Lehigh UniversityEmployers That Filed Green-Card Applications for Its Graduates
Which employers filed the most green-card applications for Lehigh University graduates?
Amazon; Kmk Consulting, Inc.; Meta; and PwC. U.S. Department of Labor PERM records list 289 green-card applications filed by employers between FY2020 and FY2024 for workers who hold a degree from Lehigh University, at a median wage of $110k on those filings. Each is an application, not a person and not a hire; 4.2% were denied or withdrawn.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
289
Filed by employers, FY2020 to FY2024
Median wage on the filing
$110k
Employer's offered wage, as stated on Form ETA-9089. Annualized.
Held a Master's
72.3%
The worker's degree level, as recorded on the filing. Doctorate 15.9%, Bachelor's 11.8%.
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 | Industrial Engineering | 17 | $98k |
| Kmk Consulting, Inc. | Industrial Engineering | 15 | $75k |
| Meta | Industrial Engineering | 14 | $159k |
| PwC | Accounting | 14 | $120k |
| Ernst & Young | Accounting | 9 | $123k |
| Deloitte | Accounting | 9 | $88k |
| Computer Science | 7 | $131k | |
| Intel | Mechanical Engineering | 6 | $100k |
| Microsoft | Computer Science | 6 | $142k |
| Axtria Inc. | Economics | 4 | $116k |
| Sas Institute Inc. | Industrial Engineering | 3 | $115k |
| Accell Global Risk Solutions, Inc | Accounting | 2 | $94k |
| AECOM | Structural Engineering | 2 | $80k |
| Aeva, Inc | Mechanical Engineering | 2 | $173k |
| Alibaba Group | Industrial Engineering | 2 | $101k |
| Citi | Analytical Finance | 2 | $155k |
| Cruise | Chemical Engineering | 2 | $147k |
| Hydro | Industrial Engineering | 2 | $72k |
| JPMorgan Chase | Analytical Finance | 2 | $127k |
| KLA | Mechanical Engineering | 2 | $126k |
| KPMG | Accounting | 2 | $114k |
| Morgan Stanley | Analytical Finance | 2 | $160k |
| Niagara Bottling, LLC | Industrial Engineering | 2 | $92k |
| Procom Wholesale Inc | Business and Economics | 2 | $61k |
| RBC | Analytical Finance | 2 | $142k |
Which visa they held at the time
The class of admission recorded on each application
| Visa held | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| H-1B | 257 | 88.9% |
| F-1 | 20 | 6.9% |
| E-2 | 4 | 1.4% |
| L-1 | 2 | 0.7% |
| H-4 | 1 | 0.3% |
| NOT IN USA | 1 | 0.3% |
| PAROLEE | 1 | 0.3% |
What they studied
Every field these filings list, by volume
Industrial Engineering 51Accounting 39Analytical Finance 28Computer Science 27Mechanical Engineering 24Electrical Engineering 17Statistics 14Chemical Engineering 11Economics 9Computer Engineering 7
Filings and pay by year
Lehigh University graduates, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 49 | $117k |
| FY2023 | 60 | $131k |
| FY2022 | 66 | $112k |
| FY2021 | 68 | $101k |
| FY2020 | 46 | $103k |
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