COVIDIEN

Manufacturing · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2022

#955 top sponsor

Overview

COVIDIEN is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 66 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2022. That places it #955 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 31 were certified (47% approval rate), taking about 216 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Biomedical Engineers, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $104,000.

66

PERM filings

47%

approval

1

denied

$104,000

median wage

216d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 66 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (74%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India49
  • Dominican Republic3
  • Canada2
  • Mexico2
  • Iran2
  • Costa Rica1
  • Egypt1
  • Czech Republic1
  • Brazil1
  • Ghana1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B53
  • L-110
  • F-11
  • TN1

Education

  • Master's49
  • Bachelor's16
  • Other1

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations COVIDIEN most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Biomedical Engineers 10 $109,715
Regulatory Affairs Specialists 7 $94,229
Mechatronics Engineers 7 $99,000
Industrial Engineers 7 $101,114
Software Developers, Systems Software 6 $127,917
Architectural and Engineering Managers 4 $161,500
Software Developers, Applications 4 $121,375
Validation Engineers 3 $107,333
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 3 $111,667
Industrial Production Managers 2 $106,000

Common job titles

Sr. Product Engineer 6 Sr. Regulatory Affairs Specialist 4 Sr. Software Engineer 4 Regulatory Affairs Specialist 3 Sr. Operations Quality Engineer 3 Sr. Software Quality Engineer 3 Senior Design Quality Engineer 2 Sr. Financial Analyst 2 Sr. Embedded Software Engineer 2 Sr. Buyer / Planner 2 Sr. Logistics Analyst 1 Sr. Packaging Compliance Engineer 1

Worksite states

Wage range

$99,000

25th

$104,000

median

$121,000

75th

$142,400

90th

Law firms used

  • Fredrikson Byron, P.A.51
  • Fredrikson Byron PA10
  • EY Law LLP2
  • Fredrikson Byron P.A.1
  • Fredrikson Byron, PA1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-22254-19441 Sr. Quality EngineerCertified North Haven, CT Jul 5, 2023
A-22222-03987 Mechanical Design EngineerCertified North Haven, CT Jun 30, 2023
A-22206-94211 Sr. Software Verification Engineering ManagerCertified Boston, MA Jun 6, 2023
A-22207-95290 Sr. Lean Sigma ManagerCertified Irvine, CA Jun 1, 2023
A-22192-86598 Sr. Software EngineerCertified Boulder, CO May 17, 2023
A-22175-78124 Sr. Engineering Program ManagerCertified Irvine, CA May 8, 2023
A-22124-50278 Sr. Systems Engineer- Release OwnerCertified Boulder, CO Apr 27, 2023
A-22189-85509 R&D EngineerCertified Plymouth, MN Apr 25, 2023
A-22165-71823 Sr. Software Quality EngineerCertified Boulder, CO Apr 25, 2023
A-22165-71681 Sr. Software Quality EngineerCertified Boulder, CO Apr 25, 2023
A-22124-50534 Program ManagerCertified North Haven, CT Apr 24, 2023
A-22124-50557 Sr. Design Assurance EngineerCertified-Expired Plymouth, MN Mar 30, 2023
A-22123-49320 Sr. Reliability EngineerCertified-Expired Boulder, CO Feb 6, 2023
A-22124-50003 Sr. Regulatory Affairs SpecialistCertified-Expired Irvine, CA Jan 27, 2023
A-22123-49860 Sr. Regulatory Affairs SpecialistCertified-Expired Irvine, CA Jan 27, 2023
A-22123-49776 Sr. Regulatory Affairs SpecialistCertified-Expired Irvine, CA Jan 27, 2023
A-22041-10212 Regulatory Affairs SpecialistCertified-Expired Boulder, CO Dec 21, 2022
A-22049-13257 Regulatory Affairs SpecialistCertified-Expired Boulder, CO Dec 21, 2022
A-22045-11063 Test EngineerCertified-Expired North Haven, CT Dec 8, 2022
A-21348-86335 Principal Product Specialist-Flow Diverters and CoilsCertified-Expired Irvine, CA Dec 8, 2022

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