California Institute of Technology

Educational Services · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2024

#4,472 top sponsor

Overview

California Institute of Technology is a Educational Services employer that has filed 19 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2024. That places it #4,472 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 10 were certified (52.6% approval rate), taking about 232 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $142,278.

19

PERM filings

52.6%

approval

0

denied

$142,278

median wage

232d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 16 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is FRANCE (25%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • France4
  • Australia2
  • Germany2
  • El Salvador1
  • Ireland1
  • Greece1
  • South Korea1
  • Japan1
  • China1
  • India1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B9
  • Not in USA2
  • F-12
  • J-12
  • TPS1

Education

  • Doctorate10
  • Master's6

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations California Institute of Technology most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 3 $197,333
Photonics Engineers 2 $124,866
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary 2 $160,000
Financial and Investment Analysts 1 $95,950
Residential Advisors 1 $58,500
Professor of Mathematics 1 $210,000
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 1 $160,000
Mechanical Engineers, NonRD 1 $80,000
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 1 $165,000
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 1 $59,870

Common job titles

Professor of Mathematics 2 Research Engineer 2 Associate Research Engineer in HEP and Quantum Technologies 1 Senior Investment Analyst 1 Prog Coord for Faculty in Res & the Office of Res Exp *(See H.11) 1 Assistant Professor of Physics 1 Assistant Professor of Astronomy 1 Assistant Professor of Materials Science 1 Detector Electro-Mechanical Engineer 1 Assistant Professor of Aerospace 1 Lecturer in Japanese 1 Assistant Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences 1

Worksite states

Wage range

$80,000

25th

$142,278

median

$165,000

75th

$187,000

90th

Law firms used

  • SGG Immigration LLP7
  • Stone Grzegorek Gonzalez LLP5
  • Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP4
  • Sostrin Immigration Lawyers, LLP3

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-300-24159-087284 Professor of MathematicsCertified Pasadena, CA Sep 8, 2025
G-100-24094-852702 Associate Research Engineer in HEP and Quantum TechnologiesCertified Pasadena, CA Jul 24, 2025
G-100-23202-208028 Senior Investment AnalystCertified - Expired Pasadena, CA Oct 16, 2024
A-23009-84438 Assistant Professor of MathematicsCertified Pasadena, CA Apr 11, 2024
A-23069-11481 Assistant Professor of Theoretical AstrophysicsCertified-Expired Pasadena, CA Mar 29, 2024
A-22144-60315 Senior Electrical EngineerCertified-Expired Pasadena, CA Mar 1, 2023
A-21274-53182 Research EngineerCertified Pasadena, CA Apr 13, 2022
A-21204-21959 Insect Transgenesis TechnicianCertified-Expired Pasadena, CA Mar 8, 2022
A-21176-08075 Research Software Engineer (Associate level)Certified-Expired Pasadena, CA Feb 10, 2022
A-21097-71583 Research EngineerCertified-Expired Pasadena, CA Oct 8, 2021
A-21089-68462 Assistant Professor of Computing and Mathematical SciencesCertified Pasadena, CA Sep 9, 2021
A-21015-42771 Lecturer in JapaneseCertified Pasadena, CA Jul 27, 2021
A-20204-79517 Assistant Professor of AerospaceCertified Pasadena, CA May 20, 2021
A-20199-77850 Detector Electro-Mechanical EngineerCertified Livingston, LA Apr 16, 2021
A-19360-00003 Assistant Professor of Materials ScienceCertified Pasadena, CA May 18, 2020
A-19354-98752 Assistant Professor of AstronomyCertified Pasadena, CA May 15, 2020
A-19280-67562 Assistant Professor of PhysicsCertified-Expired Pasadena, CA Mar 4, 2020
A-19130-04061 Prog Coord for Faculty in Res & the Office of Res Exp *(See H.11)Certified-Expired Pasadena, CA Oct 25, 2019
A-19203-33880 Professor of MathematicsCertified-Expired Pasadena, CA Oct 8, 2019

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