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-100-23355-585674 Lead EngineerCertified Richfield, MN Apr 18, 2025
G-100-23355-585614 Lead EngineerCertified Richfield, MN Apr 18, 2025
G-100-23354-582831 Lead EngineerCertified Richfield, MN Apr 18, 2025
G-100-23353-578732 Lead EngineerCertified Richfield, MN Apr 18, 2025
G-100-23353-577367 Lead EngineerCertified Richfield, MN Apr 18, 2025
G-100-23349-571022 Lead EngineerCertified Richfield, MN Apr 18, 2025
G-100-23347-564852 Lead EngineerCertified Richfield, MN Apr 18, 2025
G-100-23325-518259 Senior Agile CoachCertified Richfield, MN Mar 10, 2025
G-100-23226-262206 Senior Network EngineerDenied Richfield, MN Jan 31, 2025
G-100-23271-389961 Senior QA EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Dec 17, 2024
G-100-23271-391490 Senior QA EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Dec 17, 2024
G-100-23271-391765 Senior QA EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Dec 17, 2024
G-100-23271-392356 Senior QA EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Dec 17, 2024
G-100-23271-392542 Senior QA EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Dec 17, 2024
G-100-23271-392739 Senior QA EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Dec 17, 2024
G-100-23271-392892 Senior QA EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Dec 17, 2024
G-100-23273-401818 Senior Software EngineerCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Dec 17, 2024
G-100-23220-247527 Senior Manager, Financial ServicesCertified - Expired Richfield, MN Oct 8, 2024
G-100-23181-157638 Senior Cloud Security EngineerCertified Richfield, MN Aug 2, 2024
G-100-23159-092684 Development Operations Engineer (DevOps Engineer)Certified Seattle, WA Jul 30, 2024

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