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
369 → 292 filings, FY2021 to FY2025 (latest year appears partial)| Program | Last Filing | Dated filings (2021–Present) |
|---|---|---|
| H-1B | Jun 17, 2026 | 1,529 |
| E-3 | Apr 14, 2026 | 11 |
| PERM | Aug 5, 2024 | 235 |
| H-1B1 | Oct 24, 2021 | 2 |
| Role | Last Filing | Dated filings (2021–Present) |
|---|---|---|
| Principal Software Engineer | Jun 17, 2026 | 289 |
| Advisor, Project/Program Management | Jun 17, 2026 | 9 |
| Senior Software Engineer | Jun 16, 2026 | 335 |
| Software Engineer II | Jun 16, 2026 | 193 |
| Associate Systems Engineer II | Jun 15, 2026 | 11 |
| Role | Count | Median Salary | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | 335 | $144,897 | $94,915 | $220,000 |
| Principal Software Engineer | 289 | $182,988 | $117,027 | $305,620 |
| Software Engineer II | 193 | $122,958 | $82,103 | $167,805 |
| Principal Software Engineer - IT | 72 | $140,808 | $105,199 | $190,827 |
| Principal Engineer, Service Delivery | 49 | $127,500 | $91,164 | $173,400 |
| Principal Engineer, Technical Support | 32 | $127,381 | $94,508 | $160,328 |
| Principal Engineer, Solutions Architecture | 27 | $145,600 | $121,988 | $201,309 |
| PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE QUALITY ENGINEER | 25 | $144,544 | $108,597 | $196,374 |
| Advisory Systems Engineer | 21 | $170,352 | $138,726 | $189,347 |
| Consultant, IT Architecture | 19 | $165,588 | $132,025 | $227,470 |
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 391 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 | 369 | $126,843 | 97.6% |
| 2022 | 455 | $137,700 | 96.9% |
| 2023 | 262 | $142,000 | 98.1% |
| 2024 | 275 | $147,900 | 98.2% |
| 2025 | 292 | $155,817 | 99.0% |
| 2026 | 124 | $171,735 | 97.6% |
| Program | Median Days | Avg Days | P25–P75 | Cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H-1B | 7 | 7 | 7–7 | 1,529 |
| PERM | 236 | 287 | 181–405 | 235 |