LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC.

Retail Trade · Primarily NC · PERM filings 2019–2024

#139 top sponsor

Overview

LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC. is a Retail Trade employer that has filed 463 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2024. That places it #139 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 273 were certified (59% approval rate), taking about 321 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Applications, with most worksites in NC, and the median sponsored wage is $137,968.

463

PERM filings

59%

approval

1

denied

$137,968

median wage

321d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 348 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (95%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India332
  • China7
  • Canada4
  • Taiwan1
  • Iran1
  • Pakistan1
  • Mexico1
  • United Kingdom1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B345
  • TN3

Education

  • Bachelor's181
  • Master's156
  • Doctorate10
  • Other1

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers, Applications 189 $131,551
Software Developers 135 $142,127
Computer and Information Systems Managers 24 $190,370
Computer Systems Analysts 20 $138,749
Computer Occupations, All Other 19 $137,596
Computer Systems EngineersArchitects 9 $139,492
Information Security Analysts 9 $139,367
Statisticians 9 $140,621
Software Developers, Systems Software 8 $136,885
Data Scientists 6 $140,324

Common job titles

Senior Software Engineer 184 Software Engineer 102 Lead Software Engineer 42 Senior Manager, Software Engineering 16 Senior Infrastructure Engineer 13 Senior Data Engineer 10 Senior Data Scientist 9 IT Software Engineer 8 Data Engineer 6 Senior IT Software Engineer 6 Senior Engineer, Information Security 5 Sr. Software Engineer 3

Worksite states

Wage range

$124,373

25th

$137,968

median

$149,469

75th

$168,245

90th

Law firms used

  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP342
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP115
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP4
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy LLP1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-100-24302-435651 Software EngineerCertified Charlotte, NC Feb 25, 2026
G-100-24303-438204 Senior Software EngineerCertified Charlotte, NC Feb 24, 2026
G-100-24278-385374 Software EngineerCertified Charlotte, NC Feb 24, 2026
G-100-24278-385409 Software EngineerCertified Charlotte, NC Feb 24, 2026
G-100-24277-384545 Software EngineerCertified Charlotte, NC Feb 24, 2026
G-100-24277-381932 Senior Software EngineerCertified Charlotte, NC Feb 24, 2026
G-100-24277-381862 Software EngineerCertified Charlotte, NC Feb 24, 2026
G-100-24279-388053 Senior Software EngineerCertified Charlotte, NC Feb 24, 2026
G-100-24276-378848 Software EngineerCertified Charlotte, NC Feb 20, 2026
G-100-24276-378920 Senior Software EngineerCertified Charlotte, NC Feb 20, 2026
G-100-24257-335853 Senior Data EngineerCertified Charlotte, NC Feb 5, 2026
G-100-24268-361881 Senior Software EngineerCertified Charlotte, NC Feb 5, 2026
G-100-24268-362008 Software EngineerCertified Charlotte, NC Feb 5, 2026
G-100-24261-344131 Senior Software EngineerCertified Charlotte, NC Feb 5, 2026
G-100-24250-321761 Lead Software EngineerCertified Charlotte, NC Jan 30, 2026
G-100-24241-300340 Software EngineerCertified Charlotte, NC Jan 13, 2026
G-100-24241-300005 Senior Software EngineerCertified Charlotte, NC Jan 13, 2026
G-100-24221-254889 Lead Software EngineerCertified Charlotte, NC Jan 8, 2026
G-100-24219-248911 Senior Software EngineerCertified Charlotte, NC Jan 6, 2026
G-100-24219-248489 Senior Software EngineerCertified Charlotte, NC Jan 6, 2026

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