BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY

Transportation & Warehousing · Primarily TX · PERM filings 2019–2023

#8,595 top sponsor

Overview

BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY is a Transportation & Warehousing employer that has filed 9 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2023. That places it #8,595 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 8 were certified (88.9% approval rate), taking about 234 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Operations Research Analysts, with most worksites in TX, and the median sponsored wage is $86,601.

9

PERM filings

88.9%

approval

0

denied

$86,601

median wage

234d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 7 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is IRAN (43%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • Iran3
  • Chile1
  • China1
  • South Korea1
  • India1

Prior visa status

  • F-14
  • H-1B2
  • J-11

Education

  • Doctorate4
  • Master's2
  • Bachelor's1

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Operations Research Analysts 6 $86,601
Software Developers 1 $135,000

Common job titles

Senior Operations Research Specialist 8 Principal Software Engineer - NCS (cont'd on H.11) 1

Worksite states

TX 9

Wage range

$86,601

25th

$86,601

median

$102,001

75th

$102,001

90th

Law firms used

  • Thompson Knight LLP6
  • Holland & Knight LLP2
  • Holland Knight LLP1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-100-23202-207257 Senior Operations Research SpecialistCertified Fort Worth, TX Sep 10, 2024
G-100-23198-194613 Senior Operations Research SpecialistCertified Fort Worth, TX Sep 10, 2024
A-23034-97291 Principal Software Engineer - NCS (cont'd on H.11)Certified-Expired Fort Worth, TX Mar 14, 2024
A-19330-88355 Senior Operations Research SpecialistCertified Fort Worth, TX Apr 20, 2020
A-19331-88692 Senior Operations Research SpecialistCertified Fort Worth, TX Apr 20, 2020
A-19326-86895 Senior Operations Research SpecialistCertified Fort Worth, TX Apr 17, 2020
A-19328-87216 Senior Operations Research SpecialistCertified Fort Worth, TX Apr 17, 2020
A-19329-87614 Senior Operations Research SpecialistCertified Fort Worth, TX Apr 17, 2020
A-19318-83017 Senior Operations Research SpecialistCertified Fort Worth, TX Apr 10, 2020

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