Northern Illinois UniversityEmployers That Filed Green-Card Applications for Its Graduates
Which employers filed the most green-card applications for Northern Illinois University graduates?
Amazon and Microsoft. U.S. Department of Labor PERM records list 782 green-card applications filed by employers between FY2020 and FY2024 for workers who hold a degree from Northern Illinois University, at a median wage of $108k on those filings. Each is an application, not a person and not a hire; 4.5% were denied or withdrawn.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
782
Filed by employers, FY2020 to FY2024
Median wage on the filing
$108k
Employer's offered wage, as stated on Form ETA-9089. Annualized.
Held a Master's
98.5%
The worker's degree level, as recorded on the filing. Bachelor's 0.9%, Doctorate 0.6%.
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 | 42 | $108k |
| Microsoft | Computer Science | 13 | $127k |
| Intel | Electrical Engineering | 8 | $83k |
| Medline Industries, Inc. | Computer Science | 8 | $113k |
| Walmart | Computer Science | 8 | $84k |
| Salesforce | Computer Science | 8 | $148k |
| Computer Science | 6 | $133k | |
| Northern Illinois University | Computer Science | 6 | $61k |
| Apple | Computer Science | 5 | $180k |
| Cerner Corporation | Computer Science | 5 | $61k |
| Docusign, Inc. | Computer Science | 5 | $135k |
| J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. | Computer Science | 5 | $105k |
| PayPal | Information Systems | 5 | $120k |
| Bank of America | Computer Science | 4 | $118k |
| Cisco | Computer Science | 4 | $143k |
| Collaborate Solutions, Inc | Computer Science | 4 | $87k |
| Code Ace Solutions Inc | Computer Science | 4 | $109k |
| Deloitte | Information Systems | 4 | $97k |
| DoorDash | Computer Science | 4 | $190k |
| Epitec, Inc. | Mechanical Engineering | 4 | $91k |
| Fusion Life Sciences Technologies LLC | Mechanical Engineering | 4 | $90k |
| Idexcel, Inc | Computer Science | 4 | $109k |
| Imanage LLC | Information Systems | 4 | $86k |
| Miracle Software Systems, Inc. | Computer Science | 4 | $93k |
| Rivian | Mechanical Engineering | 4 | $154k |
Which visa they held at the time
The class of admission recorded on each application
| Visa held | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| H-1B | 728 | 93.1% |
| F-1 | 40 | 5.1% |
| NOT IN USA | 3 | 0.4% |
| H-4 | 1 | 0.1% |
| L-1 | 1 | 0.1% |
What they studied
Every field these filings list, by volume
Computer Science 339Information Systems 140Electrical Engineering 81Industrial Engineering 76Mechanical Engineering 60Industrial Systems Engineering 12Science 11Engineering 7Business Administration 5Accounting 5
Filings and pay by year
Northern Illinois University graduates, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 153 | $115k |
| FY2023 | 192 | $112k |
| FY2022 | 151 | $101k |
| FY2021 | 157 | $104k |
| FY2020 | 129 | $98k |
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