CREE, INC.

Manufacturing · Primarily NC · PERM filings 2019–2021

#6,192 top sponsor

Overview

CREE, INC. is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 13 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2021. That places it #6,192 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 7 were certified (53.8% approval rate), taking about 174 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Applications, with most worksites in NC, and the median sponsored wage is $110,000.

13

PERM filings

53.8%

approval

0

denied

$110,000

median wage

174d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 13 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (69%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India9
  • Germany1
  • Indonesia1
  • Turkey1
  • Bangladesh1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B11
  • L-11
  • F-11

Education

  • Master's8
  • Bachelor's2
  • Doctorate2
  • None1

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations CREE, INC. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers, Applications 3 $125,035
Materials Engineers 3 $84,735
Treasurers and Controllers 1 $206,000
Architectural and Engineering Managers 1 $156,853
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 1 $116,390
Information Technology Project Managers 1 $155,000
Electrical Engineers 1 $110,000
Chemical Engineers 1 $95,992
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 1 $110,000

Common job titles

Process Development Engineer 3 Director of Finance, RF Business Line 1 IT Enterprise Programmer/Analyst 1 Manager Manufacturing Engineering 1 Database Administrator, Oracle Applications 1 Solution Delivery Lead 1 ServiceNow Architect-Administrator 1 Power Electronics Systems Research Scientist 1 Process Sustaining Engineer 1 MFG Systems Analyst 1 SiC Power Device Modeling Engineer 1

Worksite states

Wage range

$95,369

25th

$110,000

median

$155,000

75th

$156,853

90th

Law firms used

  • Kingston, Martinez Hogan, LLP13

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-21145-91725 SiC Power Device Modeling EngineerCertified-Expired Durham, NC Nov 9, 2021
A-21141-90550 MFG Systems AnalystCertified-Expired Durham, NC Nov 1, 2021
A-21125-82639 Process Sustaining EngineerCertified-Expired Durham, NC Oct 29, 2021
A-21113-77941 Process Development EngineerCertified-Expired Durham, NC Oct 15, 2021
A-20294-11779 Power Electronics Systems Research ScientistCertified Durham, NC May 13, 2021
A-20275-06580 ServiceNow Architect-AdministratorCertified Durham, NC May 4, 2021
A-20262-01510 Solution Delivery LeadCertified Durham, NC Apr 27, 2021
A-20262-01601 Process Development EngineerCertified Durham, NC Apr 27, 2021
A-19340-92152 Process Development EngineerCertified Durham, NC Apr 29, 2020
A-19170-20677 Director of Finance, RF Business LineCertified Morgan Hill, CA Apr 22, 2020
A-19318-83312 Database Administrator, Oracle ApplicationsCertified Durham, NC Apr 10, 2020
A-19291-72671 Manager Manufacturing EngineeringCertified-Expired Durham, NC Mar 18, 2020
A-19205-35221 IT Enterprise Programmer/AnalystCertified-Expired Morgan Hill, CA Oct 3, 2019

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