COVIDIEN

Manufacturing · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2023

#752 top sponsor

Overview

COVIDIEN is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 99 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2023. That places it #752 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 52 were certified (52.5% approval rate), taking about 268 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Industrial Engineers, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $103,000.

99

PERM filings

52.5%

approval

1

denied

$103,000

median wage

268d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 99 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (76%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India75
  • Dominican Republic4
  • Mexico3
  • Canada2
  • Iran2
  • Costa Rica1
  • Egypt1
  • Czech Republic1
  • Brazil1
  • Ghana1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B78
  • L-112
  • F-17
  • TN1

Education

  • Master's75
  • Bachelor's22
  • Other1
  • Doctorate1

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations COVIDIEN most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Industrial Engineers 17 $101,188
Biomedical Engineers 12 $111,346
Validation Engineers 8 $113,563
Regulatory Affairs Specialists 8 $92,950
Manufacturing Engineers 8 $93,188
Mechatronics Engineers 7 $99,000
Software Developers, Systems Software 6 $127,917
Architectural and Engineering Managers 5 $165,000
Software Developers, Applications 4 $121,375
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 3 $111,667

Common job titles

Sr. Quality Engineer 7 Sr. Product Engineer 6 Sr. Regulatory Affairs Specialist 4 Sr. Reliability Engineer 4 Sr. Software Engineer 4 Manufacturing Engineer 3 Senior R&D Engineer 3 Regulatory Affairs Specialist 3 Sr. Operations Quality Engineer 3 Sr. Software Quality Engineer 3 Sr. Financial Analyst 2 Sr. Buyer / Planner 2

Worksite states

CA 37 CT 32 CO 15 MN 9 MA 6

Wage range

$99,000

25th

$103,000

median

$120,000

75th

$141,000

90th

Law firms used

  • Fredrikson Byron, P.A.83
  • Fredrikson Byron PA10
  • EY Law LLP2
  • Fredrikson Byron P.A.1
  • Fredrikson Byron, PA1
  • Fredrikson Bryon, P.A.1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-23121-35515 Sr. Quality EngineerCertified - Expired North Haven, CT Jul 11, 2024
A-23115-33030 Sr. Quality EngineerCertified - Expired North Haven, CT Jul 11, 2024
A-23122-36252 Packaging EngineerCertified - Expired Plymouth, MN Jul 8, 2024
A-23144-47307 Sr. Project EngineerCertified - Expired North Haven, CT Jun 3, 2024
A-23130-40462 Manufacturing EngineerCertified - Expired Irvine, CA May 31, 2024
A-23127-38539 Manufacturing EngineerCertified - Expired Irvine, CA May 31, 2024
A-23123-36802 Packaging EngineerCertified - Expired Plymouth, MN May 31, 2024
A-23123-37049 Sr. Reliability EngineerCertified - Expired North Haven, CT May 31, 2024
A-23123-36948 Sr. Reliability EngineerCertified - Expired North Haven, CT May 31, 2024
A-23119-35236 Sr. Reliability EngineerCertified - Expired North Haven, CT May 31, 2024
A-23117-34348 Senior R&D EngineerCertified - Expired Irvine, CA May 31, 2024
A-23116-33713 Sr. R&D EngineerCertified - Expired Irvine, CA May 31, 2024
A-23123-36821 Sr. Quality EngineerCertified - Expired North Haven, CT May 30, 2024
A-23117-34137 Sr. Quality EngineerCertified - Expired North Haven, CT May 28, 2024
A-23118-35019 Sr. Quality EngineerCertified - Expired North Haven, CT May 28, 2024
A-23118-34996 Sr. Quality EngineerCertified - Expired North Haven, CT May 28, 2024
A-23052-04032 Manufacturing EngineerCertified - Expired Irvine, CA Apr 22, 2024
A-23044-00800 Sr. Consumer Affairs SpecialistCertified - Expired Minneapolis, MN Apr 22, 2024
A-23026-93700 Electrical Design EngineerCertified - Expired North Haven, CT Mar 8, 2024
A-22334-65074 Quality EngineerCertified - Expired North Haven, CT Feb 23, 2024

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