154,608 | $180,732 | 86% |
| Software Developers | Dallas, TX | 1,474 | $120,166 | $123,668 | 97% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Fayetteville, AR | 1,111 | $107,987 | $67,393 | 160% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Jose, CA | 1,077 | $159,817 | $149,811 | 107% |
| Data Scientists | San Jose, CA | 800 | $160,455 | $172,831 | 93% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 718 | $152,461 | $128,883 | 118% |
| Software Developers | New York, NY | 660 | $162,067 | $137,343 | 118% |
| Software Developers | Washington, DC | 591 | $129,358 | $133,866 | 97% |
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 541 | $160,348 | $153,463 | 104% |
About Walmart
Walmart is a retail company based in Bentonville, AR. It was founded in 1962 and has about 2,300,000 employees worldwide. It is listed on Nasdaq as WMT.
- Legal name
- Walmart Inc.
- Listed
- Nasdaq: WMT
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 1 Customer Drive, Bentonville, AR 72716
- Industry
- Retail
- Employees (global)
- 2,100,000 (2026)
- Revenue FY2026
- $713.2B +5% from $681.0B
- Net income FY2026
- $21.9B +13% from $19.4B
- Founded
- 1962
Walmart pays a median H-1B base of $135,989 across FY2017–2026, about 17% above the typical Retail sponsor.
