IBM Corporation

Professional, Scientific & Technical Services · Primarily NY · PERM filings 2019–2025

#27 top sponsor

Overview

IBM Corporation is a Professional, Scientific & Technical Services employer that has filed 2,216 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2025. That places it #27 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 1,345 were certified (60.7% approval rate), taking about 291 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Applications, with most worksites in NY, and the median sponsored wage is $118,893.

2,216

PERM filings

60.7%

approval

8

denied

$118,893

median wage

291d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 1,805 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (86%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India1,560
  • China67
  • Brazil33
  • Canada19
  • Mexico10
  • United Kingdom9
  • Australia6
  • Japan6
  • Germany6
  • Spain5

Prior visa status

  • H-1B1,596
  • L-1149
  • Not in USA38
  • F-14
  • O-14
  • H-42
  • TN1

Education

  • Bachelor's1,072
  • Master's628
  • Other72
  • Doctorate23
  • Associate's8
  • High School2

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations IBM Corporation most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers, Applications 509 $115,596
Computer Systems Analysts 414 $118,854
Software Developers, Systems Software 282 $115,438
Computer Occupations, All Other 267 $96,078
Software Developers 247 $164,990
Management Analysts 49 $152,467
Data Scientists 40 $172,763
Project Management Specialists 37 $153,351
Statisticians 36 $85,287
Database Administrators 31 $109,509

Common job titles

Software Developer 149 Application Architect 138 Managing Consultant 121 Application Developer 107 Advisory Software Engineer 102 Project Manager 73 Senior Developer 65 Automation Lead 50 IT Specialist 49 Development Lead 47 Senior SAP Specialist 43 Technical Project Lead 41

Worksite states

NY 1,791 CA 133 TX 109 NC 71 MA 39 GA 17 IL 15 LA 9 OH 7 CT 5

Wage range

$95,430

25th

$118,893

median

$145,454

75th

$169,229

90th

Law firms used

  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP1,455
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen, & Loewy, LLP403
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy LLP312
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP4
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen, & Loewy,LLP3
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen, & Loewy, LLP1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-19235-48319 Application DeveloperCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Apr 2, 2020
A-19235-48378 Advisory Software Engineer (Cognitive Service Developer)Certified - Expired Austin, TX Apr 2, 2020
A-19269-63071 HW Future Systems Performance Modeling ArchitectCertified - Expired Austin, TX Mar 30, 2020
A-19290-71744 Advisory Hardware EngineerCertified - Expired Poughkeepsie, NY Mar 20, 2020
A-19289-71210 Advisory Hardware EngineerCertified - Expired Poughkeepsie, NY Mar 20, 2020
A-19284-69584 Advisory Software EngineerCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Mar 20, 2020
A-19295-73641 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Mar 19, 2020
A-19270-64071 Senior ConsultantCertified - Expired Paramus, NJ Mar 19, 2020
A-19288-70661 Application ArchitectCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Mar 18, 2020
A-19241-50967 Software Engineering ManagerCertified - Expired Brookhaven, GA Mar 18, 2020
A-19204-34175 L3 & Dev Ops DeveloperCertified - Expired Littleton, MA Mar 18, 2020
A-19235-48744 Software Security EngineerCertified - Expired Dublin, OH Mar 17, 2020
A-19291-72591 Technical Solution ArchitectCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Mar 17, 2020
A-19241-51304 Advisory Software Engineer (Cognitive Service Developer)Certified - Expired Austin, TX Mar 10, 2020
A-19259-58313 Software DeveloperCertified - Expired Pittsburgh, PA Mar 5, 2020
A-19240-50248 Senior Offering ManagerCertified - Expired Brookhaven, GA Mar 5, 2020
A-19200-32970 Advisory Software DeveloperCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Mar 5, 2020
A-19204-34138 Senior Networking Software DeveloperCertified - Expired Austin, TX Mar 5, 2020
A-19226-44083 Research EngineerCertified - Expired Yorktown Heights, NY Feb 28, 2020
A-19228-45296 Software DeveloperCertified - Expired Durham, NC Feb 28, 2020

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