FORD MOTOR COMPANY

Manufacturing · Primarily MI · PERM filings 2020–2025

#127 top sponsor

Overview

FORD MOTOR COMPANY is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 529 PERM green-card applications between FY2020 and FY2025. That places it #127 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 372 were certified (70.3% approval rate), taking about 269 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Systems Software, with most worksites in MI, and the median sponsored wage is $104,492.

529

PERM filings

70.3%

approval

2

denied

$104,492

median wage

269d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 415 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (84%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India350
  • China39
  • Canada8
  • South Korea3
  • Malaysia2
  • Bangladesh2
  • Lebanon2
  • Brazil1
  • Oman1
  • Thailand1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B402
  • TN3
  • L-12
  • O-12
  • F-12
  • E-21
  • Not in USA1

Education

  • Master's273
  • Bachelor's116
  • Doctorate20
  • None4
  • Other2

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations FORD MOTOR COMPANY most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers, Systems Software 108 $108,294
Mechanical Engineers 86 $104,985
Software Developers, Applications 77 $108,373
Automotive Engineers 43 $90,621
Electrical Engineers 42 $104,568
Software Developers 41 $95,915
Validation Engineers 19 $81,459
Statisticians 16 $101,473
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 16 $104,492
Computer and Information Systems Managers 14 $126,405

Common job titles

Product Development Engineer 36 Software Development Engineer 24 Embedded Controls Software Engineer 21 MBD Vehicle Controls Implementation Engineer 20 Software Engineer 20 Systems Engineer 15 Anchor Engineer 14 Data Scientist 12 Research Engineer 11 Vehicle Electrification Controls and Systems Engineer 10 Embedded Software Engineer - Front End Web Technologies 9 Product Manager (Foundational Products) 8

Worksite states

MI 469 CA 27 FL 25 IL 5 KY 2 AZ 1

Wage range

$93,527

25th

$104,492

median

$114,421

75th

$122,408

90th

Law firms used

  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy LLP387
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen, & Loewy LLP114
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Lowey LLP12
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP9
  • Fragomen, Bernsen Loewy LLP2
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy LLP2

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-22023-01507 Data ScientistCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Oct 7, 2022
A-22040-09283 Software Process Improvement SpecialistCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Oct 7, 2022
A-22039-08738 IT Software Engineer, Order Scheduling & Sequencing (OSS)Certified - Expired Dearborn, MI Oct 7, 2022
A-22038-08441 IT Software Engineer, Order Scheduling & Sequencing (OSS)Certified - Expired Dearborn, MI Oct 7, 2022
A-21337-81163 DAT2 Algorithm EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Oct 3, 2022
A-21333-78570 Electric Machine Controls & Calibration EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Sep 27, 2022
A-22018-99475 Technical Expert - Powertrain Systems AnalyticsCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Sep 20, 2022
A-21231-33768 Facilities Electrical Engineer - Vehicle Evaluation & Verification (VEV)Certified - Expired Dearborn, MI Sep 20, 2022
A-22012-97088 IT Software Engineer, Order Scheduling & Sequencing (OSS)Certified - Expired Dearborn, MI Sep 20, 2022
A-21335-79662 Infotainment Software Developer-MiddlewareCertified - Expired Allen Park, MI Sep 20, 2022
A-21340-82118 Advanced Connectivity Technology EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Sep 12, 2022
A-21295-62037 IT Software Engineer, Order Scheduling & Sequencing (OSS)Certified - Expired Dearborn, MI Sep 12, 2022
A-21340-82042 Product Development Engineer – Vehicle IntegrationCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Aug 30, 2022
A-21343-84097 AUTOSAR Software EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Aug 30, 2022
A-21322-74964 Product Development Engineer-Body ExteriorCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Aug 17, 2022
A-21334-79085 Research Engineer-Machine Learning Methods Time Series ApplicationsCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Aug 9, 2022
A-21321-74724 Human Factors EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Aug 5, 2022
A-21323-75894 DAT2 3D Surround View Feature DevelopmentCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Jul 19, 2022
A-21320-74171 BEV Powertrain System EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Jul 15, 2022
A-21306-67109 RAE Systems Functional Safety EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Jun 23, 2022

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