Akuna Capital, LLC

Finance & Insurance · Primarily IL · PERM filings 2019–2024

#955 top sponsor

Overview

Akuna Capital, LLC is a Finance & Insurance employer that has filed 79 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2024. That places it #955 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 44 were certified (55.7% approval rate), taking about 323 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, with most worksites in IL, and the median sponsored wage is $120,000.

79

PERM filings

55.7%

approval

0

denied

$120,000

median wage

323d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 43 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is CHINA (65%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • China28
  • India7
  • Canada3
  • Taiwan2
  • Vietnam1
  • South Korea1
  • Kazakhstan1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B41
  • F-12

Education

  • Master's26
  • Doctorate9
  • Bachelor's8

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Akuna Capital, LLC most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers 20 $126,248
Financial Quantitative Analysts 15 $102,770
Software Developers, Applications 12 $94,464
Software Developer 10 $128,000
Statisticians 6 $110,783
Data Scientists 4 $138,075
Computer Hardware Engineers 2 $102,973
Software Developers, Systems Software 2 $122,500
Financial and Investment Analysts 1 $133,900
Financial Quantitative Analyst 1 $110,000

Common job titles

Developer 16 Quantitative Developer 8 Quantitative Researcher 6 C++ Gateway Developer, Mid-level 5 Trader 5 Software Engineer III (Multiple Openings) 4 Software Engineer II (Multiple Openings) 4 Mid-Level Quantitative Researcher 3 Jr. Quantitative Researcher (Multiple Openings) 2 Developer- Data Infrastructure 2 Mid-Level C++ Developer, Automation 2 Junior Developer (multiple openings) 2

Worksite states

IL 79

Wage range

$100,000

25th

$120,000

median

$130,000

75th

$140,000

90th

Law firms used

  • Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP36
  • Berry Appleman Leiden LLP24
  • Barbus Law14

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-20199-77671 Senior Developer, Quantitative Trading/PythonCertified-Expired Chicago, IL Feb 25, 2021
A-20199-77669 Metal Options TraderCertified-Expired Chicago, IL Feb 25, 2021
A-20195-75761 Mid-Level Quantitative ResearcherCertified-Expired Chicago, IL Feb 25, 2021
A-20195-75755 Mid-Level Quantitative ResearcherCertified-Expired Chicago, IL Feb 25, 2021
A-20192-75258 Mid-Level Quantitative ResearcherCertified-Expired Chicago, IL Feb 25, 2021
A-20146-58070 C++ DeveloperCertified-Expired Chicago, IL Nov 18, 2020
A-20148-58822 C++ Gateway Developer, Mid-levelCertified-Expired Chicago, IL Nov 17, 2020
A-20140-56079 C++ Gateway Developer, Mid-LevelCertified-Expired Chicago, IL Nov 16, 2020
A-20143-57854 Developer- Data InfrastructureCertified-Expired Chicago, IL Nov 16, 2020
A-20143-57842 Mid-Level C++ Developer, AutomationCertified-Expired Chicago, IL Nov 16, 2020
A-20142-57155 Senior Developer, C++/Python/FPGACertified-Expired Chicago, IL Nov 16, 2020
A-20140-55940 Mid-Level FPGA EngineerCertified-Expired Chicago, IL Nov 16, 2020
A-20148-58858 C++ Gateway Developer, Mid-levelCertified-Expired Chicago, IL Nov 3, 2020
A-20064-26439 Mid-level Quantitative DeveloperCertified Chicago, IL Jun 30, 2020
A-20141-56625 C++ Gateway Developer, Mid-levelWithdrawn Chicago, IL May 27, 2020
A-20141-56656 C++ Gateway Developer, Mid-levelWithdrawn Chicago, IL May 27, 2020
A-20140-56043 Mid-Level C++ Developer, AutomationWithdrawn Chicago, IL May 22, 2020
A-20142-57214 Developer- Data InfrastructureWithdrawn Chicago, IL May 22, 2020
A-19199-32525 Quantitative Risk AnalystCertified Chicago, IL Apr 10, 2020

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.