MERRILL LYNCH

Finance & Insurance · Primarily NJ · PERM filings 2019–2024

#1,032 top sponsor

Overview

MERRILL LYNCH is a Finance & Insurance employer that has filed 73 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2024. That places it #1,032 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 42 were certified (57.5% approval rate), taking about 257 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Applications, with most worksites in NJ, and the median sponsored wage is $128,315.

73

PERM filings

57.5%

approval

0

denied

$128,315

median wage

257d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 59 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (75%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India44
  • China6
  • Venezuela2
  • Canada2
  • United Kingdom1
  • Hong Kong1
  • South Korea1
  • Mexico1
  • Croatia1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B54
  • L-13
  • TN1
  • H-41

Education

  • Master's32
  • Bachelor's23
  • Other2
  • Doctorate2

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations MERRILL LYNCH most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers, Applications 30 $123,263
Software Developers 10 $141,259
Computer Systems Analysts 5 $128,238
Statisticians 5 $151,493
Financial Quantitative Analysts 4 $148,243
Business Intelligence Analysts 2 $124,300
Computer Systems EngineersArchitects 2 $115,000
Personal Financial Advisors 2 $114,602
Treasurers and Controllers 2 $187,203
Financial Analysts 2 $118,183

Common job titles

Vice President / Feature Lead - Technology 5 Assistant Vice President / ASD Professional MKTS 3 Vice President / Cnslt - Apps Prog 2 Vice President / Portfolio Analyst 2 Vice President / Intermediate Quant Analyst 2 Assistant Vice President / Software Engineer II 2 Assistant Vice President / Cnslt - Apps Prog 2 Vice President / DevOps Engineer II 2 Vice President; Cnslt û Apps Prog 2 Assistant Vice President, Business Support Manager 1 Vice President, Intermediate Quant Analyst 1 Vice President / Technology Services Lead 1

Worksite states

Wage range

$119,800

25th

$128,315

median

$143,936

75th

$160,000

90th

Law firms used

  • FRAGOMEN, DEL REY, BERNSEN LOEWY, LLP58
  • FRAGOMEN, DEL REY, BERNSEN & LOEWY, LLP14
  • FRAGOMEN, DEL REY, BERNSEN LOEWY LLP1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-100-24289-409118 Vice President / DevOps EngineerCertified Plano, TX Feb 27, 2026
G-100-24243-305655 Managing Director; Private Wealth ManagerCertified Miami, FL Feb 11, 2026
G-100-24158-081248 Vice President; Feature Lead - TechnologyCertified Pennington, NJ Sep 15, 2025
G-100-24158-081260 Vice President; Technology Services LeadCertified Plano, TX Sep 15, 2025
G-100-24158-081266 Vice President / Feature Lead - TechnologyCertified Charlotte, NC Sep 15, 2025
G-100-24166-113048 Vice President / DevOps Engineer IICertified Pennington, NJ Sep 15, 2025
G-100-24135-990588 Vice President; DevOps EngineerCertified Charlotte, NC Aug 22, 2025
G-100-24061-764433 Vice President / Feature Lead - TechnologyCertified Charlotte, NC Jul 8, 2025
G-100-24079-812249 Vice President, Intermediate Quant AnalystCertified New York, NY Jul 7, 2025
G-100-24054-742010 Vice President / Quantitative Finance AnalystCertified Charlotte, NC Jun 18, 2025
G-100-23352-573691 Vice President / Portfolio AnalystCertified - Expired New York, NY May 2, 2025
G-100-23234-287132 Vice President / Technology Services LeadCertified - Expired Chicago, IL Dec 4, 2024
G-100-23234-287150 Vice President / Feature Lead - TechnologyCertified - Expired Pennington, NJ Dec 4, 2024
G-100-23239-298716 Vice President / Feature Lead - TechnologyCertified - Expired Pennington, NJ Dec 3, 2024
A-23079-15184 Vice President / DevOps Engineer IICertified - Expired Pennington, NJ May 13, 2024
A-22306-50264 Assistant Vice President, Business Support ManagerCertified - Expired Miami, FL Feb 22, 2024
A-22210-96910 Vice President / Lead Cnslt – Tech App EnginCertified - Expired Pennington, NJ Jul 21, 2023
A-22186-83022 Assistant Vice President / ASD Professional MKTSCertified - Expired Jersey City, NJ Jun 16, 2023
A-22182-82293 Vice President / Intermediate Quant AnalystCertified - Expired New York, NY May 23, 2023
A-22178-78543 Vice President / Investment Strategist ICertified - Expired New York, NY May 23, 2023

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