BEST BUY CO., INC.

Retail Trade · Primarily MN · PERM filings 2019–2024

#190 top sponsor

Overview

BEST BUY CO., INC. is a Retail Trade employer that has filed 365 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2024. That places it #190 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 254 were certified (69.6% approval rate), taking about 356 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, with most worksites in MN, and the median sponsored wage is $125,798.

365

PERM filings

69.6%

approval

3

denied

$125,798

median wage

356d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 205 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (94%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India193
  • China5
  • Mexico2
  • Nepal1
  • Cameroon1
  • Ukraine1
  • Philippines1
  • Argentina1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B200
  • L-12
  • TN1
  • H-41

Education

  • Bachelor's119
  • Master's79
  • Other7

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations BEST BUY CO., INC. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers 116 $130,699
Software Developers, Applications 101 $121,586
Computer Systems Analysts 23 $113,257
Computer and Information Systems Managers 21 $178,539
Computer Occupations, All Other 14 $110,389
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 13 $107,205
Project Management Specialists 13 $104,925
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 10 $102,627
Computer Systems EngineersArchitects 10 $113,024
Statisticians 9 $88,530

Common job titles

Lead Engineer 74 Software Engineer II 58 Senior Software Engineer 51 Senior QA Engineer 32 Technology Product Manager 11 Senior Engineering Manager 11 Digital Engineer 10 Data Scientist 9 Senior Web Business Analyst 6 Associate Lead Engineer 6 Web Engineer 5 Software Engineer 5

Worksite states

MN 351 WA 11 TX 1 SC 1 CA 1

Wage range

$111,280

25th

$125,798

median

$135,200

75th

$135,200

90th

Law firms used

  • Nilan Johnson Lewis PA325
  • Myers Thompson Medeiros PA14
  • Myers Thompson Medeiros P.A.14
  • Nilan Johnson Lewis11
  • Nilan Johson Lewis PA1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-100-24320-478308 Software Engineer IICertified Richfield, MN Mar 30, 2026
G-100-24318-473124 Associate Software Engineer IICertified Richfield, MN Mar 30, 2026
G-100-24318-472401 Lead EngineerCertified Richfield, MN Mar 26, 2026
G-100-24318-472887 Lead EngineerCertified Richfield, MN Mar 26, 2026
G-100-24326-490040 Senior Software EngineerCertified Seattle, WA Mar 26, 2026
G-100-24318-473364 Associate IT Audit ManagerCertified Richfield, MN Mar 25, 2026
G-100-24319-474598 Lead EngineerCertified Richfield, MN Mar 25, 2026
G-100-24318-473341 Associate Software Engineer IICertified Richfield, MN Mar 25, 2026
G-100-24318-473262 Software Engineer IICertified Richfield, MN Mar 25, 2026
G-100-24318-473299 Associate Software Engineer IICertified Richfield, MN Mar 25, 2026
G-100-24318-472338 Lead EngineerCertified Richfield, MN Mar 24, 2026
G-100-24318-472372 Lead EngineerCertified Richfield, MN Mar 24, 2026
G-100-24306-448377 Senior Manager, Decision ScienceCertified Richfield, MN Mar 16, 2026
G-100-24291-413932 Associate Software Engineer IIDenied Richfield, MN Feb 15, 2026
G-100-24303-440916 Software Engineer IICertified Richfield, MN Feb 15, 2026
G-100-24267-358362 Software Management AnalystCertified Richfield, MN Jan 23, 2026
G-100-24267-356391 Data ScientistCertified Richfield, MN Jan 23, 2026
G-100-24240-296954 Marketing DirectorCertified Richfield, MN Dec 23, 2025
G-100-24232-277444 Accounting AnalystCertified Richfield, MN Dec 18, 2025
G-100-24236-288431 Senior Category LeadCertified Richfield, MN Dec 18, 2025

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