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-21215-26214 Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA May 2, 2022
A-21162-99705 Software Development Engineer ApplicationsCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA May 2, 2022
A-21245-39190 Machine Learning EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA May 2, 2022
A-21231-33566 Machine Learning EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA May 2, 2022
A-21229-32796 Hardware Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 29, 2022
A-21228-31732 Product Design EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 29, 2022
A-21208-22853 Model MakerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 29, 2022
A-21267-49267 Layout EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 29, 2022
A-21251-41136 SoC Design Verification EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 29, 2022
A-21231-33567 ASIC Design EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 29, 2022
A-21231-33542 ASIC Design EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 29, 2022
A-21229-32241 ASIC Design EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 29, 2022
A-21203-20810 ASIC Design EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 29, 2022
A-21161-99095 ASIC Design EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 29, 2022
A-21278-53987 Systems Design EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 29, 2022
A-21224-30522 Engineering Project SpecialistCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 29, 2022
A-21291-59532 Machine Learning EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 29, 2022
A-21278-54037 Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 29, 2022
A-21256-43069 Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 29, 2022
A-21215-26676 Machine Learning EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 29, 2022

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