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McDonald's Corporation

Employer · Illinois, United States

Employer address
Illinois, United States
Applications on record
480
FY2025 applications
66
FY2026 to 30 June
70
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
99.6%
Median offered wage
$150,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified99.6%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

McDonald's Corporation appears in 480 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 66.

Applications by fiscal year — McDonald's Corporation

53106FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
53106FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20082
FY20092
FY20108
FY20117
FY20124
FY20135
FY201410
FY20158
FY20168
FY20176
FY201812
FY20198
FY202017
FY202167
FY202234
FY202340
FY2024106
FY202566
FY2026*70
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*5911
FY2025624
FY20247729
FY2023373
FY2022331
FY2021625
FY2020134
FY201962
FY2018120
FY201751
FY201671
FY201571
FY201491
FY201350
FY201231
FY201170
FY201080
FY200920
FY200811
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

McDonald's Corporation: applications by worksite state

2+3+3+4+19+
2+3+3+4+19+
Data table
StateApplications
IL366
TX28
CA22
FL19
GA6
IN5
NC4
MI4
CO3
PA3
WA3
MD3
MO3
TN2
DE2
Worksite states
  1. Illinois366
  2. Texas28
  3. California22
  4. Florida19
  5. Georgia6
  6. Indiana5
  7. North Carolina4
  8. Michigan4
  9. Colorado3
  10. Pennsylvania3
Worksite cities
  1. Chicago, IL284
  2. Oak Brook, IL55
  3. Sanford, FL13
  4. Mountain View, CA12
  5. Wheeling, IL8
  6. Irving, TX4
  7. Warrenville, IL4
  8. Hoffman Estates, IL4
  9. Bethesda, MD3
  10. Liberty Hill, TX3
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Software Developers259
  2. Computer Occupations, All Other53
  3. Data Scientists34
  4. Marketing Managers17
  5. Computer and Information Systems Managers13
  6. Computer Systems Analysts10
  7. Managers, All Other9
  8. Database Architects8
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Software Engineer II13
  2. Software Development Engineer 2 (sde2)5
  3. Manager, Worldwide Operations Latin America4
  4. Software Development Engineer 3 (sde3)4
  5. Field Operations Training and Development Specialist3
  6. Internal Audit Supervisor3
  7. Software Development Engineer 33
  8. Oracle Ebs Global Support Manager3

Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $150,000; middle half $127,250 to $170,000 · median prevailing wage $137,852 (marker) · 192 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I3
  2. Level II61
  3. Level III8
  4. Level IV118
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Green card sponsorship (PERM)

Country of citizenship of the workers named in certified and pending PERM applications (countries with fewer than five applications are not shown).

PERM applications by country of citizenship
  1. India36
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — PERM disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS

Approvals and denials of Form I-129 petitions, by USCIS fiscal year. Linked by employer name, state and the last four digits of the tax ID.

Approved H-1B petitions (initial + continuing)

3060FY2009FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
3060FY2009FY2019FY2021FY2023
Data table
FY20091
FY20186
FY20195
FY20207
FY202160
FY202222
FY202312
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY202300120
FY202230191
FY202130570
FY20201060
FY20191040
FY20181050
FY20091100
Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — H-1B Employer Data Hub (FY2009–FY2023)Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Law firms on the filings

Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).

Applications by law firm
  1. Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP365
  2. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP43
  3. Baker & McKenzie LLP2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Among employers in Illinois

McDonald's Corporation has 480 work visa applications on record (FY2008–FY2026), ranking #170 of 7,029 sponsoring employers in Illinois and #2,977 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.08% of the applications filed by employers based in Illinois.

Rank in Illinois
170 of 7,029
Rank in the United States
2,977 of 168,030
Share of Illinois's applications
0.08%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 722) in Illinois
72
Largest sponsoring employers in Illinois
  1. Accenture LLP80,805
  2. Capgemini America Inc60,859
  3. JPMORGAN Chase & Co.45,147
  4. University of Illinois7,712
  5. Capgemini Financial Services USA Inc7,300
  6. Yash Technologies, Inc.5,426
  7. Northwestern University5,294
  8. The University of Chicago5,250
  9. Caterpillar Inc.5,182
  10. Capgemini U.S. LLC5,047
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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