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-21126-83010 Web EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Oct 22, 2021
A-21011-40746 Senior Infrastructure EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Jul 19, 2021
A-20273-05297 Senior IT Compliance AnalystCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Jul 2, 2021
A-20318-21077 OIM EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Jun 25, 2021
A-20318-20928 Senior Program ManagerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Jun 25, 2021
A-20317-20121 Senior Infrastructure EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Jun 10, 2021
A-20244-94168 Web Application (HTML) DeveloperCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Jun 10, 2021
A-20233-90343 Senior Engineer - Performance ManagementCertified - Expired Richfield, MN May 7, 2021
A-20245-94675 Engineer - Identity & Access ManagementCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Apr 29, 2021
A-20233-90281 Senior Engineer - Performance ManagementCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Apr 28, 2021
A-20255-98657 Associate Digital Engineer - Software SystemsCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Apr 16, 2021
A-20206-80436 Manager, Marketing AnalyticsCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Mar 16, 2021
A-20177-69667 Digital EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Feb 3, 2021
A-20175-68720 Digital EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Feb 3, 2021
A-20176-69284 Digital EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Jan 21, 2021
A-20176-69125 Digital EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Jan 21, 2021
A-20171-67613 Digital EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Jan 21, 2021
A-20098-40368 Digital EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Sep 3, 2020
A-20098-40186 Digital EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Sep 3, 2020
A-19150-11600 Senior Mobile Apps Developer (Android)Certified - Expired Richfield, MN Sep 2, 2020

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