Walgreen Co.

H-1B & green card sponsor · Headquarters Deerfield, IL · Industry: Retail

Short answer

Yes, Walgreen Co. sponsors H-1B visas. It had 58 certified H-1B filings in FY2026 so far, with a median salary of $158,294.

H-1B filings · FY2026 so far

58

#731 of 50,637 sponsors

Median salary

$158,294

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

Green cards (PERM) · FY2026 so far

8

certified labor certifications

Most common level

Level II

40% 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 · 58 filings

What Walgreen Co. pays H-1B workers

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10th pct
$130,548
25th pct
$144,112
Median
$158,294
75th pct
$172,744
90th pct
$193,524

DOL wage level of filings

  • Level I · entry · 27%
  • Level II · qualified · 40%
  • Level III · experienced · 13%
  • Level IV · fully competent · 19%

Of 52 filings that state a level. Level matters in the wage-weighted H-1B lottery.

FY2026 so far

Top roles Walgreen Co. sponsors

Job titleDOL occupationFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Pharmacy Manager Pharmacists 12 $167,356 $161,708 – $176,571
Pharmacist Pharmacists 11 $135,595 $122,034 – $146,146
Senior Software Engineer Software Developers 11 $163,600 $155,932 – $180,727
Software Engineer Software Developers 9 $153,375 $151,500 – $158,100
Senior Data Scientist Data Scientists 3 $164,400 $164,000 – $166,762
Senior Systems Engineer Software Developers 2 $143,012 $142,943 – $143,081
Principal Software Engineer Software Developers 2 $197,492 $193,989 – $200,996
Applied Scientist Conversational AI Nlp Computer and Information Research Scientists 1 $125,000 $125,000 – $125,000

FY2026 so far worksites

Where they work

CityFilingsMedian
Bellevue, WA17$162,500
Deerfield, IL13$158,488
Chandler, AZ2$151,831
Dallas, TX1$140,558
Columbus, GA1$135,595
Dodgeville, WI1$175,774
Bakersfield, CA1$173,950
Anacortes, WA1$165,340

Worker positions on FY2026 so far filings

Who Walgreen Co. files for

Extensions of current workers38%

22 — Continuing H-1B employment with Walgreen Co.

New hires33%

19 — Includes new graduates moving from OPT

Transfers from other employers5%

3 — People switching to Walgreen Co. from another H-1B employer

Amended petitions3%

2 — Usually a new location or role

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

PERM labor certification

Green card sponsorship

Fiscal yearCertifiedDeniedWithdrawnMedian days to decision
FY2023500299
FY2024001—
FY2025200494
FY2026 so far800485

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

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

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Questions about Walgreen Co. H-1B sponsorship

Does Walgreen Co. sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Walgreen Co. had 58 certified H-1B labor condition applications in FY2026 so far, ranking #731 among all U.S. sponsors.

What is the H-1B salary at Walgreen Co.?

The median is $158,294; the middle half of filings fall between $144,112 and $172,744. The most-filed title, Pharmacy Manager, has a median of $167,356.

Does Walgreen Co. sponsor green cards?

Walgreen Co. had 8 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.