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-21027-46322 Additive Manufacturing EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Aug 27, 2021
A-21013-41846 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Aug 27, 2021
A-21074-62051 EMBEDDED SOFTWARE ENGINEER-AUDIO TECHNOLOGIESCertified - Expired ALLEN PARK, MI Aug 25, 2021
A-21074-62009 EMBEDDED SOFTWARE ENGINEER-AUDIO TECHNOLOGIESCertified - Expired ALLEN PARK, MI Aug 25, 2021
A-21022-44783 ADAS HIL EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Aug 18, 2021
A-21021-44534 MBD Vehicle Controls Implementation EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Aug 18, 2021
A-21021-44514 MBD Vehicle Controls Implementation EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Aug 18, 2021
A-21020-44172 Infotainment Feature Tester-Quality AssuranceCertified - Expired Allen Park, MI Aug 18, 2021
A-21075-62876 Connected Streaming Service Feature LeadCertified - Expired Melvindale, MI Aug 17, 2021
A-21082-65256 Connected Streaming Service Feature LeadCertified - Expired Melvindale, MI Aug 17, 2021
A-21076-63146 Connected Streaming Service Feature LeadCertified - Expired Melvindale, MI Aug 17, 2021
A-21075-62931 Connected Streaming Service Feature LeadCertified - Expired Melvindale, MI Aug 17, 2021
A-21063-58501 Product Development EngineerCertified - Expired Allen Park, MI Aug 17, 2021
A-21063-58449 Product Development EngineerCertified - Expired Allen Park, MI Aug 17, 2021
A-21063-58291 ANCHOR ENGINEERCertified - Expired TAYLOR, MI Aug 17, 2021
A-21063-58157 Product Development EngineerCertified - Expired Allen Park, MI Aug 17, 2021
A-21063-58141 PD Software EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Aug 17, 2021
A-20297-12823 Electrified Propulsion Systems Research EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Aug 16, 2021
A-21075-62827 Analytics ScientistCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Aug 16, 2021
A-21075-62607 Analytics ScientistCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Aug 16, 2021

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