HOT TOPIC, INC.

Manufacturing · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2024

#6,536 top sponsor

Overview

HOT TOPIC, INC. is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 10 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2024. That places it #6,536 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 7 were certified (70% approval rate), taking about 294 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Computer Systems Analysts, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $135,000.

10

PERM filings

70%

approval

1

denied

$135,000

median wage

294d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 6 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (100%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India6

Prior visa status

  • H-1B6

Education

  • Bachelor's4
  • Master's2

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations HOT TOPIC, INC. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Computer Systems Analysts 3 $117,901
Computer and Information Systems Managers 2 $137,779
Software Developers, Applications 2 $117,759
Validation Engineers 1 $150,000
Quality Control Systems Managers 1 $146,973
Project Management Specialists 1 $135,000

Common job titles

Ecommerce QA lead 2 Quality Assurance Automation Engineer 1 Sr. Store System Engineer 1 QA Lead 1 Development Operations Engineer 1 Sr. Programmer Analyst 1 DevOps Engineer 1 System Support Analyst 1 Software Developer 1

Worksite states

Wage range

$112,424

25th

$135,000

median

$137,779

75th

$146,973

90th

Law firms used

  • Fisher Phillips LLP6
  • FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP4

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-100-24284-398504 Quality Assurance Automation EngineerCertified City of Industry, CA Feb 23, 2026
G-100-24247-309710 Sr. Store System EngineerCertified City of Industry, CA Jan 25, 2026
G-100-24222-257374 QA LeadCertified City of Industry, CA Dec 22, 2025
G-100-24163-096119 Development Operations EngineerCertified City of Industry, CA Sep 17, 2025
A-21245-39456 Software DeveloperCertified-Expired City of Industry, CA Mar 17, 2022
A-20233-90592 eCommerce QA LeadCertified City of Industry, CA, CA Apr 13, 2021
A-20122-49441 System Support AnalystCertified-Expired City of Industry, CA Oct 28, 2020
A-20079-32968 DevOps EngineerCertified City of Industry, CA Aug 28, 2020
A-20057-23802 Ecommerce QA leadDenied City of Industry, CA Jul 6, 2020
A-19345-94290 Sr. Programmer AnalystCertified City of Industry, CA Apr 30, 2020

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