University of PittsburghEmployers That Filed Green-Card Applications for Its Graduates
Which employers filed the most green-card applications for University of Pittsburgh graduates?
Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Intel. U.S. Department of Labor PERM records list 641 green-card applications filed by employers between FY2020 and FY2024 for workers who hold a degree from University of Pittsburgh, at a median wage of $119k 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 Each is an application, not a person and not a hire; 5% were denied or withdrawn.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
Green-card (PERM) filings
641
Filed by employers, FY2020 to FY2024
Median wage on the filing
$119k
Employer's offered wage, as stated on Form ETA-9089. Annualized.
Held a Master's
77.5%
The worker's degree level, as recorded on the filing. Doctorate 17.2%, Bachelor's 3.7%.
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 | Information Science | 82 | $113k |
| Information Science | 48 | $132k | |
| Microsoft | Information Science | 37 | $135k |
| Meta | Information Science | 21 | $145k |
| Intel | Chemical Engineering | 11 | $115k |
| Uber | Information Science | 9 | $121k |
| Information Science | 8 | $175k | |
| Cisco | Telecommunications | 7 | $136k |
| ServiceNow | Telecommunications | 7 | $130k |
| Apple | Bioengineering | 6 | $156k |
| Salesforce | Information Science | 6 | $158k |
| Akamai Technologies, Inc. | Telecommunications | 5 | $105k |
| Bloomberg | Information Science | 5 | $140k |
| Highmark Health | Business Administration | 5 | $114k |
| University of Pittsburgh | Information Science | 5 | $63k |
| Aspire Pathway LLC | Foreign Langauge Education | 4 | $41k |
| IBM | Information Science | 4 | $107k |
| Intuit Inc. | Business Administration | 4 | $190k |
| Yahoo Holdings Inc. | Information Science | 4 | $121k |
| Wholeren LLC | Education | 4 | $55k |
| Armstrong School District | Foreign Language Educationif a Native Chinese Speaker | 3 | $61k |
| BDO USA | Accounting | 3 | $106k |
| ByteDance | Information Science | 3 | $193k |
| JPMorgan Chase | Information Science | 3 | $128k |
| Juniper Networks | Telecommunications | 3 | $118k |
Which visa they held at the time
The class of admission recorded on each application
| Visa held | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| H-1B | 568 | 88.6% |
| F-1 | 49 | 7.6% |
| L-1 | 6 | 0.9% |
| E-2 | 3 | 0.5% |
| J-1 | 2 | 0.3% |
| F-2 | 1 | 0.2% |
| O-1 | 1 | 0.2% |
| TN | 1 | 0.2% |
What they studied
Every field these filings list, by volume
Information Science 214Telecommunications 53Business Administration 46Computer Science 37Industrial Engineering 33Accounting 24Electrical Engineering 22Mechanical Engineering 18Mathematics 12Biostatistics 10
Filings and pay by year
University of Pittsburgh graduates, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 111 | $139k |
| FY2023 | 128 | $130k |
| FY2022 | 120 | $118k |
| FY2021 | 153 | $108k |
| FY2020 | 129 | $113k |
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