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
A-22229-07675 Software Engineer IICertified - Expired Richfield, MN Aug 4, 2023
A-22236-11290 Software Engineer IICertified - Expired Richfield, MN Aug 4, 2023
A-22186-83254 Senior Web Business AnalystCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Jul 27, 2023
A-22230-08220 Software Engineer IICertified - Expired Richfield, MN Jul 24, 2023
A-22224-05261 Software Engineer IICertified - Expired Richfield, MN Jul 13, 2023
A-22230-08345 Software Engineer IICertified - Expired Richfield, MN Jun 30, 2023
A-22200-90948 Territory Finance DirectorCertified - Expired Fullerton, CA Jun 23, 2023
A-22208-95566 Senior Web Business AnalystCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Jun 14, 2023
A-22230-08138 Product ManagerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Jun 12, 2023
A-22209-96499 Senior Web Business AnalystCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Jun 12, 2023
A-22187-83792 Senior Web Business AnalystCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Jun 7, 2023
A-22180-81044 Senior Web Business AnalystCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Jun 6, 2023
A-22164-70603 Engineering DirectorCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Apr 7, 2023
A-22157-67039 Senior QA EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Mar 13, 2023
A-22153-65103 Senior QA EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Mar 13, 2023
A-22159-68619 Senior Director of Product ManagementCertified - Expired Seattle, WA Mar 13, 2023
A-22146-61873 Senior QA EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Mar 6, 2023
A-22137-56613 Senior QA EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Feb 23, 2023
A-22061-18420 Senior QA EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Jan 3, 2023
A-22108-42064 Senior QA EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Dec 28, 2022

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