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Software Developers, R&D: green card (PERM) sponsors

82 PERM labor certification applications for this occupation (SOC 15-1296). Median offered salary $105,741; median time to certification 495 days.

PERM applications82
Median offered salary$105,741
Middle half of salaries$86,888–$117,642
10th–90th percentile$66,675–$140,000

Top green card sponsors

EmployerPERM applicationsMedian salary
Educational Testing Service4$106,581
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center3$112,000
WGU Corporation (fka Western Governors University)3$137,800
The University of Chicago3$140,000
University of Michigan3$88,500
City of Hope National Medical Center3$100,464
Northwestern University3$113,114
WGU Corporation3$136,300
Providence Health & Services3$123,573
University of Minnesota2$67,860
Group Health Plan, Inc.2$103,501
Vanderbilt University Medical Center2$103,813
The Jackson Laboratory2$100,500
Mount Sinai Hospital2$140,000
National Marrow Donor Program2$133,036
Rush University Medical Center1$80,849
WGU Corporation (formerly Western Governors University)1$138,100
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory1$140,856
University of Illinois1$67,725
The University of Iowa1$107,162
Montclair State University1$92,414
National Radio Astronomy Observatory1$102,656
The University of Texas at Austin1$90,210
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center1$58,053
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC1$107,162
Henry Ford Health System1$111,392
Boston College1$113,000
Nevada system of Higher Education1$86,355
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare1$83,824
Research Foundation of the City University of New York1$100,500
University of Louisville1$77,265
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science1$100,000
The University of Toledo1$62,000
Arizona State University1$110,240
DePaul University1$65,975
Florida Atlantic University1$87,422
Vanderbilt University1$87,422
Mayo Clinic1—
The J. David Gladstone Institutes1—
Western University of Health Sciences1—
The Broad Institute, Inc.1—
The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention1—
Georgetown University1$108,413
Geisinger Health Plan1$107,162
Northwestern College1$62,941
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi1$63,294
State University of New York at Binghamton1$57,623
Texas A&M AgriLife Research1$70,000
University of Illinois Springfield1$79,560
Fort Hays State University1$62,941

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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).