W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Manufacturing · Primarily MD · PERM filings 2020–2024

#5,835 top sponsor

Overview

W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 14 PERM green-card applications between FY2020 and FY2024. That places it #5,835 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 11 were certified (78.6% approval rate), taking about 380 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, with most worksites in MD, and the median sponsored wage is $124,363.

14

PERM filings

78.6%

approval

0

denied

$124,363

median wage

380d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 6 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (67%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India4
  • China1
  • Canada1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B6

Education

  • Doctorate2
  • Bachelor's2
  • Master's2

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers 3 $138,333
Logistics Analysts 1 $157,576
Materials Scientists 1 $115,000
Materials Engineers 1 $120,000
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 1 $92,400
Engineer Analyst Finite Element Analysis 1 $120,000
Salesforce Software Engineer 1 $128,981
Mathematics Technologist 1 $105,000
New Product Development Engineer 1 $155,000
New Product Development Process Engineer 1 $124,000

Common job titles

Salesforce Application Developer 2 E2E Business Process Analyst 1 Applied Mechanics Scientist 1 Pump Tubing Fluoropolymer Materials Engineer 1 Biocompatibility Scientist 1 Salesforce Administrator and Release Engineer 1 Engineer Analyst Finite Element Analysis 1 Salesforce Software Engineer 1 Mathematics Technologist 1 New Product Development Engineer 1 New Product Development Process Engineer 1 Raw Material Process Quality Engineer 1

Worksite states

Wage range

$120,000

25th

$124,363

median

$145,000

75th

$157,576

90th

Law firms used

  • Shutts & Bowen LLP8
  • Shutts Bowen LLP6

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-100-24330-498068 E2E Business Process AnalystCertified Phoenix, AZ Mar 30, 2026
G-100-24190-178779 Applied Mechanics ScientistCertified Elkton, MD Dec 12, 2025
G-100-24088-836837 Pump Tubing Fluoropolymer Materials EngineerCertified Elkton, MD Jul 15, 2025
G-100-24047-724677 Salesforce Application DeveloperCertified Newark, DE Jun 23, 2025
G-100-24047-724692 Salesforce Application DeveloperCertified Newark, DE Jun 21, 2025
G-100-23285-427367 Salesforce Administrator and Release EngineerCertified Elkton, MD Mar 7, 2025
G-100-23193-184597 Biocompatibility ScientistCertified - Expired Newark, DE Oct 3, 2024
G-100-23193-184627 IT Technical Analyst-AEMCertified Miami, FL Sep 24, 2024
A-22108-42381 Raw Material Process Quality EngineerCertified-Expired Elkton, MD Jan 17, 2023
A-21350-87266 New Product Development Process EngineerCertified Santa Clara, CA Aug 1, 2022
A-21116-78412 New Product Development EngineerCertified-Expired Flagstaff, AZ Dec 2, 2021
A-20224-86881 Mathematics TechnologistCertified Elkton, MD Aug 17, 2021
A-20278-07175 Salesforce Software EngineerCertified Elkton, MD May 12, 2021
A-20217-84711 Engineer Analyst Finite Element AnalysisCertified Phoenix, AZ May 10, 2021

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