Boston CollegeEmployers That Filed Green-Card Applications for Its Graduates
Which employers filed the most green-card applications for Boston College graduates?
Ernst & Young, Amazon, Deloitte, Rsm US LLP, and Capital One. U.S. Department of Labor PERM records list 140 green-card applications filed by employers between FY2020 and FY2024 for workers who hold a degree from Boston College, at a median wage of $109k on those filings. Each is an application, not a person and not a hire; 2.9% were denied or withdrawn.
Employers filed these applications for people who studied here; the school is not a party to them. H-1B filings do not record the worker's school, so this is green-card (PERM) data. Why
Green-card (PERM) filings
140
Filed by employers, FY2020 to FY2024
Median wage on the filing
$109k
Employer's offered wage, as stated on Form ETA-9089. Annualized.
Held a Master's
64.3%
The worker's degree level, as recorded on the filing. Doctorate 20.7%, Bachelor's 15%.
Employers that filed for these graduates
Ranked by PERM filings. Subsidiaries are rolled up to the parent company.
| Employer (parent company) | Top field of study | PERM filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernst & Young | Accounting | 14 | $115k |
| Amazon | Accounting | 6 | $77k |
| Deloitte | Accounting | 6 | $75k |
| Rsm US LLP | Accounting | 3 | $105k |
| Capital One | Business Administration | 3 | $136k |
| Analysis Group Inc. | Economics | 2 | $150k |
| BDO USA | Accounting | 2 | $77k |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | Organic Chemistry | 2 | $109k |
| DK Crown Holdings Inc. | Computer Science | 2 | $111k |
| Evercore Partners Services East, LLC | Finance | 2 | $140k |
| Goldman Sachs | Administrative Studies | 2 | $145k |
| Accounting | 2 | $120k | |
| PwC | Accounting | 2 | $103k |
| RBC | Accounting | 2 | $146k |
| President and Board of Trustees of Santa Clara College | Economics | 2 | $108k |
| Wayfair LLC | Computer Science | 2 | $97k |
| Abbott | Accounting | 1 | $125k |
| Akamai Technologies, Inc. | Physics Theoretical and Computational Physics Focus | 1 | $115k |
| Alkermes, Inc. | Accounting | 1 | $97k |
| American Express | Economics | 1 | $114k |
| Anheuserbusch, LLC | Business Administration | 1 | $93k |
| Apple | Business Administration | 1 | $162k |
| Applied Materials | Chemistry | 1 | $126k |
| Azusa Pacific University | Social Work | 1 | $82k |
| Bates White, LLC | Economics | 1 | $175k |
Which visa they held at the time
The class of admission recorded on each application
| Visa held | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| H-1B | 119 | 85% |
| F-1 | 11 | 7.9% |
| L-1 | 2 | 1.4% |
| E-2 | 1 | 0.7% |
| E-3 | 1 | 0.7% |
| H-4 | 1 | 0.7% |
| J-1 | 1 | 0.7% |
| NOT IN USA | 1 | 0.7% |
| TN | 1 | 0.7% |
What they studied
Every field these filings list, by volume
Accounting 48Finance 18Business Administration 16Economics 10Computer Science 6Management 5Social Work 3Chemistry 2Curriculum and Instruction 2Education 2
Filings and pay by year
Boston College graduates, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 16 | $125k |
| FY2023 | 33 | $105k |
| FY2022 | 26 | $108k |
| FY2021 | 40 | $117k |
| FY2020 | 25 | $102k |
Other schools
University of Southern California 7,076Carnegie Mellon University 5,747The University of Texas at Dallas 4,893Northeastern University 4,229Arizona State University 3,956San Jose State University 3,737New York University 3,587Columbia University 3,291University of Central Missouri 3,117North Carolina State University 3,090Georgia Institute of Technology 3,076The University of Texas at Arlington 2,817