SNAP INC.

Information · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2018–2025

#109 top sponsor

Overview

SNAP INC. is a Information employer that has filed 609 PERM green-card applications between FY2018 and FY2025. That places it #109 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 380 were certified (62.4% approval rate), taking about 296 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Applications, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $165,000.

609

PERM filings

62.4%

approval

4

denied

$165,000

median wage

296d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 398 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is CHINA (51%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • China201
  • India91
  • Ukraine35
  • Canada21
  • Russia11
  • Taiwan7
  • Iran4
  • United Kingdom3
  • South Korea3
  • France3

Prior visa status

  • H-1B336
  • L-130
  • F-122
  • O-18
  • TN2

Education

  • Master's293
  • Bachelor's73
  • Doctorate23
  • None9

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations SNAP INC. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers, Applications 108 $170,906
Software Developer, Applications 96 $171,142
Software Developers, Systems Software 63 $173,720
Software Developers 53 $164,922
Special Effects Artists and Animators 19 $140,900
Data Scientists 18 $164,451
Project Management Specialists 13 $168,353
Computer and Information Systems Managers 12 $236,378
Software Developer, Systems Software 12 $169,167
Computer and Information Systems Manager 10 $234,000

Common job titles

Software Engineer (4) 150 Software Engineer (3) 87 Software Engineer (5) 32 Machine Learning Engineer (4) 30 Manager, Software Engineering 13 Software Engineer (2) 12 Data Scientist (4) 12 Software Engineer (Full Stack) 5 Quality Engineer (4) 5 Data Scientist 4 AR Engineer (4) 4 Machine Learning Engineer (3) 4

Worksite states

CA 425 WA 137 NY 32 UT 5 TX 4 IL 3 VA 2 CO 1

Wage range

$146,200

25th

$165,000

median

$190,000

75th

$205,000

90th

Law firms used

  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP396
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP211
  • Law Offices of Rakesh Mehrotra2

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-20175-68864 Software Engineer (4)Certified - Expired Santa Monica, CA Feb 9, 2021
A-20143-57635 Software Engineer (Lens Studio)Certified - Expired Santa Monica, CA Feb 8, 2021
A-20168-66228 Software Engineer (2)Certified - Expired Seattle, WA Jan 14, 2021
A-20167-65665 Software Engineer (3)Certified - Expired Santa Monica, CA Jan 14, 2021
A-20163-64708 Software Engineer (4)Certified - Expired Seattle, WA Jan 14, 2021
A-20029-12922 Software Engineer (Snap Games)Certified - Expired Mountain View, CA Jan 13, 2021
A-20169-66731 Software Engineer (4)Certified - Expired Mountain View, CA Jan 8, 2021
A-20169-66660 Software Engineer (4)Certified - Expired San Francisco, CA Jan 8, 2021
A-20168-66175 Software Engineer (3)Certified - Expired Mountain View, CA Jan 8, 2021
A-20167-65641 Software Engineer (4)Certified - Expired Santa Monica, CA Jan 8, 2021
A-20164-65040 Software Engineer (4)Certified - Expired Seattle, WA Jan 8, 2021
A-19357-99132 Security Engineer (2)Certified - Expired Santa Monica, CA Jan 6, 2021
A-20148-58926 Software Engineer (3)Certified - Expired Mountain View, CA Jan 5, 2021
A-18334-46910 Software Engineer (2)Denied Santa Monica, CA Jan 5, 2021
A-20139-55746 Software Engineer (3)Certified - Expired Seattle, WA Dec 14, 2020
A-20147-58643 Software Engineer (3)Certified - Expired Seattle, WA Dec 14, 2020
A-20141-56910 Software Engineer (3)Certified - Expired Seattle, WA Dec 14, 2020
A-20140-56314 Software Engineer (3)Certified - Expired Seattle, WA Dec 14, 2020
A-20134-54021 Software Engineer (3)Certified - Expired Santa Monica, CA Dec 10, 2020
A-20142-57283 Software Engineer (4)Certified - Expired Santa Monica, CA Dec 1, 2020

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