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-23080-16007 Software Engineer Level 4Certified - Expired Mountain View, CA Apr 3, 2024
A-23003-81779 Software Engineer Level 4Certified - Expired Mountain View, CA Mar 27, 2024
A-23010-85063 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Mountain View, CA Mar 27, 2024
A-23037-98137 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Mountain View, CA Mar 27, 2024
A-23052-04246 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Mountain View, CA Mar 25, 2024
A-22348-73708 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Mountain View, CA Feb 23, 2024
A-23003-81580 Data ScientistCertified - Expired Mountain View, CA Feb 21, 2024
A-22364-80829 Corporate FP&A AnalystCertified - Expired Mountain View, CA Feb 15, 2024
A-22355-77795 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Mountain View, CA Feb 14, 2024
A-22287-39956 Systems Test EngineerCertified - Expired Mountain View, CA Feb 12, 2024
A-22335-65653 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Mountain View, CA Feb 2, 2024
A-22333-64683 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Mountain View, CA Feb 2, 2024
A-22362-80052 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Mountain View, CA Jan 31, 2024
A-22291-41335 Data ScientistCertified - Expired Mountain View, CA Jan 16, 2024
A-22287-39908 System Test EngineerCertified - Expired Mountain View, CA Jan 16, 2024
A-22124-50421 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Mountain View, CA Dec 21, 2023
A-22300-46976 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Mountain View, CA Dec 12, 2023
A-22341-69088 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Mountain View, CA Nov 17, 2023
A-22307-51398 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Francisco, CA Oct 20, 2023
A-22278-34022 Software EngineerCertified - Expired San Francisco, CA Oct 20, 2023

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