ILLUMINA

Manufacturing · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2025

#303 top sponsor

Overview

ILLUMINA is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 185 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2025. That places it #303 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 128 were certified (69.2% approval rate), taking about 301 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Computer Systems Analysts, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $106,350.

185

PERM filings

69.2%

approval

0

denied

$106,350

median wage

301d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 129 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (71%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India91
  • China13
  • Canada5
  • Mexico2
  • Italy2
  • Nepal1
  • Belgium1
  • Australia1
  • Iran1
  • Pakistan1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B118
  • L-17
  • F-11
  • E-21
  • TN1
  • O-11

Education

  • Master's76
  • Doctorate26
  • Bachelor's26
  • Other1

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations ILLUMINA most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Computer Systems Analysts 26 $108,631
Software Developers, Applications 17 $121,643
Software Developers 13 $154,975
Bioinformatics Scientists 13 $97,995
Biomedical Engineers 12 $80,123
Industrial Engineers 10 $92,915
Manufacturing Engineers 7 $107,762
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 6 $101,750
Software Developers, Systems Software 6 $108,888
Marketing Managers 6 $147,718

Common job titles

Sr. Business Systems Analyst 11 Sr. Software Engineer 8 Software Engineer 7 Scientist 6 Business Systems Analyst 5 Staff Business Systems Analyst 4 Process Development Engineer 4 Sr. Programmer/Analyst 4 Staff Engineer - Development 4 Staff Software Engineer 4 Sr. Programmer Analyst 3 Validation Engineer 3

Worksite states

Wage range

$85,000

25th

$106,350

median

$127,920

75th

$152,110

90th

Law firms used

  • Graham Adair, Inc.185

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-100-24309-452740 Systems Integration Engineer 2Certified San Diego, CA Mar 19, 2026
G-100-24310-455728 Sr. Programmer / AnalystCertified San Diego, CA Mar 19, 2026
G-100-24299-434552 Systems Support Engineer/ScientistCertified San Diego, CA Feb 24, 2026
G-100-24292-416888 Sr. Product Development EngineerCertified San Diego, CA Feb 24, 2026
G-100-24257-336321 Staff DevOps EngineerCertified San Diego, CA Feb 2, 2026
G-100-24257-336314 Sr DevOps EngineerCertified San Diego, CA Feb 2, 2026
G-100-24257-336293 Sr Business AnalystCertified Foster City, CA Feb 2, 2026
G-100-24257-336317 Sr. Programmer / AnalystCertified San Diego, CA Feb 2, 2026
G-100-24274-374975 Sr. Software EngineerCertified Foster City, CA Feb 2, 2026
G-100-24257-336297 Data Analyst 2Certified San Diego, CA Feb 2, 2026
G-100-24257-336311 Staff Software DeveloperCertified San Diego, CA Feb 2, 2026
G-100-24257-336313 Manager, EngineeeringCertified San Diego, CA Feb 2, 2026
G-100-24267-357004 Sr. Software EngineerCertified San Diego, CA Feb 2, 2026
G-100-24268-359708 Manuf/Ops Quality Engineer 2Certified San Diego, CA Feb 2, 2026
G-100-24263-350264 Business Systems AnalystCertified San Diego, CA Feb 2, 2026
G-100-24257-336298 Engineer IICertified San Diego, CA Feb 2, 2026
G-100-24257-336300 Scientist 2Certified San Diego, CA Feb 2, 2026
G-100-24257-336316 Senior ScientistCertified San Diego, CA Feb 2, 2026
G-100-24257-336315 Senior Bioinformatics EngineerCertified San Diego, CA Feb 2, 2026
G-100-24257-336309 Scientist 2Certified San Diego, CA Feb 2, 2026

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