Baker & McKenzie LLP

Professional, Scientific & Technical Services · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2020–2024

#1 top sponsor

Overview

Baker & McKenzie LLP is a Professional, Scientific & Technical Services employer that has filed 14 PERM green-card applications between FY2020 and FY2024. That places it #1 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 7 were certified (50% approval rate), taking about 343 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Lawyers, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $136,032.

14

PERM filings

50%

approval

2

denied

$136,032

median wage

343d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 10 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is UNITED KINGDOM (20%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • United Kingdom2
  • India2
  • Canada1
  • Australia1
  • South Korea1
  • Russia1
  • China1
  • Spain1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B8
  • E-21

Education

  • Other7
  • Doctorate1
  • Master's1
  • Bachelor's1

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Baker & McKenzie LLP most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Lawyers 8 $222,462
Software Developers 1 $134,500
Computer Systems Analysts 1 $107,515
Associate Attorney 1 $305,000
Partner 1 $340,000
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 1 $70,845
Software Developers, Applications 1 $128,315

Common job titles

Associate Attorney 7 SAP Security Architect/Release Coordinator 1 National Partner 1 Foreign Legal Specialist (Associate) 1 SAP BW Architect 1 Partner 1 Law Clerk 1 Senior SAP Fiori/Adobe Forms Developer 1

Worksite states

CA 5 IL 5 NY 3 TX 1

Wage range

$128,315

25th

$136,032

median

$305,000

75th

$340,000

90th

Law firms used

  • Baker McKenzie LLP10
  • Baker & McKenzie LLP4

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-100-23355-586490 National PartnerDenied New York, NY Jun 23, 2025
G-100-24032-686302 Associate AttorneyCertified Palo Alto, CA Jun 3, 2025
G-100-23293-446769 Associate AttorneyCertified Chicago, IL Feb 11, 2025
G-100-23257-346300 SAP Security Architect/Release CoordinatorCertified - Expired Chicago, IL Dec 13, 2024
A-22271-29914 Senior SAP Fiori/Adobe Forms DeveloperCertified Dallas, TX Aug 15, 2024
A-22245-16330 Law ClerkCertified Chicago, IL Aug 17, 2023
A-22173-76546 PartnerCertified Chicago, IL Apr 25, 2023
A-22146-61901 Associate AttorneyCertified-Expired Palo Alto, CA Mar 31, 2023
A-22026-03121 Associate AttorneyCertified-Expired New York, NY Nov 21, 2022
A-21299-63397 SAP BW ArchitectCertified Chicago, IL May 5, 2022
A-21284-56902 Associate AttorneyCertified New York, NY May 2, 2022
A-21243-38579 Associate AttorneyDenied Palo Alto, CA Apr 15, 2022
A-21124-81644 Foreign Legal Specialist (Associate)Certified-Expired Los Angeles, CA Mar 30, 2022
A-20134-53874 Associate AttorneyCertified-Expired San Francisco, CA Dec 4, 2020

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