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
G-100-23251-333104 Product Design EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Dec 17, 2024
G-100-23251-333098 Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Dec 17, 2024
G-100-23251-333023 Software Development Engineer - Test ManagerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Dec 17, 2024
G-100-23251-332954 Engineering Project CoordinatorCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Dec 17, 2024
G-100-23258-352365 Supply Demand PlannerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Dec 16, 2024
G-100-23258-351532 Tools & Automation EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Dec 16, 2024
G-100-23258-352456 Software Development Engineer - TestCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Dec 16, 2024
G-100-23258-352484 Software Development Engineer - TestCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Dec 16, 2024
G-100-23259-352540 Tools and Automation EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Dec 16, 2024
G-100-23261-354305 Engineering CoordinatorCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Dec 16, 2024
G-100-23261-355107 Supply Demand PlannerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Dec 16, 2024
G-100-23261-355326 Tools & Automation EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Dec 16, 2024
G-100-23261-356552 Tools & Automation EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Dec 16, 2024
G-100-23262-360445 Tools & Automation EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Dec 16, 2024
G-100-23262-360563 Tools and Automation EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Dec 16, 2024
G-100-23263-362856 Engineering Project CoordinatorCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Dec 16, 2024
G-100-23263-362986 Tools and Automation EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Dec 16, 2024
G-100-23263-363885 Tools & Automation EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Dec 16, 2024
G-100-23264-367204 Tools and Automation EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Dec 16, 2024
G-100-23264-367998 Engineering Project SpecialistCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Dec 16, 2024

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