Upgrade, Inc.

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

#1,629 top sponsor

Overview

Upgrade, Inc. is a Finance & Insurance employer that has filed 49 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2025. That places it #1,629 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 28 were certified (57.1% approval rate), taking about 345 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Credit Analysts, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $155,000.

49

PERM filings

57.1%

approval

1

denied

$155,000

median wage

345d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 21 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (71%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India15
  • China5
  • Argentina1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B21

Education

  • Master's17
  • Bachelor's4

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

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

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Credit Analysts 8 $140,625
Business Intelligence Analysts 7 $166,429
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 5 $173,000
Information Security Analysts 5 $158,400
Data Scientists 5 $160,400
Statisticians 4 $108,500
Software Developers 4 $218,000
Marketing Managers 3 $190,500
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 2 $160,000
Computer Occupations, All Other 2 $185,000

Common job titles

Data Scientist 5 Senior QA Automation Engineer 3 Application Security Engineer 3 QA Engineer 2 Senior QA Automation Engineer (ME076) 1 Sr. Application Security Engineer (ME043) 1 Sr. Fraud Analyst 1 Senior Analyst, Card Credit Risk 1 Analyst, Credit Risk Management 1 Software Engineer 1 Sr. Business Intelligence Developer 1 Sales Operations Analyst 1

Worksite states

CA 48 AZ 1

Wage range

$131,000

25th

$155,000

median

$195,000

75th

$230,000

90th

Law firms used

  • MCCOWN & EVANS LLP28
  • McCown Evans LLP17
  • 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.