University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Educational Services · Primarily MA · PERM filings 2019–2024

#2,336 top sponsor

Overview

University of Massachusetts, Amherst is a Educational Services employer that has filed 36 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2024. That places it #2,336 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 17 were certified (47.2% approval rate), taking about 232 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Business Teachers, Postsecondary, with most worksites in MA, and the median sponsored wage is $83,000.

36

PERM filings

47.2%

approval

0

denied

$83,000

median wage

232d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 32 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is CHINA (22%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • China7
  • South Korea4
  • Canada4
  • Iran3
  • Turkey3
  • Spain2
  • Lebanon1
  • Netherlands1
  • Germany1
  • Belgium1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B29
  • F-12
  • J-21

Education

  • Doctorate27
  • Master's4
  • Bachelor's1

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations University of Massachusetts, Amherst most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 9 $170,580
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 3 $89,167
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary 2 $85,500
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 2 $83,000
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 2 $92,500
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary 2 $81,250
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 2 $120,000
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 2 $70,619
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 2 $97,250
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 2 $81,000

Common job titles

Assistant Professor (Department of Finance) 3 Assistant Professor (Department of Philosophy) 2 Assistant Professor (Department of Operations and Information Management) 2 Assistant Professors (College of Nursing) 2 Assistant Professor (Department of Linguistics) 2 Assistant Professor of Strategic Management 1 Assistant Professor (Dept of Lang, Lit, and Cultures) 1 Senior Data & Visualization Analyst 1 Assistant Professor of Biostatistics 1 Associate Professor (Department of Linguistics) 1 Assistant Professor (Department of Management) 1 Assistant Professor (Department of Economics) 1

Worksite states

MA 36

Wage range

$76,000

25th

$83,000

median

$120,000

75th

$160,000

90th

Law firms used

  • Curran, Berger Kludt32
  • Curran, Berger & Kludt3
  • Green and Spiegel LLC1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-300-24255-331329 Assistant Professor (Department of Philosophy)Certified Amherst, MA Feb 8, 2026
G-300-24211-229197 Assistant Professor of Strategic ManagementCertified Amherst, MA Dec 9, 2025
G-300-23270-386611 Assistant Professor (Dept of Lang, Lit, and Cultures)Certified Amherst, MA Jan 31, 2025
G-300-23272-394734 Assistant Professor (Department of Philosophy)Certified Amherst, MA Jan 31, 2025
A-23122-35986 Assistant Professor (Department of Finance)Certified Amherst, MA Jun 11, 2024
A-23090-21148 Assistant Professor (Department of Linguistics)Certified Amherst, MA Jun 5, 2024
A-22252-18889 Senior Data & Visualization AnalystCertified Amherst, MA Aug 2, 2023
A-22137-56458 Database AdministratorCertified-Expired Hadley, MA Feb 17, 2023
A-22082-29368 Lecturer (College of Information and Computer Science)Certified-Expired Amherst, MA Jan 23, 2023
A-22081-28940 Law and Public Policy Librarian (Librarian IV)Certified-Expired Amherst, MA Jan 19, 2023
A-21257-44029 Assistant Professor in Organizational Studies (Department of Management)Certified Amherst, MA May 17, 2022
A-21097-71153 Senior Software EngineerCertified-Expired Amherst, MA Nov 4, 2021
A-20259-99705 Assistant Professor of Econometrics (Department of Resource Economics)Certified Amherst, MA Jun 17, 2021
A-20314-18628 Assistant Professors (College of Nursing)Certified Amherst, MA Jun 7, 2021
A-20314-18589 Assistant Professors (College of Nursing)Certified Amherst, MA Jun 7, 2021
A-20226-88288 Lecturer (Department of Environmental Conservation)Certified Amherst, MA Apr 23, 2021
A-20119-47904 Assistant Professors of Biostatistics (Dept of Biostatistics and Epidemiology)Certified-Expired Amherst, MA Mar 31, 2021
A-20204-79637 Assistant Professor (Department of Operations and Information Management)Certified-Expired Amherst, MA Mar 19, 2021
A-20162-63779 Lecturer (Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)Certified-Expired Amherst, MA Mar 11, 2021
A-20106-43525 Assistant Professor (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering)Certified-Expired Amherst, MA Dec 23, 2020

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