State University of New York at BuffaloEmployers That Filed Green-Card Applications for Its Graduates
Which employers filed the most green-card applications for State University of New York at Buffalo graduates?
Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Intel, and Apple. U.S. Department of Labor PERM records list 2,336 green-card applications filed by employers between FY2020 and FY2024 for workers who hold a degree from State University of New York at Buffalo, at a median wage of $120k on those filings. Each is an application, not a person and not a hire; 4.7% were denied or withdrawn.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 | Computer Science | 351 | $113k |
| Microsoft | Computer Science | 147 | $130k |
| Computer Science | 88 | $132k | |
| Intel | Electrical Engineering | 87 | $96k |
| Apple | Computer Science | 39 | $158k |
| Meta | Computer Science | 30 | $158k |
| Oracle | Computer Science | 30 | $136k |
| Ernst & Young | Information Systems | 23 | $127k |
| VMware | Computer Science | 22 | $136k |
| Walmart | Computer Science | 22 | $147k |
| Cisco | Computer Science | 21 | $128k |
| Wayfair LLC | Computer Science | 19 | $111k |
| Computer Science | 18 | $179k | |
| Bloomberg | Computer Science | 17 | $150k |
| Yahoo Holdings Inc. | Computer Science | 17 | $122k |
| Tesla | Industrial Engineering | 17 | $138k |
| Salesforce | Computer Science | 15 | $184k |
| PwC | Accounting | 14 | $131k |
| Nvidia | Computer Science | 13 | $154k |
| Qualcomm | Electrical Engineering | 13 | $109k |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Electrical Engineering | 12 | $166k |
| DoorDash | Computer Science | 11 | $183k |
| Goldman Sachs | Computer Science | 11 | $145k |
| PayPal | Computer Science | 10 | $144k |
| Adobe | Computer Science | 9 | $145k |
Which visa they held at the time
The class of admission recorded on each application
| Visa held | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| H-1B | 2,079 | 89% |
| F-1 | 185 | 7.9% |
| L-1 | 15 | 0.6% |
| NOT IN USA | 7 | 0.3% |
| E-2 | 6 | 0.3% |
| H-4 | 6 | 0.3% |
| O-1 | 3 | 0.1% |
| TN | 2 | 0.1% |
What they studied
Every field these filings list, by volume
Filings and pay by year
State University of New York at Buffalo graduates, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 394 | $133k |
| FY2023 | 510 | $136k |
| FY2022 | 542 | $114k |
| FY2021 | 488 | $113k |
| FY2020 | 402 | $111k |