Purdue UniversityEmployers That Filed Green-Card Applications for Its Graduates
Which employers filed the most green-card applications for Purdue University graduates?
Amazon, Google, Intel, Microsoft, and Apple. U.S. Department of Labor PERM records list 2,108 green-card applications filed by employers between FY2020 and FY2024 for workers who hold a degree from Purdue University, at a median wage of $114k on those filings. Each is an application, not a person and not a hire; 5.3% were denied or withdrawn.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
2,108
Filed by employers, FY2020 to FY2024
Median wage on the filing
$114k
Employer's offered wage, as stated on Form ETA-9089. Annualized.
Held a Master's
62%
The worker's degree level, as recorded on the filing. Bachelor's 20.8%, Doctorate 17.2%.
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 | 230 | $113k |
| Computer Science | 138 | $123k | |
| Intel | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 112 | $99k |
| Microsoft | Computer Science | 105 | $129k |
| Apple | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 75 | $143k |
| Meta | Computer Science | 54 | $158k |
| Cummins | Mechanical Engineering | 52 | $95k |
| Tesla | Mechanical Engineering | 30 | $130k |
| Qualcomm | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 24 | $108k |
| Nvidia | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 22 | $166k |
| Purdue University | Mechanical Engineering | 18 | $86k |
| Deloitte | Business Administration | 13 | $106k |
| Salesforce | Computer Information Science | 13 | $152k |
| ASML | Mechanical Engineering | 13 | $113k |
| Walmart | Industrial Engineering | 12 | $151k |
| Bloomberg | Computer Science | 11 | $145k |
| Cisco | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 10 | $126k |
| Oracle | Computer Science | 10 | $124k |
| Business Administration | 10 | $167k | |
| The Mathworks, Inc. | Mechanical Engineering | 9 | $119k |
| Uber | Computer Science | 9 | $150k |
| AMD | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 8 | $111k |
| Aptiv Corporation | Electrical Engineering | 8 | $66k |
| PayPal | Statistics | 8 | $123k |
| Wayfair LLC | Industrial Engineering | 8 | $119k |
Which visa they held at the time
The class of admission recorded on each application
| Visa held | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| H-1B | 1,721 | 81.6% |
| F-1 | 296 | 14% |
| L-1 | 22 | 1% |
| NOT IN USA | 8 | 0.4% |
| O-1 | 8 | 0.4% |
| TN | 8 | 0.4% |
| H-4 | 3 | 0.1% |
| J-1 | 3 | 0.1% |
| B-2 | 2 | 0.1% |
| E-2 | 2 | 0.1% |
What they studied
Every field these filings list, by volume
Computer Science 329Electrical & Computer Engineering 323Mechanical Engineering 189Industrial Engineering 129Computer Engineering 88Information Technology 83Business Administration 61Civil Engineering 60Electrical Engineering 55Computer Information Science 41
Filings and pay by year
Purdue University graduates, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 346 | $125k |
| FY2023 | 488 | $119k |
| FY2022 | 404 | $113k |
| FY2021 | 477 | $111k |
| FY2020 | 393 | $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