Upgrade, Inc.

Finance & Insurance · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2025

#1,551 top sponsor

Overview

Upgrade, Inc. is a Finance & Insurance employer that has filed 42 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2025. That places it #1,551 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 18 were certified (42.9% approval rate), taking about 338 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Credit Analysts, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $155,000.

42

PERM filings

42.9%

approval

1

denied

$155,000

median wage

338d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 14 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (71%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India10
  • China3
  • Argentina1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B14

Education

  • Master's11
  • Bachelor's3

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Upgrade, Inc. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Credit Analysts 7 $137,857
Business Intelligence Analysts 7 $166,429
Information Security Analysts 5 $158,400
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 4 $181,250
Data Scientists 4 $168,750
Statisticians 3 $109,667
Software Developers 3 $190,667
Marketing Managers 2 $203,250
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 2 $160,000
Computer Occupations, All Other 2 $185,000

Common job titles

Data Scientist 4 Senior QA Automation Engineer 3 Application Security Engineer 3 Senior QA Automation Engineer (ME076) 1 Sr. Application Security Engineer (ME043) 1 Sr. Fraud Analyst 1 Senior Analyst, Card Credit Risk 1 Data Engineer 1 Software Engineer 1 Sr. Business Intelligence Developer 1 Principal QA Engineers 1 Sales Operations Analyst 1

Worksite states

CA 41 AZ 1

Wage range

$135,000

25th

$155,000

median

$195,000

75th

$220,000

90th

Law firms used

  • MCCOWN & EVANS LLP28
  • McCown Evans LLP10
  • McCown and Evans LLP4

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-100-25051-711792 Senior QA Automation EngineerWithdrawn San Francisco, CA Mar 6, 2026
G-100-24183-166098 Senior QA Automation Engineer (ME076)Denied San Francisco, CA Dec 31, 2025
G-100-24185-173769 Sr. Application Security Engineer (ME043)Certified San Francisco, CA Dec 2, 2025
G-100-24183-166221 Sr. Fraud AnalystCertified San Francisco, CA Nov 25, 2025
G-100-24183-166246 Data ScientistCertified San Francisco, CA Nov 25, 2025
G-100-24152-058385 Senior Manager, Growth MarketingCertified San Francisco, CA Aug 26, 2025
G-100-24124-955939 Manager, Card Credit RiskCertified San Francisco, CA Aug 26, 2025
G-100-24124-955751 Sales Operations AnalystCertified San Francisco, CA Aug 26, 2025
G-100-25051-712569 Data Scientist (ME094)Withdrawn San Francisco, CA Aug 7, 2025
G-100-24060-759433 Product AnalystCertified Phoenix, AZ Jul 21, 2025
G-100-24078-809852 Data ScientistCertified San Francisco, CA Jul 14, 2025
G-100-24027-672188 Sr. Business Intelligence DeveloperCertified San Francisco, CA Jun 9, 2025
G-100-24027-672127 Software EngineerCertified San Francisco, CA Jun 9, 2025
G-100-24027-672109 Data EngineerCertified San Francisco, CA Jun 9, 2025
G-100-24013-639489 Senior Analyst, Card Credit RiskCertified San Francisco, CA Jun 9, 2025
G-100-24166-114916 Sr. Data Product ManagerWithdrawn San Francisco, CA Mar 13, 2025
G-100-25042-681719 Senior Principal DevOps EngineerWithdrawn San Francisco, CA Feb 19, 2025
G-100-25041-681629 Senior QA Automation EngineerWithdrawn San Francisco, CA Feb 19, 2025
G-100-25041-681578 Senior QA Automation EngineerWithdrawn San Francisco, CA Feb 19, 2025
G-100-25041-681119 Senior Manager, Marketing AnalyticsWithdrawn San Francisco, CA Feb 19, 2025

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