University of MichiganEmployers That Filed Green-Card Applications for Its Graduates
Which employers filed the most green-card applications for University of Michigan graduates?
Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Meta. U.S. Department of Labor PERM records list 2,696 green-card applications filed by employers between FY2020 and FY2024 for workers who hold a degree from University of Michigan, 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 Each is an application, not a person and not a hire; 4.7% were denied or withdrawn.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
Green-card (PERM) filings
2,696
Filed by employers, FY2020 to FY2024
Median wage on the filing
$120k
Employer's offered wage, as stated on Form ETA-9089. Annualized.
Held a Master's
78.3%
The worker's degree level, as recorded on the filing. Bachelor's 10.9%, Doctorate 9.7%.
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 | Business Administration | 291 | $113k |
| Computer Science | 269 | $117k | |
| Microsoft | Business Administration | 141 | $132k |
| Apple | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 86 | $139k |
| Meta | Computer Science | 80 | $158k |
| Intel | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 66 | $99k |
| Nvidia | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 46 | $159k |
| Cummins | Mechanical Engineering | 34 | $90k |
| Ernst & Young | Business Administration | 25 | $164k |
| Uber | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 21 | $132k |
| Ford | Mechanical Engineering | 20 | $107k |
| Rivian | Automotive Systems Engineering | 20 | $142k |
| Qualcomm | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 19 | $109k |
| BCG | Business Administration | 19 | $211k |
| Information | 18 | $164k | |
| Cruise | Automotive Engineering | 16 | $168k |
| Waymo LLC | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 16 | $144k |
| Deloitte | Business Administration | 14 | $168k |
| Oracle | Computer Science | 14 | $130k |
| Airbnb | Computer Science | 13 | $180k |
| Indeed Inc. | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 13 | $112k |
| The Mathworks, Inc. | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 13 | $114k |
| Bloomberg | Computer Science | 12 | $131k |
| McKinsey | Business Administration | 12 | $167k |
| Aptiv Corporation | Mechanical Engineering | 11 | $80k |
Which visa they held at the time
The class of admission recorded on each application
| Visa held | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| H-1B | 2,256 | 83.7% |
| F-1 | 331 | 12.3% |
| L-1 | 32 | 1.2% |
| TN | 17 | 0.6% |
| NOT IN USA | 8 | 0.3% |
| O-1 | 8 | 0.3% |
| H-4 | 6 | 0.2% |
| E-3 | 3 | 0.1% |
| F-2 | 2 | 0.1% |
| J-1 | 2 | 0.1% |
What they studied
Every field these filings list, by volume
Computer Science 348Electrical & Computer Engineering 302Business Administration 283Mechanical Engineering 230Electrical Engineering 169Industrial and Operations Engineering 96Information 91Applied Statistics 58Supply Chain Management 55Computer Engineering 42
Filings and pay by year
University of Michigan graduates, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 413 | $135k |
| FY2023 | 614 | $124k |
| FY2022 | 548 | $121k |
| FY2021 | 582 | $113k |
| FY2020 | 539 | $115k |
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