Akamai Technologies, Inc.

H-1B & green card sponsor · Headquarters Cambridge, MA · Industry: Technology and media

Short answer

Yes, Akamai Technologies, Inc. sponsors H-1B visas. It had 171 certified H-1B filings in FY2026 so far, with a median salary of $158,589.

H-1B filings · FY2026 so far

171

#207 of 50,637 sponsors

Median salary

$158,589

+25% vs all H-1B ($126,372)

Green cards (PERM) · FY2026 so far

55

certified labor certifications

Most common level

Level II

38% of filings with a level

By fiscal year

H-1B filings

*FY2026 covers Oct 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026 (9 months).

By fiscal year

Green card (PERM) certifications

Certified PERM cases by decision year, FY2023 onward.

FY2026 so far · all roles · 171 filings

What Akamai Technologies, Inc. pays H-1B workers

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10th pct
$119,548
25th pct
$133,218
Median
$158,589
75th pct
$185,169
90th pct
$206,000

DOL wage level of filings

  • Level I · entry · 10%
  • Level II · qualified · 38%
  • Level III · experienced · 26%
  • Level IV · fully competent · 27%

Of 168 filings that state a level. Level matters in the wage-weighted H-1B lottery.

FY2026 so far

Top roles Akamai Technologies, Inc. sponsors

Job titleDOL occupationFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Senior Software Engineer Software Developers 17 $137,700 $133,277 – $152,907
Software Engineer II Software Developers 14 $132,870 $129,645 – $134,934
Software Engineer Software Developers 6 $116,252 $113,381 – $131,267
Senior II Site Reliability Engineer Software Developers 6 $180,840 $162,846 – $195,956
Senior II Software Engineer Software Developers 6 $173,722 $165,414 – $183,608
Principal Software Engineer Software Developers 5 $224,513 $215,168 – $224,827
Senior Software Development Engineer In Test Software Developers 5 $141,505 $141,505 – $154,208
Site Reliability Engineer II Software Developers 5 $124,292 $121,923 – $132,225

FY2026 so far worksites

Where they work

CityFilingsMedian
Cambridge, MA44$162,051
San Jose, CA13$177,534
Irving, TX11$132,836
New York, NY9$152,300
Westford, MA8$164,242
San Francisco, CA6$135,773
Fort Lauderdale, FL4$155,879
Chicago, IL3$132,870

Worker positions on FY2026 so far filings

Who Akamai Technologies, Inc. files for

Extensions of current workers63%

107 — Continuing H-1B employment with Akamai Technologies, Inc.

New hires29%

49 — Includes new graduates moving from OPT

Transfers from other employers5%

9 — People switching to Akamai Technologies, Inc. from another H-1B employer

Amended petitions4%

6 — Usually a new location or role

Already on an H-1B elsewhere? 5% of positions are transfers from other employers, so Akamai Technologies, Inc. does hire people mid-H-1B.

PERM labor certification

Green card sponsorship

Fiscal yearCertifiedDeniedWithdrawnMedian days to decision
FY20236300272
FY20246900382
FY20255702459
FY2026 so far5502496

PERM is the first government step for most EB-2 and EB-3 green cards. Nationally, PERM decisions take a median of 398 days right now — see live PERM times.

Not H-1B dependent

H-1B workers are below DOL's dependency threshold.

No willful-violator flag

No DOL finding of willful wage violations on its filings.

Not debarred

Not on DOL's PERM / H-2A / H-2B debarment list.

Immigration law firms used

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. · Ogletree Deakins

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Questions about Akamai Technologies, Inc. H-1B sponsorship

Does Akamai Technologies, Inc. sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Akamai Technologies, Inc. had 171 certified H-1B labor condition applications in FY2026 so far, ranking #207 among all U.S. sponsors.

What is the H-1B salary at Akamai Technologies, Inc.?

The median is $158,589; the middle half of filings fall between $133,218 and $185,169. The most-filed title, Senior Software Engineer, has a median of $137,700.

Does Akamai Technologies, Inc. sponsor green cards?

Akamai Technologies, Inc. had 55 certified PERM labor certifications in FY2026 so far. PERM is the first government step for most employment-based green cards.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification LCA and PERM disclosure data, decisions through Jun 30, 2026. Salaries are annualized base wages from the filing and exclude bonus and stock. A certified LCA is not an approved H-1B petition. Updated Oct 4, 2026.