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-21154-95382 Managing ConsultantCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Dec 1, 2021
A-21147-92642 Senior User Experience/Commerce Multi-Platform ArchitectCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Nov 22, 2021
A-21133-86009 Advisory Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Nov 19, 2021
A-21109-75492 Staff Software DeveloperCertified - Expired Durham, NC Nov 17, 2021
A-21148-93530 Software DeveloperCertified - Expired Littleton, MA Nov 17, 2021
A-21147-92990 AIX/Web Database AdministratorCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Nov 17, 2021
A-21128-83873 Lead ConsultantCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Nov 15, 2021
A-21116-78203 SAP Mobility LeadCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Nov 9, 2021
A-21123-81003 Software DeveloperCertified - Expired Foster City, CA Nov 8, 2021
A-21119-79868 Software DeveloperCertified - Expired Poughkeepsie, NY Nov 8, 2021
A-21102-72797 Advisory EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Nov 5, 2021
A-21099-72196 ADVISORY SOFTWARE DEVELOPERCertified - Expired SAN JOSE, CA Nov 4, 2021
A-20350-33482 Cognitive Software DeveloperCertified - Expired Atlanta, GA Nov 2, 2021
A-21092-69887 Application ArchitectCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Oct 27, 2021
A-21095-70083 Managing ConsultantCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Oct 27, 2021
A-21134-86883 Software Engineering ResearcherCertified - Expired Yorktown Heights, NY Oct 27, 2021
A-21137-87315 Managing ConsultantCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Oct 27, 2021
A-21134-86561 Lead ConsultantCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Oct 27, 2021
A-21144-90786 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Oct 26, 2021
A-21138-87856 Software DeveloperCertified - Expired Armonk, NY Oct 26, 2021

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