San Jose State UniversityEmployers That Filed Green-Card Applications for Its Graduates
Which employers filed the most green-card applications for San Jose State University graduates?
Amazon, Intel, Cisco, Microsoft, and Apple. U.S. Department of Labor PERM records list 3,737 green-card applications filed by employers between FY2020 and FY2024 for workers who hold a degree from San Jose State University, at a median wage of $132k 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 Each is an application, not a person and not a hire; 4.5% were denied or withdrawn.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
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 | Software Engineering | 364 | $121k |
| Intel | Electrical Engineering | 187 | $112k |
| Cisco | Electrical Engineering | 152 | $126k |
| Microsoft | Software Engineering | 128 | $134k |
| Apple | Software Engineering | 126 | $154k |
| Software Engineering | 120 | $134k | |
| VMware | Software Engineering | 74 | $131k |
| Intuit Inc. | Software Engineering | 66 | $134k |
| Walmart | Software Engineering | 57 | $147k |
| Adobe | Software Engineering | 53 | $143k |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Electrical Engineering | 53 | $160k |
| Nvidia | Electrical Engineering | 51 | $162k |
| ServiceNow | Software Engineering | 49 | $137k |
| Oracle | Software Engineering | 47 | $133k |
| eBay | Software Engineering | 45 | $146k |
| PayPal | Software Engineering | 42 | $139k |
| Software Engineering | 42 | $159k | |
| Qualcomm | Electrical Engineering | 39 | $112k |
| Meta | Software Engineering | 35 | $158k |
| Salesforce | Software Engineering | 34 | $170k |
| Visa | Software Engineering | 34 | $124k |
| SAP | Software Engineering | 34 | $111k |
| Juniper Networks | Electrical Engineering | 33 | $125k |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | Computer Engineering | 32 | $140k |
| Nutanix, Inc. | Electrical Engineering | 32 | $125k |
Which visa they held at the time
The class of admission recorded on each application
| Visa held | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| H-1B | 3,406 | 91.1% |
| F-1 | 249 | 6.7% |
| H-4 | 22 | 0.6% |
| L-1 | 6 | 0.2% |
| NOT IN USA | 6 | 0.2% |
| E-2 | 4 | 0.1% |
| PAROLEE | 3 | 0.1% |
| TN | 3 | 0.1% |
| B-2 | 2 | 0.1% |
| E-3 | 1 | 0% |
What they studied
Every field these filings list, by volume
Filings and pay by year
San Jose State University graduates, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 591 | $144k |
| FY2023 | 917 | $140k |
| FY2022 | 846 | $131k |
| FY2021 | 746 | $122k |
| FY2020 | 637 | $122k |