Red Hat, Inc.

H-1B & green card sponsor · Headquarters Raleigh, NC · Industry: Professional and IT services

Short answer

Yes, Red Hat, Inc. sponsors H-1B visas. It had 113 certified H-1B filings in FY2026 so far, with a median salary of $153,000.

H-1B filings · FY2026 so far

113

#331 of 50,637 sponsors

Median salary

$153,000

+21% vs all H-1B ($126,372)

Green cards (PERM) · FY2026 so far

41

certified labor certifications

Most common level

Level II

31% 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 · 113 filings

What Red Hat, Inc. pays H-1B workers

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10th pct
$114,222
25th pct
$129,416
Median
$153,000
75th pct
$178,131
90th pct
$199,049

DOL wage level of filings

  • Level I · entry · 26%
  • Level II · qualified · 31%
  • Level III · experienced · 17%
  • Level IV · fully competent · 25%

Of 106 filings that state a level. Level matters in the wage-weighted H-1B lottery.

FY2026 so far

Top roles Red Hat, Inc. sponsors

Job titleDOL occupationFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Software Engineer Software Developers 17 $125,500 $113,547 – $131,082
Senior Software Engineer Software Developers 15 $160,000 $150,508 – $172,648
Machine Learning Engineer Software Developers 11 $178,131 $165,582 – $181,170
Principal Software Engineer Software Developers 6 $185,539 $180,422 – $221,580
Associate Software Engineer Software Developers 3 $94,182 $94,182 – $100,870
Senior Software Quality Engineer Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 3 $128,000 $122,780 – $128,762
Senior Principal Software Engineer Software Developers 2 $229,959 $205,114 – $254,804
Senior Enterprise Applications Integration Engineer Software Developers 2 $140,269 $137,838 – $142,700

FY2026 so far worksites

Where they work

CityFilingsMedian
Raleigh, NC36$135,408
Boston, MA35$167,165
Lowell, MA4$140,541
Milpitas, CA3$215,570
Irving, TX2$163,708
Austin, TX2$161,310
Durham, NC2$130,416
Jersey City, NJ2$139,212

Worker positions on FY2026 so far filings

Who Red Hat, Inc. files for

New hires53%

60 — Includes new graduates moving from OPT

Extensions of current workers31%

35 — Continuing H-1B employment with Red Hat, Inc.

Transfers from other employers7%

8 — People switching to Red Hat, Inc. from another H-1B employer

Amended petitions4%

5 — Usually a new location or role

Already on an H-1B elsewhere? 7% of positions are transfers from other employers, so Red Hat, Inc. does hire people mid-H-1B.

PERM labor certification

Green card sponsorship

Fiscal yearCertifiedDeniedWithdrawnMedian days to decision
FY20233803293
FY20245400388
FY2025902500
FY2026 so far4104483

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

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

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Questions about Red Hat, Inc. H-1B sponsorship

Does Red Hat, Inc. sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Red Hat, Inc. had 113 certified H-1B labor condition applications in FY2026 so far, ranking #331 among all U.S. sponsors.

What is the H-1B salary at Red Hat, Inc.?

The median is $153,000; the middle half of filings fall between $129,416 and $178,131. The most-filed title, Software Engineer, has a median of $125,500.

Does Red Hat, Inc. sponsor green cards?

Red Hat, Inc. had 41 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.