Microsoft Corporation

Information · Primarily WA · PERM filings 2015–2025

#1 top sponsor

Overview

Microsoft Corporation is a Information employer that has filed 18,001 PERM green-card applications between FY2015 and FY2025. That places it #1 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 10,295 were certified (57.2% approval rate), taking about 295 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Applications, with most worksites in WA, and the median sponsored wage is $135,348.

18,001

PERM filings

57.2%

approval

89

denied

$135,348

median wage

295d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 13,945 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (57%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India7,898
  • China2,532
  • Canada844
  • Mexico464
  • Brazil156
  • Taiwan142
  • Nigeria138
  • South Korea108
  • Australia102
  • United Kingdom78

Prior visa status

  • H-1B8,381
  • F-12,088
  • L-11,643
  • TN1,018
  • H-4178
  • Not in USA168
  • L-2106
  • E-378

Education

  • Master's8,614
  • Bachelor's4,506
  • Doctorate476
  • None233
  • Other106
  • Associate's9

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

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

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers, Applications 8,674 $133,055
Software Developers 3,933 $147,521
Computer Systems Analysts 687 $147,249
Statisticians 592 $139,320
Project Management Specialists 451 $155,874
Computer Hardware Engineers 330 $147,333
Data Scientists 323 $154,079
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 219 $109,059
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 211 $141,529
Software Developers, Systems Software 189 $133,410

Common job titles

Software Engineer 11,109 Program Manager 672 Data & Applied Scientist 444 Data and Applied Scientist 348 Senior Program Manager 315 Silicon Engineer 260 Product Management 193 Business Program Manager 166 Software Engineer II 164 Support Engineer 160 Service Engineer 149 Software Engineer 2 131

Worksite states

WA 15,408 CA 832 GA 544 TX 391 NC 310 MA 154 NY 114 OR 71 FL 34 PA 24

Wage range

$121,716

25th

$135,348

median

$153,500

75th

$172,000

90th

Law firms used

  • Vialto Partners LLP4,970
  • PwC Law LLP3,083
  • Murthy Law Firm2,131
  • EY Law LLP1,729
  • Tafapolsky Smith Mehlman LLP1,514
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP1,260

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-100-24061-761595 Technology SpecialistCertified Redmond, WA Jun 26, 2025
G-100-24061-761652 Software EngineerCertified Redmond, WA Jun 26, 2025
G-100-23355-585297 Software EngineerDenied Redmond, WA Jun 26, 2025
G-100-23355-583414 Software EngineerDenied Redmond, WA Jun 26, 2025
G-100-23354-582723 Software EngineerDenied Redmond, WA Jun 26, 2025
G-100-23355-583426 Software EngineerDenied Redmond, WA Jun 26, 2025
G-100-23354-583207 Software EngineerDenied Redmond, WA Jun 26, 2025
G-100-24060-761353 Silicon EngineerCertified Austin, TX Jun 25, 2025
G-100-24060-761409 Software EngineerCertified Redmond, WA Jun 25, 2025
G-100-24057-749168 Site Reliability EngineerCertified Redmond, WA Jun 25, 2025
G-100-24054-744452 Software EngineerCertified Redmond, WA Jun 25, 2025
G-100-24054-744847 Software Engineer (ML106618)Certified Redmond, WA Jun 25, 2025
G-100-24054-744934 Software EngineerCertified Redmond, WA Jun 25, 2025
G-100-24054-744935 Software EngineerCertified Redmond, WA Jun 25, 2025
G-100-24054-745006 Software EngineerCertified Redmond, WA Jun 25, 2025
G-100-24054-745087 Data and Applied ScientistCertified Redmond, WA Jun 25, 2025
G-100-24054-745246 Software EngineerCertified Redmond, WA Jun 25, 2025
G-100-24055-745804 Software EngineerCertified Redmond, WA Jun 25, 2025
G-100-24055-745819 Software EngineerCertified Redmond, WA Jun 25, 2025
G-100-24054-744309 Software EngineerCertified Redmond, WA Jun 25, 2025

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