APPLE INC.

Manufacturing · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2025

#6 top sponsor

Overview

APPLE INC. is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 7,091 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2025. That places it #6 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 3,372 were certified (47.6% approval rate), taking about 282 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Systems Software, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $151,902.

7,091

PERM filings

47.6%

approval

25

denied

$151,902

median wage

282d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 5,720 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (59%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India3,359
  • China1,057
  • Canada335
  • Taiwan89
  • France78
  • United Kingdom76
  • Germany60
  • Australia47
  • South Korea46
  • Brazil40

Prior visa status

  • H-1B5,221
  • L-1324
  • O-184
  • TN37
  • H-426
  • F-18
  • E-37
  • Parolee4

Education

  • Master's3,981
  • Bachelor's1,326
  • Doctorate282
  • None119
  • Other11
  • High School1

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations APPLE INC. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers, Systems Software 1,617 $167,034
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 1,286 $144,341
Software Developers 1,024 $155,426
Software Developers, Applications 496 $164,086
Computer Hardware Engineers 303 $154,875
Electrical Engineers 173 $146,182
Industrial Engineers 142 $138,473
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 138 $140,532
Logisticians 137 $133,920
Mechanical Engineers 135 $146,285

Common job titles

Software Development Engineer 1,960 ASIC Design Engineer 818 Machine Learning Engineer 372 Hardware Development Engineer 369 Software Engineer Applications 315 Engineering Project Coordinator 161 Product Design Engineer 130 Design Verification Engineer 125 Data Scientist 120 Software Development Engineer - Applications 109 Tools and Automation Engineer 109 Systems Design Engineer 106

Worksite states

CA 6,642 TX 276 WA 109 NY 21 FL 14 OR 13 MA 10 CO 3 NC 3

Wage range

$137,300

25th

$151,902

median

$170,000

75th

$192,941

90th

Law firms used

  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP5,305
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP1,365
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP.126
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen, Loewy, LLP70
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy LLP56
  • Fragomen, Del Ray, Bernsen Loewy, LLP39

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-21321-74281 Sales Operations ManagerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Sep 13, 2022
A-21348-85784 ASIC Design EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Sep 12, 2022
A-21307-67275 ASIC Design EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Sep 12, 2022
A-21298-62692 Hardware Systems EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Sep 12, 2022
A-21329-78030 Supply Chain Program CoordinatorCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Sep 12, 2022
A-21326-76851 System Design EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Sep 9, 2022
A-21320-73582 Software Development Engineer – AppsCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Sep 8, 2022
A-21335-79732 Hardware Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Sep 7, 2022
A-21351-87794 Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Sep 7, 2022
A-21323-75529 Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Sep 7, 2022
A-21294-61367 Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Sep 7, 2022
A-21294-61311 Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Sep 7, 2022
A-21354-88558 Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Sep 6, 2022
A-21362-91130 Hardware Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Sep 6, 2022
A-22005-93757 Technical Program CoordinatorCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Sep 6, 2022
A-21347-85281 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Sep 6, 2022
A-21342-83653 Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Sep 6, 2022
A-21341-82465 Software Development Engineer ApplicationsCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Sep 6, 2022
A-21335-79485 Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Sep 6, 2022
A-21320-74170 Machine Learning EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Sep 6, 2022

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