PayPal, Inc.

Finance & Insurance · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2025

#44 top sponsor

Overview

PayPal, Inc. is a Finance & Insurance employer that has filed 1,430 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2025. That places it #44 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 947 were certified (66.2% approval rate), taking about 288 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Applications, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $144,840.

1,430

PERM filings

66.2%

approval

5

denied

$144,840

median wage

288d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 1,068 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (76%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India812
  • China164
  • Canada9
  • Israel8
  • Nigeria6
  • Mexico6
  • Guatemala6
  • Taiwan4
  • Singapore4
  • Malaysia4

Prior visa status

  • H-1B986
  • L-165
  • F-17
  • H-45
  • TN2
  • O-11
  • B-21
  • Parolee1

Education

  • Master's733
  • Bachelor's314
  • Doctorate11
  • None9
  • Other1

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations PayPal, Inc. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers, Applications 408 $144,052
Software Developers 259 $150,022
Software Developers, Systems Software 116 $147,085
Computer Systems Analysts 90 $143,970
Statisticians 78 $144,984
Computer and Information Systems Managers 73 $198,170
Data Scientists 57 $149,402
Information Technology Project Managers 32 $170,294
Project Management Specialists 23 $155,003
Information Security Analysts 21 $135,579

Common job titles

Software Engineer 3 273 Software Engineer 2 187 MTS 1, Software Engineer 117 Data Scientist 1 35 MTS 2, Software Engineer 29 Data Scientist 26 Manager, Software Development 2 24 Software Engineer 23 Data Engineer 3 16 Senior Software Engineer 14 Data Analyst 2 13 Product Manager 3 - Technical 13

Worksite states

CA 1,030 TX 126 AZ 97 NY 63 IL 45 NE 43 MD 14 MA 7 PA 4 AR 1

Wage range

$130,000

25th

$144,840

median

$168,000

75th

$188,406

90th

Law firms used

  • Erickson Immigration Group1,427
  • Erickson Immigration2

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-22318-56783 Data Scientist 1, Product AnalyticsCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 24, 2024
A-22341-69326 Software Engineer 3Certified - Expired Scottsdale, AZ Jan 23, 2024
A-22326-62345 Software Engineer 2Certified - Expired Scottsdale, AZ Jan 19, 2024
A-21279-55037 Sr. Product Manager 2 – TechnicalCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 19, 2024
A-22335-65780 Senior Insights AnalystCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 18, 2024
A-23004-82346 Software Engineer 2Certified - Expired Timonium, MD Jan 18, 2024
A-22350-75622 Data Scientist 1Certified - Expired San Jose, CA Jan 17, 2024
G-100-23356-588364 Software Engineer 3Withdrawn San Jose, CA Jan 12, 2024
A-22354-77062 Big Data EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Dec 21, 2023
G-100-23325-516074 Data ScientistWithdrawn San Jose, CA Dec 14, 2023
A-22237-11865 MTS 1, Business Systems AnalystCertified - Expired Austin, TX Dec 11, 2023
G-100-23345-557024 MTS 1, Software Engineer, Quality (EN.SOSD.P3)Withdrawn San Jose, CA Dec 11, 2023
G-100-23340-546722 Sr. Product Manager 2 - TechnicalWithdrawn San Jose, CA Dec 8, 2023
A-22317-56539 Data ScientistCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Dec 7, 2023
A-22340-68375 Technical Product ManagerCertified - Expired Chicago, IL Dec 7, 2023
A-22264-25645 MTS 1, Solutions EngineerCertified - Expired Scottsdale, AZ Dec 6, 2023
A-22109-42637 Software Engineer 2Certified - Expired Scottsdale, AZ Dec 6, 2023
G-100-23334-532559 Manager Software Development (EN.SOAD.M3)Withdrawn San Jose, CA Nov 30, 2023
A-22304-49194 Marketing Specialist 2Certified - Expired Los Angeles, CA Nov 29, 2023
A-22346-72113 Data ScientistCertified - Expired San Jose, CA Nov 27, 2023

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