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-21196-17709 Global Capacity Planning Data AnalystCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Jan 28, 2022
A-21194-16628 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Jan 28, 2022
A-21201-19613 Body Modules Software - Feature DeveloperCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Jan 26, 2022
A-21196-18018 Autonomous Vehicle Systems Design Safety EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Jan 25, 2022
A-21192-15338 Research EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Jan 24, 2022
A-21172-04682 AppLink Mobile EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Jan 20, 2022
A-21187-12854 PT Controls and Software EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Jan 5, 2022
A-20365-37784 Supervisor-Conditional AutomationCertified - Expired Palo Alto, CA Jan 5, 2022
A-20345-31620 IT Product Management SpecialistDenied Palo Alto, CA Dec 30, 2021
A-21188-13402 PT Controls and Software EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Dec 28, 2021
A-21176-07757 PT Controls and Software EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Dec 27, 2021
A-21190-15076 RAE Controls EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Dec 23, 2021
A-21190-14694 PT Controls and Software EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Dec 23, 2021
A-21174-06107 PT Controls and Software EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Dec 21, 2021
A-20342-29806 Core Software Process EngineerCertified - Expired Chicago, IL Dec 10, 2021
A-21161-99108 Infotainment Feature Tester – Quality AssuranceCertified - Expired Allen Park, MI Dec 3, 2021
A-21160-98677 Infotainment Feature Tester – Quality AssuranceCertified - Expired Allen Park, MI Dec 3, 2021
A-21165-00518 Shift By Wire Design and Release EngineerCertified - Expired Livonia, MI Dec 2, 2021
A-21124-81785 RAE Controls EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Nov 12, 2021
A-21130-84312 Shift By Wire Design and Release EngineerCertified - Expired Livonia, MI Nov 10, 2021

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