Electrical Engineer at Raytheon (RTX) — H-1B Wage Level, PERM Record & Green Card Timeline

Raytheon (now part of RTX Corporation) is a major U.S. defense and aerospace contractor with a documented but very small H-1B filing footprint: RTX ranks far down the list of national H-1B sponsors with only 17 total visa filings on record in the dataset referenced during this research, well below commercial aerospace peers like Boeing. Like Lockheed Martin, Raytheon/RTX's defense-sector work is subject to ITAR export-control and security-clearance requirements that restrict many roles — including many Electrical Engineer positions — to U.S. citizens or permanent residents, independent of standard H-1B eligibility.

Data Table: Raytheon (RTX) H-1B & Green Card Snapshot (needs verification)

Metric	Value	Source
Overall visa sponsor volume	RTX Corporation entity shows only 17 total H-1B/green card filings on record — very low volume relative to company size	DOL/USCIS aggregation via myvisajobs.com employer rankings, referenced from Boeing-adjacent employer data
Sponsor type	Major defense/aerospace contractor; ITAR export-control and security-clearance requirements restrict many roles to U.S. citizens/permanent residents	General regulatory knowledge — needs_review, role-specific eligibility not independently confirmed this session
Estimated H-1B wage range (Electrical Engineer, Level II–III)	~$115,000–$150,000	Benchmarked to Boeing ($140,889 avg) and Texas Instruments ($144,805 avg) — needs_review, not Raytheon/RTX-specific
PERM certified/denied breakdown	Not independently verified for Raytheon/RTX this session	needs_review — confirm via DOL OFLC PERM disclosure file directly
EB-2 cutoff (India / China / RoW)	Unavailable / Sep 1 2021 / Current	DOS Visa Bulletin, August 2026
EB-3 cutoff (India / China / RoW)	Jan 1 2014 / Jan 1 2022 / Sep 1 2024	DOS Visa Bulletin, August 2026
I-140 / I-485 processing	2.5–30 months (15 business days premium) / 8.5–38 months	USCIS egov.uscis.gov

Data as of August 2026 · sources: DOL/USCIS employer-ranking aggregation, DOS Visa Bulletin, egov.uscis.gov, peer-employer benchmarking. Raytheon/RTX-specific detailed LCA/PERM disclosure flagged needs-review.

FAQs

Does Raytheon/RTX sponsor Electrical Engineers for H-1B? RTX Corporation's overall visa filing volume is very low (17 total filings on record referenced in this research) relative to its size as a major defense contractor — this suggests H-1B sponsorship is rare and likely limited to non-ITAR-restricted corporate or commercial-aviation roles (RTX includes Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney, which have more commercial exposure than pure defense programs).

Why is Raytheon/RTX's H-1B volume so low compared to Boeing? Defense-focused contractors face ITAR export-control restrictions that require U.S. citizenship or permanent residency for many technical roles, sharply limiting the pool of positions open to H-1B sponsorship compared to commercial aerospace work.

What's the typical wage benchmark for an Electrical Engineer role, absent Raytheon-specific data? Peer aerospace/electronics sponsors like Boeing and Texas Instruments averaged $140,889–$144,805 in FY2025, giving a directional range — confirm the actual prevailing wage for your specific role and location via flag.dol.gov.

Which RTX business unit is most likely to sponsor H-1B? Commercial-facing units like Collins Aerospace or Pratt & Whitney's commercial engine programs are more likely to have H-1B-eligible roles than core Raytheon defense-systems programs, given ITAR restrictions.

What's the green card wait for an India-chargeability RTX hire on an eligible role? Same structural constraint as any India-chargeability PERM case: EB-3 at January 1, 2014 and EB-2 unavailable per the August 2026 Visa Bulletin.

Why is this page marked needs-review? Because detailed current-year DOL LCA/PERM disclosure for Raytheon/RTX was not independently pulled in this research session (only an aggregate visa-total figure was referenced), and because ITAR restrictions materially limit which roles are even open to H-1B sponsorship.

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