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

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-22341-68674 Managing ConsultantCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Dec 18, 2023
A-22327-62411 Application DeveloperCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Dec 18, 2023
A-22334-65336 Application DeveloperCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Dec 18, 2023
A-22348-73622 Application DeveloperCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Dec 18, 2023
A-22300-47566 Application DeveloperCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Dec 18, 2023
A-22349-74586 Application DeveloperCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Dec 11, 2023
A-22342-69748 PrincipalCertified - Expired New York, NY Dec 11, 2023
A-22315-55974 Technical Project LeadCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Dec 7, 2023
A-22273-31170 Cloud Infrastructure Software DeveloperCertified - Expired Austin, TX Dec 5, 2023
A-22228-06283 Software DeveloperCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Dec 5, 2023
A-22258-21727 Data ScientistCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Dec 5, 2023
A-22300-46820 Application DeveloperCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Dec 4, 2023
A-22332-63478 Application DeveloperCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Dec 4, 2023
A-22321-59091 Data ScientistCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Dec 4, 2023
A-22328-62952 Application ArchitectCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Dec 4, 2023
A-22310-52682 Application DeveloperCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Dec 4, 2023
A-22290-40271 Application ArchitectCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Dec 4, 2023
A-22238-12432 Software DeveloperCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Dec 4, 2023
A-22306-50130 Application DeveloperCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Dec 1, 2023
A-22304-48645 Application DeveloperCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Dec 1, 2023

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