Microsoft Corporation

Information · Primarily WA · PERM filings 2015–2025

#1 top sponsor

Overview

Microsoft Corporation is a Information employer that has filed 15,619 PERM green-card applications between FY2015 and FY2025. That places it #1 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 9,063 were certified (58% approval rate), taking about 287 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Applications, with most worksites in WA, and the median sponsored wage is $135,000.

15,619

PERM filings

58%

approval

49

denied

$135,000

median wage

287d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 11,895 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (56%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India6,655
  • China2,229
  • Canada743
  • Mexico394
  • Brazil123
  • Taiwan122
  • Nigeria111
  • South Korea89
  • Australia88
  • United Kingdom73

Prior visa status

  • H-1B7,092
  • F-11,805
  • L-11,398
  • TN887
  • H-4158
  • Not in USA119
  • L-298
  • E-368

Education

  • Master's7,297
  • Bachelor's3,882
  • Doctorate428
  • None188
  • Other91
  • Associate's8

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Microsoft Corporation most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers, Applications 8,451 $132,918
Software Developers 2,884 $147,351
Statisticians 571 $138,725
Computer Systems Analysts 555 $151,144
Computer Hardware Engineers 312 $146,289
Project Management Specialists 276 $156,392
Data Scientists 237 $153,373
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 216 $108,986
Software Developers, Systems Software 185 $133,571
Information Technology Project Managers 177 $134,848

Common job titles

Software Engineer 9,721 Program Manager 602 Data & Applied Scientist 406 Senior Program Manager 290 Data and Applied Scientist 288 Silicon Engineer 206 Software Engineer II 160 Business Program Manager 150 Support Engineer 147 Product Management 132 Service Engineer 131 Software Engineer 2 123

Worksite states

WA 13,481 CA 738 GA 403 TX 290 NC 273 MA 139 NY 101 OR 50 FL 27 PA 23

Wage range

$120,600

25th

$135,000

median

$150,922

75th

$170,000

90th

Law firms used

  • Vialto Partners LLP3,488
  • PwC Law LLP3,067
  • Murthy Law Firm1,790
  • EY Law LLP1,677
  • Tafapolsky Smith Mehlman LLP1,514
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP1,260

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-100-25112-892068 Product ManagementWithdrawn Redmond, WA Mar 24, 2026
G-100-25010-610599 Software EngineerWithdrawn Mountain View, CA Mar 24, 2026
G-100-25130-961683 Software EngineeringWithdrawn Redmond, WA Mar 24, 2026
G-100-24275-378591 Software EngineerDenied Redmond, WA Mar 23, 2026
G-100-24275-378131 Software EngineerDenied Mountain View, CA Mar 23, 2026
G-100-25132-963298 Silicon EngineeringWithdrawn Santa Clara, CA Mar 20, 2026
G-100-24275-378149 Software EngineerCertified Mountain View, CA Mar 18, 2026
G-100-24275-378000 Software EngineerDenied Mountain View, CA Mar 18, 2026
G-100-24275-377773 Software EngineerCertified Mountain View, CA Mar 17, 2026
G-100-24275-377747 Software EngineerCertified Mountain View, CA Mar 17, 2026
G-100-24275-377695 Software EngineerCertified Mountain View, CA Mar 17, 2026
G-100-24275-377668 Software EngineerCertified Mountain View, CA Mar 17, 2026
G-100-24275-378107 ComplianceCertified Redmond, WA Mar 17, 2026
G-100-24275-377718 Software EngineerCertified Mountain View, CA Mar 17, 2026
G-100-24318-471917 Customer Experience EngineerCertified Redmond, WA Mar 9, 2026
G-100-24313-461743 Applied ScientistCertified Redmond, WA Mar 9, 2026
G-100-24316-467355 Data EngineerCertified Redmond, WA Mar 9, 2026
G-100-24312-461049 Data EngineerCertified Redmond, WA Mar 9, 2026
G-100-24313-461712 Customer Success Account ManagerCertified Redmond, WA Mar 9, 2026
G-100-24311-457990 Product MarketerCertified Redmond, WA Mar 9, 2026

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