University of Wisconsin-MadisonEmployers That Filed Green-Card Applications for Its Graduates
Which employers filed the most green-card applications for University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates?
Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Apple. U.S. Department of Labor PERM records list 1,131 green-card applications filed by employers between FY2020 and FY2024 for workers who hold a degree from University of Wisconsin-Madison, at a median wage of $125k on those filings. Each is an application, not a person and not a hire; 6.4% were denied or withdrawn.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 | 121 | $113k |
| Computer Science | 103 | $132k | |
| Microsoft | Computer Science | 78 | $131k |
| Meta | Computer Science | 56 | $156k |
| Apple | Electrical Engineering | 40 | $150k |
| Nvidia | Electrical Engineering | 29 | $162k |
| Intel | Electrical Engineering | 28 | $101k |
| Computer Science | 18 | $173k | |
| Ernst & Young | Accounting | 17 | $144k |
| Oracle | Computer Science | 15 | $137k |
| Cummins | Industrial Engineering | 11 | $92k |
| Bloomberg | Computer Science | 8 | $140k |
| Qualcomm | Electrical Engineering | 8 | $109k |
| VMware | Computer Science | 8 | $127k |
| Uber | Computer Science | 7 | $147k |
| Deloitte | Accounting | 7 | $106k |
| Arm, Inc. | Electrical Engineering | 6 | $125k |
| Databricks | Computer Science | 6 | $168k |
| Nutanix, Inc. | Computer Science | 6 | $133k |
| Tesla | Manufacturing Systems Engineering | 6 | $128k |
| Waymo LLC | Computer Science | 6 | $142k |
| AMD | Electrical Engineering | 5 | $135k |
| KPMG | Accounting | 5 | $131k |
| PwC | Accounting | 5 | $114k |
| Salesforce | Computer Science | 5 | $195k |
Which visa they held at the time
The class of admission recorded on each application
| Visa held | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| H-1B | 928 | 82.1% |
| F-1 | 163 | 14.4% |
| L-1 | 13 | 1.1% |
| NOT IN USA | 4 | 0.4% |
| E-2 | 3 | 0.3% |
| H-4 | 3 | 0.3% |
| O-1 | 3 | 0.3% |
| J-1 | 1 | 0.1% |
| PAROLEE | 1 | 0.1% |
What they studied
Every field these filings list, by volume
Filings and pay by year
University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 154 | $136k |
| FY2023 | 262 | $133k |
| FY2022 | 230 | $121k |
| FY2021 | 272 | $121k |
| FY2020 | 213 | $121k |