FACEBOOK, INC.

Information · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2021

#7 top sponsor

Overview

FACEBOOK, INC. is a Information employer that has filed 4,985 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2021. That places it #7 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 2,279 were certified (45.7% approval rate), taking about 493 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Systems Software, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $157,770.

4,985

PERM filings

45.7%

approval

294

denied

$157,770

median wage

493d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 4,985 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is CHINA (43%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • China2,142
  • India1,827
  • Canada262
  • Taiwan95
  • Australia49
  • Mexico48
  • United Kingdom42
  • Brazil42
  • South Korea39
  • Vietnam33

Prior visa status

  • H-1B4,056
  • F-1559
  • L-1189
  • TN77
  • O-145
  • E-327
  • L-26
  • Not in USA4

Education

  • Master's3,357
  • Bachelor's1,123
  • Doctorate421
  • None84

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

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

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers, Systems Software 2,976 $154,139
Statisticians 355 $149,273
Software Developers, Applications 326 $165,485
Computer and Information Systems Managers 228 $215,123
Information Technology Project Managers 116 $176,178
Computer Systems Analysts 110 $164,487
Computer and Information Research Scientists 91 $159,563
Marketing Managers 90 $182,708
Data Warehousing Specialists 52 $155,061
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 52 $177,587

Common job titles

Software Engineer 2,516 Research Scientist 341 Data Scientist 236 Data Engineer 220 Engineering Manager 145 Production Engineer 131 Product Manager 99 Technical Program Manager 78 Product Designer 78 Enterprise Engineer 35 Front End Engineer 33 Solutions Engineer 22

Worksite states

CA 3,482 WA 914 NY 454 TX 70 MA 33 DC 12 PA 9 IL 6 GA 3 VA 1

Wage range

$138,091

25th

$157,770

median

$181,546

75th

$201,094

90th

Law firms used

  • Berry Appleman Leiden LLP4,148
  • Ogletree Deakins680
  • Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak Stewart, P.C.94
  • Berry Appleman Leiden, LLP37
  • Berry, Appleman Leiden LLP11
  • Berry Appleman Leiden10

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-19336-89712 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Seattle, WA Apr 30, 2020
A-19329-87638 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Menlo Park, CA Apr 30, 2020
A-19326-87028 Enterprise Systems EngineerCertified - Expired Menlo Park, CA Apr 30, 2020
A-19326-86767 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Seattle, WA Apr 30, 2020
A-19325-86472 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Menlo Park, CA Apr 30, 2020
A-19325-86409 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Menlo Park, CA Apr 30, 2020
A-19344-93425 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Menlo Park, CA Apr 30, 2020
A-19344-93483 Research ScientistCertified - Expired Redmond, WA Apr 30, 2020
A-19339-91306 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Menlo Park, CA Apr 30, 2020
A-19339-91463 Production EngineerCertified - Expired Menlo Park, CA Apr 30, 2020
A-19346-94913 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Menlo Park, CA Apr 30, 2020
A-19346-94559 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Menlo Park, CA Apr 30, 2020
A-19116-97863 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Cambridge, MA Apr 30, 2020
A-19287-70229 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Seattle, WA Apr 29, 2020
A-19338-90796 Software EngineerCertified - Expired New York, NY Apr 29, 2020
A-19329-87717 Data EngineerCertified - Expired Menlo Park, CA Apr 29, 2020
A-19330-87994 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Menlo Park, CA Apr 29, 2020
A-19329-87628 Network Engineer, Corp.Certified - Expired Fremont, CA Apr 29, 2020
A-19329-87442 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Menlo Park, CA Apr 29, 2020
A-19326-86839 Graph Integrity Project ManagerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Apr 29, 2020

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