University of California, IrvineEmployers That Filed Green-Card Applications for Its Graduates
Which employers filed the most green-card applications for University of California, Irvine graduates?
Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Apple. U.S. Department of Labor PERM records list 1,189 green-card applications filed by employers between FY2020 and FY2024 for workers who hold a degree from University of California, Irvine, at a median wage of $122k on those filings. Each is an application, not a person and not a hire; 4.9% were denied or withdrawn.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 | 195 | $116k |
| Computer Science | 160 | $132k | |
| Microsoft | Computer Science | 93 | $127k |
| Meta | Computer Science | 51 | $153k |
| Apple | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 33 | $158k |
| Intel | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 29 | $96k |
| Computer Science | 22 | $166k | |
| Oracle | Computer Science | 15 | $130k |
| Salesforce | Computer Science | 13 | $156k |
| DoorDash | Computer Science | 9 | $170k |
| Nvidia | Computer Science | 9 | $160k |
| VMware | Computer Science | 8 | $122k |
| Qualcomm | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 8 | $112k |
| Snap | Computer Science | 7 | $160k |
| Airbnb | Computer Science | 6 | $183k |
| Dropbox | Computer Science | 5 | $147k |
| Intuit Inc. | Computer Science | 5 | $141k |
| Splunk | Computer Science | 5 | $184k |
| Uber | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 5 | $121k |
| Walmart | Computer Science | 5 | $177k |
| Zillow | Software Engineering | 5 | $120k |
| ByteDance | Networked Systems | 4 | $201k |
| Cisco | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 4 | $131k |
| Ernst & Young | Accounting | 4 | $110k |
| Lyft | Computer Engineering | 4 | $173k |
Which visa they held at the time
The class of admission recorded on each application
| Visa held | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| H-1B | 930 | 78.2% |
| F-1 | 226 | 19% |
| L-1 | 6 | 0.5% |
| E-2 | 3 | 0.3% |
| O-1 | 2 | 0.2% |
| A-3 | 1 | 0.1% |
| B-2 | 1 | 0.1% |
| F-2 | 1 | 0.1% |
| H-4 | 1 | 0.1% |
| J-1 | 1 | 0.1% |
What they studied
Every field these filings list, by volume
Filings and pay by year
University of California, Irvine graduates, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 177 | $137k |
| FY2023 | 301 | $131k |
| FY2022 | 246 | $120k |
| FY2021 | 248 | $119k |
| FY2020 | 217 | $118k |