Xilinx H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Semiconductors · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 San Jose, CA HQ🌐 xilinx.com
Does Xilinx sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Xilinx has filed 1,531 H-1B LCAs and 432 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Xilinx filed 347 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $171,138, about 40% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 81 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) | 128 | $171k |
| FY2025 | 219 | $170k |
| FY2024 | 207 | $165k |
| FY2023 | 191 | $150k |
| FY2022 | 164 | $148k |
| FY2021 | 150 | $131k |
| FY2020 | 126 | $126k |
| FY2019 | 134 | $129k |
| FY2018 | 109 | $131k |
| FY2017 | 103 | $124k |
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
- 1Senior Design Engineer165$127k
- 2Sr. Silicon Design Engineer140$138k
- 3MTS Silicon Design Engineer121$176k
- 4Sr. Software Development Engineer95$151k
- 5Senior Software Engineer93$126k
- 6MTS Software Development Eng.68$180k
- 7Staff Design Engineer68$158k
- 8SMTS Silicon Design Engineer46$205k
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) | 21 | $154k |
| FY2025 | 60 | $180k |
| FY2024 | 44 | $142k |
| FY2023 | 19 | $148k |
| FY2022 | 34 | $140k |
| FY2021 | 64 | $136k |
| FY2020 | 54 | $133k |
| FY2019 | 53 | $135k |
| FY2018 | 57 | $118k |
| FY2017 | 26 | $114k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 5,080
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 1,102
- applications
- Most recent grant
- April 7, 2026
- Top area
- Electric digital data processing1,982
Pay against the local market
Xilinx’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 91% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Xilinx pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronics Engineers | San Jose, CA | 749 | $144,481 | $162,028 | 89% |
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 432 | $156,694 | $181,696 | 86% |
| Software Developers | Boulder, CO | 37 | $111,177 | $134,114 | 83% |
| Electrical Engineers | San Jose, CA | 35 | $133,127 | $134,308 | 99% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Jose, CA | 29 | $170,928 | $164,315 | 104% |
| Sales Engineers | San Jose, CA | 28 | $141,333 | $157,084 | 90% |
| Electronics Engineers | Austin, TX | 21 | $174,486 | $130,324 | 134% |
| Software Developers | Austin, TX | 14 | $131,731 | $132,695 | 99% |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | San Jose, CA | 12 | $136,234 | $126,177 | 108% |
| Sales Engineers | Boulder, CO | 11 | $113,171 | $127,141 | 89% |
About Xilinx
Xilinx is a semiconductors company based in San Jose, CA. It was founded in 1984.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Xilinx
- Listed as
- Nasdaq: XLNX
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 2100 Logic Dr, San Jose, CA 95124
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Employees (global)
- 4,890 (2021)
- H-1B filings
- 1,531
- Median base
- $144,835
- Founded
- 1984
- Taken private
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., $35.0B
Xilinx pays a median H-1B base of $144,835 across FY2017–2026, about 19% above the typical Semiconductors sponsor.
H-1B sponsors similar to Xilinx
| Employer | Filings, all years | Recent filings | Median base | New employment | Level III-IV roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nvidia | 9,884 | 4,356 | $186k | 2,192 | 82% |
| AMD | 5,615 | 1,385 | $148k | 327 | 62% |
| Micron | 5,315 | 1,186 | $128k | 510 | 50% |
| Xilinx | 1,531 | 347 | $171k | 81 | 58% |
| Broadcom | 1,320 | 229 | $176k | 83 | 92% |
| Microchip Technology | 1,189 | 282 | $100k | 113 | 15% |
| Skyworks Solutions | 1,007 | 243 | $130k | 125 | 51% |
