Costco Wholesale Corporation

Retail Trade · Primarily WA · PERM filings 2019–2024

#379 top sponsor

Overview

Costco Wholesale Corporation is a Retail Trade employer that has filed 186 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2024. That places it #379 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 125 were certified (67.2% approval rate), taking about 352 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Applications, with most worksites in WA, and the median sponsored wage is $135,800.

186

PERM filings

67.2%

approval

0

denied

$135,800

median wage

352d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 104 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (98%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India102
  • Ireland1
  • Canada1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B103
  • L-21

Education

  • None90
  • Bachelor's9
  • Master's5

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Costco Wholesale Corporation most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers, Applications 50 $124,347
Software Developers 48 $145,540
Computer Systems Analysts 17 $137,604
Software Developers, Systems Software 14 $133,273
Information Security Analysts 10 $142,000
Database Administrators 9 $142,589
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 9 $119,467
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 8 $132,838
Data Warehousing Specialists 6 $150,435
Data Scientists 3 $130,138

Common job titles

Software Developer 37 Full Stack Engineer 22 Quality Engineer 16 Data Engineer 7 SAP Security Analyst 6 BI Engineer 5 Software Developer (BI) 5 SAP HANA Basis Administrator 4 IBM Sterling OMS - Developer 4 Software Developer - SAP (Data Services) 4 Functional Analyst 3 SAP Functional Analyst 3

Worksite states

WA 185 IL 1

Wage range

$127,000

25th

$135,800

median

$143,800

75th

$155,000

90th

Law firms used

  • Fisher Phillips LLP102
  • Fisher & Phillips LLP81
  • MacDonald Hoague & Bayless1
  • Attorney at Law1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-21025-45551 Java Application Developer – EcommerceCertified - Expired Issaquah, WA Aug 6, 2021
A-21034-48519 SAP Basis HANA AdministratorCertified - Expired Issaquah, WA Aug 4, 2021
A-21034-48517 SAP Functional AnalystCertified - Expired Issaquah, WA Aug 4, 2021
A-21005-38785 Software DeveloperCertified - Expired Issaquah, WA Jul 14, 2021
A-20216-84130 Java Application Developer – E-CommerceCertified - Expired Issaquah, WA Jul 14, 2021
A-20216-84138 Java Application Developer – E-CommerceCertified - Expired Issaquah, WA Jul 12, 2021
A-20216-84137 Java Application Developer – E-CommerceCertified - Expired Issaquah, WA Jul 12, 2021
A-20191-74340 SAP BW Software DeveloperCertified - Expired Issaquah, WA Jul 12, 2021
A-20364-37456 Software DeveloperCertified - Expired Issaquah, WA Jul 1, 2021
A-20092-37770 BI DeveloperCertified - Expired Issaquah, WA Jun 11, 2021
A-20133-53273 Software Developer (BI)Certified - Expired Issaquah, WA Jun 11, 2021
A-20163-64633 SAP Security AnalystCertified - Expired Issaquah, WA Jun 11, 2021
A-20191-74342 Ancillary QA Manual TesterCertified - Expired Issaquah, WA Jun 11, 2021
A-20191-74344 Ancillary QA Manual TesterCertified - Expired Issaquah, WA Jun 11, 2021
A-20281-08285 Software DeveloperCertified - Expired Issaquah, WA Jun 8, 2021
A-20281-08292 Software Developer (BI)Certified - Expired Issaquah, WA Jun 4, 2021
A-20092-37783 Software DeveloperCertified - Expired Issaquah, WA May 7, 2021
A-20092-37772 Information Security Analyst (SAP GRC)Certified - Expired Issaquah, WA May 7, 2021
A-20086-35512 SAP Security AnalystCertified - Expired Issaquah, WA May 7, 2021
A-20224-86852 International SAP Functional AnalystCertified - Expired Issaquah, WA May 6, 2021

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