H-1B & Green Card Sponsorship Data
Source: US Dept of Labor. Represents Base Salary only. Excludes RSUs, signing bonuses, and variable compensation. View All Salary RecordsTotal Filings
2021-PresentApproval Rate
Certified CasesMedian Salary
Across All RolesFiling Growth
456 → 1,629 filings, FY2021 to FY2025 (latest year appears partial)| Program | Last Filing | Dated filings (2021–Present) |
|---|---|---|
| H-1B | Jun 23, 2026 | 4,711 |
| E-3 | May 28, 2026 | 79 |
| H-1B1 | Dec 1, 2025 | 42 |
| PERM | Nov 28, 2025 | 1,016 |
| Role | Last Filing | Dated filings (2021–Present) |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer | Jun 23, 2026 | 50 |
| Front End Engineer | Jun 22, 2026 | 11 |
| Technical Program Manager, Edge Infrastructure | Jun 17, 2026 | 1 |
| Operations Specialist - Global Support Operations Center | Jun 15, 2026 | 1 |
| Machine Learning Engineer | Jun 15, 2026 | 134 |
| Role | Count | Median Salary | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 551 | $164,000 | $85,384 | $391,000 |
| Product Manager | 159 | $230,000 | $90,418 | $480,000 |
| Data Scientist | 144 | $185,000 | $60,000 | $361,500 |
| Research Scientist | 136 | $233,500 | $76,294 | $650,000 |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 134 | $225,000 | $85,821 | $657,635 |
| Senior Software Engineer | 118 | $194,000 | $169,000 | $356,000 |
| Backend Software Engineer | 97 | $163,000 | $85,384 | $280,000 |
| Backend Software Engineer, Global E-commerce | 74 | $215,000 | $135,283 | $340,000 |
| Talent Acquisition Partner | 51 | $102,600 | $71,768 | $165,000 |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer | 50 | $295,097 | $118,518 | $395,025 |
Not the LCA certification rate every site quotes (the Department of Labor certifies ~99% of LCAs) — this is the USCIS first-decision approval rate on the actual H-1B petitions, where denials are real. Across 874 new (initial) petitions, FY2019–FY2024.
Continuing (renewal) petitions approve at near-100% for almost every employer, so the initial rate is the meaningful signal. Counts cover FY2019–FY2024. Source: USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub.
| Fiscal Year | Filings | Median Salary | Approval Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 456 | $170,000 | 97.1% |
| 2022 | 590 | $182,640 | 98.8% |
| 2023 | 916 | $190,000 | 92.4% |
| 2024 | 1,289 | $200,000 | 97.5% |
| 2025 | 1,629 | $197,500 | 89.0% |
| 2026 | 968 | $197,000 | 93.2% |
| Program | Median Days | Avg Days | P25–P75 | Cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H-1B | 7 | 15 | 7–7 | 4,711 |
| PERM | 402 | 368 | 265–467 | 1,016 |