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Data Scientists: green card (PERM) sponsors

8,933 PERM labor certification applications for this occupation (SOC 15-2051). Median offered salary $132,000; median time to certification 486 days.

PERM applications8,933

Median offered salary$132,000

Middle half of salaries$108,306–$158,642

10th–90th percentile$89,752–$183,000

Top green card sponsors

Employer	PERM applications	Median salary
Microsoft Corporation	340	$153,018
Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.	286	$140,259
Uber Technologies, Inc.	126	$140,000
Adobe Inc.	99	$170,186
ByteDance Inc.	83	$184,300
Discover Products, Inc.	75	$116,334
Jpmorgan Chase & Co.	69	$143,600
Aetna Resources LLC	66	$108,306
LinkedIn Corporation	64	$161,755
TikTok Inc.	64	$194,000
Caremark LLC	63	$103,500
Citibank, N.A.	57	$153,000
Intuit Inc.	57	$152,500
PayPal, Inc.	54	$152,776
Mckinsey & Company, Inc. United States	52	$175,900
Wayfair LLC	51	$144,040
DoorDash, Inc.	47	$171,500
eBay Inc.	47	$149,843
IBM Corporation	44	$170,373
Chewy, Inc.	42	$134,200
Cisco Systems, Inc.	39	$162,562
Verizon Communications, Inc. and all its subsidiaries and affiliates	37	$140,315
FMR LLC	37	$140,950
Expedia, Inc.	37	$118,414
Apple Inc.	35	$150,000
Block, Inc.	34	$160,454
Pinterest, Inc.	33	$200,000
At&t Services, Inc.	32	$146,730
Home Depot Management Company LLC	30	$109,175
Indeed, Inc.	29	$139,000
Truist Bank	28	$128,773
Spotify USA, Inc.	28	$156,432
TransUnion LLC	27	$112,200
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC	27	$80,850
Visa U.S.A. Inc.	26	$130,450
Salesforce, Inc.	26	$155,730
GoDaddy.com, LLC	25	$104,500
Ernst & Young U.S. LLP	25	$152,105
ServiceNow, Inc.	24	$175,772
TikTok U.S. Data Security Inc.	24	$170,186
Tesla, Inc.	23	$140,000
Amgen Inc.	23	$117,072
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC	23	$109,000
Tiger Analytics, Inc.	23	$130,270
Bloomberg L.P.	22	$155,000
Federal Express Corporation	21	$114,254
Kforce Inc.	21	$147,680
Oracle America, Inc.	21	$130,016
Charter Communications, Inc.	21	$112,528
California Creative Solutions, Inc.	21	$151,736

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Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications. PERM certification is one step toward a green card; USCIS decides the petition. Not legal advice. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC PERM Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2024–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).