Waymo LLC

Professional, Scientific & Technical Services · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2024

#177 top sponsor

Overview

Waymo LLC is a Professional, Scientific & Technical Services employer that has filed 392 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2024. That places it #177 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 260 were certified (66.3% approval rate), taking about 289 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Systems Software, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $155,000.

392

PERM filings

66.3%

approval

0

denied

$155,000

median wage

289d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 316 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is CHINA (56%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • China178
  • India64
  • Canada18
  • Taiwan9
  • Germany4
  • Australia4
  • Mexico4
  • France3
  • Spain3
  • United Kingdom3

Prior visa status

  • H-1B245
  • F-142
  • L-114
  • O-14
  • TN4
  • J-13
  • E-32
  • L-21

Education

  • Master's209
  • Doctorate60
  • Bachelor's45
  • None2

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Waymo LLC most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers, Systems Software 121 $153,664
Software Developers, Applications 96 $157,988
Software Developers 67 $181,514
Computer Systems Analysts 14 $174,489
Statisticians 14 $168,571
Mechanical Engineers 12 $149,083
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 12 $172,500
Computer Hardware Engineers 7 $200,021
Data Scientists 5 $164,000
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 4 $165,000

Common job titles

Software Engineer 217 Hardware Engineer 14 Systems Engineer 12 Data Scientist 8 Product Specialist 7 Technical Program Specialist 6 Research Scientist 4 System Safety Engineer 3 Mechanical Engineer 3 Systems Test Engineer 3 Manufacturing Engineer 3 Software Engineer Level 4 2

Worksite states

CA 382 NY 5 WA 4 MI 1

Wage range

$145,000

25th

$155,000

median

$180,000

75th

$205,000

90th

Law firms used

  • Berry Appleman Leiden LLP312
  • Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP76
  • Berry Appleman and Leiden LLP2
  • Berry, Appleman Leiden, LLP1
  • Berry Applemen Leiden LLP1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-19283-69373 Software EngineerCertified Mountain View, CA Apr 13, 2020
A-19287-70388 Software EngineerCertified Mountain View, CA Apr 10, 2020
A-19261-59710 Hardware EngineerCertified-Expired Mountain View, CA Mar 25, 2020
A-19275-65494 Software EngineerCertified-Expired Mountain View, CA Mar 16, 2020
A-19273-64383 Software EngineerCertified-Expired Mountain View, CA Mar 4, 2020
A-19183-26399 Software EngineerCertified-Expired Mountain View, CA Dec 17, 2019
A-19191-28983 Software EngineerCertified-Expired Mountain View, CA Dec 4, 2019
A-19189-27936 Hardware EngineerCertified-Expired Mountain View, CA Nov 14, 2019
A-19204-34396 Software EngineerCertified-Expired MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA Nov 1, 2019
A-19189-27698 Mechanical EngineerCertified-Expired Mountain View, CA Oct 18, 2019
A-19197-31618 Hardware EngineerCertified-Expired Mountain View, CA Oct 18, 2019
A-19214-38909 Software EngineerCertified-Expired Mountain View, CA Oct 18, 2019

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