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
A-20119-48351 Assistant Professor of Strategic Communications (Department of Journalism)Certified - Expired Amherst, MA Dec 9, 2020
A-20090-36793 Assistant Professor (Department of Linguistics)Certified - Expired Amherst, MA Nov 20, 2020
A-20131-52578 Assistant Professor (Department of Communication)Certified - Expired Amherst, MA Nov 19, 2020
A-20117-47242 Assistant Professors (Department of Anthropology)Certified - Expired Amherst, MA Nov 19, 2020
A-20062-25444 Lecturer A (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering)Certified - Expired Amherst, MA Oct 7, 2020
A-20114-46544 Assistant Professors (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering)Certified - Expired Amherst, MA Sep 30, 2020
A-20097-39830 Assistant Professor (Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures)Certified - Expired Amherst, MA Sep 23, 2020
A-19346-94898 Assistant Professor (Department of Economics)Certified - Expired Amherst, MA Jun 19, 2020
A-19347-95251 Assistant Professor (Department of Finance)Certified - Expired Amherst, MA Jun 17, 2020
A-19268-62889 Assistant Professor (Department of Management)Certified - Expired Amherst, MA Apr 14, 2020
A-19268-62816 Assistant Professor (Department of Operations and Information Management)Certified - Expired Amherst, MA Mar 25, 2020
A-19284-69580 Assistant Professor (Department of Kinesiology)Certified - Expired Amherst, MA Mar 20, 2020
A-19283-69108 Assistant Professor (Department of Finance)Certified - Expired Amherst, MA Mar 18, 2020
A-19176-22818 Associate Professor (Department of Linguistics)Certified - Expired Amherst, MA Mar 16, 2020
A-19151-12526 Lecturer, Operations and Information ManagementCertified - Expired Amherst, MA Mar 13, 2020
A-19170-20255 Assistant Professor of BiostatisticsCertified - Expired Amherst, MA Dec 5, 2019

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