University of Illinois at ChicagoEmployers That Filed Green-Card Applications for Its Graduates
Which employers filed the most green-card applications for University of Illinois at Chicago graduates?
Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Intel, and Apple. U.S. Department of Labor PERM records list 1,089 green-card applications filed by employers between FY2020 and FY2024 for workers who hold a degree from University of Illinois at Chicago, at a median wage of $113k on those filings. Each is an application, not a person and not a hire; 5% were denied or withdrawn.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 | Computer Science | 172 | $113k |
| Computer Science | 53 | $132k | |
| Microsoft | Computer Science | 41 | $132k |
| Intel | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 29 | $100k |
| Apple | Computer Science | 21 | $157k |
| Meta | Information Systems | 16 | $150k |
| Oracle | Computer Science | 13 | $141k |
| Ernst & Young | Information Systems | 12 | $127k |
| Cummins | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 9 | $96k |
| Tesla | Industrial Engineering | 9 | $110k |
| TransUnion | Information Systems | 9 | $100k |
| Walmart | Computer Science | 9 | $100k |
| AbbVie | Information Systems | 8 | $112k |
| Deloitte | Information Systems | 7 | $118k |
| University of Illinois at Chicago | Bioengineering | 7 | $83k |
| Salesforce | Information Systems | 6 | $148k |
| Expedia | Computer Science | 5 | $117k |
| Grubhub Holdings, Inc | Computer Science | 5 | $115k |
| Intuit Inc. | Business Analytics | 5 | $167k |
| Nvidia | Computer Science | 5 | $180k |
| Yahoo Holdings Inc. | Computer Science | 5 | $129k |
| PwC | Information Systems | 5 | $120k |
| Qualcomm | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 5 | $112k |
| ANSYS, Inc. | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 4 | $102k |
| Bank of America | Information Systems | 4 | $115k |
Which visa they held at the time
The class of admission recorded on each application
| Visa held | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| H-1B | 971 | 89.2% |
| F-1 | 81 | 7.4% |
| L-1 | 5 | 0.5% |
| NOT IN USA | 5 | 0.5% |
| H-4 | 2 | 0.2% |
| J-1 | 2 | 0.2% |
| B-2 | 1 | 0.1% |
| E-2 | 1 | 0.1% |
| TN | 1 | 0.1% |
What they studied
Every field these filings list, by volume
Filings and pay by year
University of Illinois at Chicago graduates, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 193 | $120k |
| FY2023 | 274 | $120k |
| FY2022 | 242 | $109k |
| FY2021 | 224 | $109k |
| FY2020 | 156 | $102k |