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

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-22299-46528 Senior R&D EngineerCertified-Expired Irvine, CA Feb 23, 2024
A-22291-41695 Quality EngineerCertified-Expired North Haven, CT Nov 27, 2023
A-22305-49903 Senior Manufacturing EngineerCertified-Expired Plymouth, MN Nov 8, 2023
A-22306-50528 Sr. Manufacturing EngineerCertified-Expired Irvine, CA Oct 26, 2023
A-22299-46328 Senior R&D EngineerCertified-Expired Irvine, CA Oct 25, 2023
A-22299-46698 Sr. Technical Sourcing EngineerCertified-Expired North Haven, CT Oct 18, 2023
A-22279-35127 R&D Test EngineersCertified-Expired North Haven, CT Oct 17, 2023
A-22279-35098 R&D Test EngineersCertified-Expired North Haven, CT Oct 17, 2023
A-22298-45392 Design Quality Engineering ManagerCertified-Expired Irvine, CA Oct 5, 2023
A-22291-41697 Supplier Quality EngineerCertified-Expired North Haven, CT Oct 5, 2023
A-22240-13001 Director of Strategic SourcingCertified North Haven, CT Sep 22, 2023
A-22240-13133 Commercial Program Manager - Surgical RoboticsCertified North Haven, CT Sep 15, 2023
A-22291-41486 Senior Manufacturing EngineerCertified Plymouth, MN Sep 6, 2023
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

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