Does Microsoft sponsor H-1B?
Yes. Microsoft filed 9,192 H-1B labor condition applications that the U.S. Department of Labor certified in fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025).
H-1B labor condition applications certified in fiscal year 2025
A labor condition application is an employer's first step toward an H-1B petition, not an approved visa. It also doesn't tell you whether a given internship or new-grad role will sponsor, so check each posting.
Filed as Microsoft Corporation.
Wage level, for the 8,951 applications that list one
- 7% Level I (entry)
- 40% Level II (qualified)
- 53% Level III or IV (experienced or fully competent)
What are wage levels?
The Department of Labor uses Level I for job offers to beginning employees, internships included, and Level II for employees with a good understanding of the work from school or experience.
Jobs Microsoft filed for most
- Software Engineering 5,698 applications
- Product Management 496 applications
- Technical Program Management 317 applications
- Data Science 263 applications
- Technical Support Engineering 248 applications
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, LCA disclosure data, fiscal year 2025.
US internships and new-grad roles at Microsoft
27 open US roles tracked on Finch as of October 10, 2026, listed on Microsoft's own careers site, not here.
By field
- Software engineering 12
- Data and analytics 8
- Electrical engineering 3
- Hardware and embedded systems 2
A role can count in more than one field. 5 roles don't match a field yet. Fields with fewer roles aren't listed.
Finch counts these 27 roles from public job lists and shows a role here only when it comes from a job board Finch reads, so apply on the Microsoft careers site.
Open the Microsoft careers site
3 jobs for your major, every week
Finch picks 3 roles for your major every week, with the reasons, and keeps count of what you applied to.