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-21316-72251 Quality Assurance Engineer IICertified - Expired Oklahoma City, OK Jun 6, 2022
A-21258-44371 Senior Regulatory SpecialistCertified - Expired Cordova, TN May 17, 2022
A-21258-44427 Technical ArchitectCertified - Expired Andover, MA Apr 28, 2022
A-21207-22306 Senior Security DevOps EngineerCertified - Expired Cordova, TN Apr 18, 2022
A-21258-44435 Senior Regulatory Affairs SpecialistCertified - Expired Austin, TX Apr 13, 2022
A-21208-23273 Senior Regulatory Affairs SpecialistCertified - Expired Andover, MA Feb 28, 2022
A-21177-08201 Senior Finance Director (Sports Medicine)Certified - Expired Andover, MA Feb 22, 2022
A-21131-84920 Senior Robotics Electrical EngineerCertified - Expired Pittsburgh, PA Nov 10, 2021
A-21116-78646 Development Engineer 2Certified - Expired Austin, TX Oct 21, 2021
A-20230-89241 Evidence Evaluation SpecialistCertified - Expired Andover, MA Aug 26, 2021
A-21054-54957 R&D Engineer IICertified - Expired Austin, TX Aug 13, 2021
A-21060-57052 Design Quality Engineer IICertified - Expired Mansfield, MA Aug 12, 2021
A-21011-41041 Manufacturing Engineer IICertified - Expired Memphis, TN Jul 16, 2021
A-21026-45922 Staff Software Requirements & Test EngineerCertified - Expired Pittsburgh, PA Jul 16, 2021
A-21005-39141 Senior Research ScientistCertified - Expired Andover, MA Jul 15, 2021
A-20269-03814 Senior Developer IT, Digital SolutionsCertified - Expired Andover, MA Jun 10, 2021
A-20244-94265 Senior Software EngineerCertified - Expired Austin, TX Apr 21, 2021
A-20198-77398 Staff Robotics Software ArchitectCertified - Expired Pittsburgh, PA Apr 8, 2021
A-20232-90142 Sr. Manager, Requirements & Test EngineeringCertified - Expired Pittsburgh, PA Apr 8, 2021
A-19357-99230 Quality Assurance Engineer IIDenied Oklahoma City, OK Nov 25, 2020

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