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-19346-94962 ASIC Design EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Jul 8, 2020
A-19350-96430 Financial AnalystCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Jul 8, 2020
A-19352-97485 Product Design EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Jul 8, 2020
A-19329-87353 ASIC Design EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Jul 8, 2020
A-19326-86898 Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Jul 8, 2020
A-19296-74478 Hardware Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Jul 8, 2020
A-19340-91642 Supply Demand PlannerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Jul 2, 2020
A-20008-03960 Software Engineer SystemsCertified - Expired CUPERTINO, CA Jul 2, 2020
A-19360-00000 ASIC Design EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Jul 2, 2020
A-19357-98949 Software Engineer ApplicationsCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Jul 2, 2020
A-19360-99766 Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Jun 30, 2020
A-19357-98891 Software Engineer ApplicationsCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Jun 30, 2020
A-19352-97595 Software Engineer ApplicationsCertified - Expired Austin, TX Jun 30, 2020
A-19352-97466 Software Engineer ApplicationsCertified - Expired Austin, TX Jun 30, 2020
A-19351-96945 Systems Design EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Jun 30, 2020
A-20037-16467 Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Jun 30, 2020
A-20037-16000 Software Engineer SystemsCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Jun 30, 2020
A-20057-23724 Human Interface DesignerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Jun 30, 2020
A-20049-20440 Mechanical Quality EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Jun 30, 2020
A-19364-01058 Hardware Development EngineerCertified - Expired CUPERTINO, CA Jun 30, 2020

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