Who actually sponsors H-1B workers in 2026, and what they offer to pay
Every H-1B petition starts with a Labor Condition Application (LCA) filed with the US Department of Labor. On it, the employer gives the job title, the worksite and the wage it will pay. The Labor Department publishes these forms every quarter. We combined all of them from 1 October 2023 to 30 June 2026 (fiscal year 2024 to the third quarter of FY2026), along with the PERM green-card filings for…
In 2025, the Labor Department certified 541,597 H-1B petitions, an 8.2% increase over 2024. Of these, 529,432 were for H-1B visas. The remaining 12,165 were for other visa types, including E-3 (Australia), H-1B1 (Chile), and H-1B1 (Singapore). The top employers for H-1B petitions include Amazon, Cognizant, Ernst & Young, Microsoft, Google, Tata Consultancy Services, Meta Platforms, Apple, Infosys, and Deloitte Consulting.
Amazon had the highest median wage offer at $154,600, while Infosys had the lowest at $92,581. The median wage offered varied greatly between employers, ranging from $85,634 to $203,350. Large IT-services firms, such as Tata Consultancy Services and Meta Platforms, experienced a significant decline in certified LCA filings, with Tata Consultancy Services decreasing by 55.6% and Meta Platforms by 7.7%. This drop accounted for a large portion of the overall 8.2% reduction in H-1B petition filings.
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