Boston UniversityEmployers That Filed Green-Card Applications for Its Graduates
Which employers filed the most green-card applications for Boston University graduates?
Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Bloomberg. U.S. Department of Labor PERM records list 1,060 green-card applications filed by employers between FY2020 and FY2024 for workers who hold a degree from Boston University, at a median wage of $119k on those filings. Each is an application, not a person and not a hire; 6.2% were denied or withdrawn.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
1,060
Filed by employers, FY2020 to FY2024
Median wage on the filing
$119k
Employer's offered wage, as stated on Form ETA-9089. Annualized.
Held a Master's
75.2%
The worker's degree level, as recorded on the filing. Bachelor's 10.8%, Doctorate 8.8%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | Computer Science | 128 | $113k |
| Computer Science | 63 | $120k | |
| Microsoft | Computer Science | 41 | $128k |
| Meta | Computer Science | 35 | $158k |
| Bloomberg | Computer Engineering | 17 | $150k |
| Wayfair LLC | Computer Science | 13 | $110k |
| Ernst & Young | Business Administration | 10 | $132k |
| Analysis Group Inc. | Economics | 9 | $150k |
| Intel | Electrical Engineering | 8 | $102k |
| Apple | Electrical Engineering | 7 | $154k |
| Athenahealth, Inc. | Computer Science | 7 | $108k |
| Fidelity | Mathematical Finance | 7 | $105k |
| Oracle | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 7 | $119k |
| Capital One | Business Administration | 7 | $125k |
| PwC | Business Administration | 7 | $169k |
| The Mathworks, Inc. | Electrical Engineering | 6 | $116k |
| Trustees of Boston University | Dental Medicine | 6 | $98k |
| Akamai Technologies, Inc. | Computer Engineering | 5 | $115k |
| Cisco | Information Systems | 5 | $125k |
| Maverick Family Dental, P.C. | Dental Medicine | 5 | $111k |
| Perfect Dental | Dental Medicine | 5 | $108k |
| Red Hat, Inc. | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 5 | $100k |
| Santander | Mathematical Finance | 5 | $96k |
| State Street | Mathematical Finance | 5 | $91k |
| Wellington Management | Mathematical Finance | 5 | $92k |
Which visa they held at the time
The class of admission recorded on each application
| Visa held | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| H-1B | 849 | 80.1% |
| F-1 | 139 | 13.1% |
| TN | 12 | 1.1% |
| L-1 | 10 | 0.9% |
| NOT IN USA | 8 | 0.8% |
| E-2 | 6 | 0.6% |
| H-4 | 5 | 0.5% |
| TPS | 5 | 0.5% |
| O-1 | 3 | 0.3% |
| E-3 | 2 | 0.2% |
What they studied
Every field these filings list, by volume
Computer Science 160Computer Engineering 135Mathematical Finance 78Information Systems 71Electrical & Computer Engineering 67Business Administration 58Electrical Engineering 40Dental Medicine 34Economics 33Dentistry 20
Filings and pay by year
Boston University graduates, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 181 | $129k |
| FY2023 | 247 | $124k |
| FY2022 | 204 | $115k |
| FY2021 | 245 | $113k |
| FY2020 | 183 | $115k |
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