Smith & Nephew, Inc.

Manufacturing · Primarily MA · PERM filings 2019–2025

#1,154 top sponsor

Overview

Smith & Nephew, Inc. is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 67 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2025. That places it #1,154 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 44 were certified (65.7% approval rate), taking about 309 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Biomedical Engineers, with most worksites in MA, and the median sponsored wage is $115,360.

67

PERM filings

65.7%

approval

1

denied

$115,360

median wage

309d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 49 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (71%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India35
  • China2
  • Australia2
  • Nepal2
  • United Kingdom2
  • Spain1
  • Taiwan1
  • United States Of America1
  • Brazil1
  • Rwanda1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B44
  • L-13
  • TN1
  • H-41

Education

  • Master's31
  • Bachelor's17
  • Doctorate1

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Smith & Nephew, Inc. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Biomedical Engineers 11 $86,059
Regulatory Affairs Specialists 6 $107,431
Industrial Engineers 6 $111,857
Software Developers 5 $138,362
Software Developers, Systems Software 5 $117,349
Software Developers, Applications 3 $142,078
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 3 $104,884
Computer Systems Analysts 3 $131,044
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 2 $103,161
Regulatory Affairs Managers 2 $149,509

Common job titles

Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist 3 Senior Robotics Software Engineer 3 3 Staff Software Engineer 2 Senior Quality Engineer 2 Quality Assurance Engineer II 2 Senior Supplier Quality Engineer 1 Staff Systems Verification Engineer 1 Clinical Evidence Associate 1 Senior Design Quality Engineer 1 Upstream Quality Engineer II 1 Senior Robotics Software Engineer 1 IT Project Manager 1

Worksite states

Wage range

$93,454

25th

$115,360

median

$133,000

75th

$153,985

90th

Law firms used

  • EY Law LLP45
  • Sidley Austin LLP21
  • Sidley Austin1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-22333-64173 Software Engineering ManagerCertified - Expired Andover, MA Apr 5, 2024
A-22355-77426 Sr. Regulatory Affairs SpecialistCertified - Expired Andover, MA Apr 5, 2024
A-22245-16034 Sr. Global Product ManagerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Mar 29, 2024
A-22301-47799 Senior Robotics Software Engineer 3Certified - Expired Pittsburgh, PA Feb 27, 2024
A-22301-47770 Senior Robotics Software Engineer 3Certified - Expired Pittsburgh, PA Feb 27, 2024
A-22242-13909 Packaging Product Development Senior EngineerCertified - Expired Cordova, TN Feb 21, 2024
A-22241-13474 Staff Design Quality EngineerCertified - Expired Andover, MA Feb 21, 2024
A-22241-13375 Sr. Software Verification LeadCertified - Expired Pittsburgh, PA Jan 31, 2024
A-22119-47888 Staff Software EngineerCertified - Expired Andover, MA Oct 24, 2023
A-22196-89014 Staff Robotics Software Platform ArchitectCertified - Expired Pittsburgh, PA Oct 19, 2023
A-22220-01784 Upstream Quality Engineer IICertified - Expired Cordova, TN Sep 14, 2023
A-22154-65907 Regulatory Affairs Franchise LeadCertified - Expired Andover, MA Jul 6, 2023
A-22192-85938 Manufacturing Engineer 4Certified - Expired Cordova, TN Jun 9, 2023
A-22136-55895 Quality System Data AnalystCertified - Expired Memphis, TN May 24, 2023
A-22112-44690 Principal Solution EngineerCertified - Expired Fort Worth, TX Mar 15, 2023
A-22034-06794 Software Engineer 3Certified - Expired Andover, MA Jan 19, 2023
A-22011-96174 Senior Quality EngineerCertified - Expired Andover, MA Nov 28, 2022
A-21351-87888 Senior OpEx Business Analytics ArchitectCertified - Expired Memphis, TN Nov 28, 2022
A-21313-69992 Staff Robotics Software Project ManagerCertified - Expired PITTSBURGH, PA Oct 17, 2022
A-21329-78044 Executive Endoscopy Sales RepresentativeCertified - Expired Memphis, TN Sep 8, 2022

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