Best Buy Co., Inc. green card sponsorship data
Between October 2024 and June 2026, DOL decided 163 PERM labor certifications filed by Best Buy Co., Inc.. Here are its approval rate, processing time, salaries and most sponsored jobs.
At a glance
Best Buy Co., Inc. ranks #155 among 1,211 employers with 25 or more decided PERM cases.
Its approval rate of 98% compares with 97% nationally, and its median of 478 days from filing to approval is 7 days faster than the national median (faster than 65% of employers).
66% of its cases are Software Developers, and 98% of the jobs are in Minnesota (mostly Richfield).
100.0% are professional positions (G-100), usually filed as EB-2 or EB-3 professional and skilled worker cases.
Its busiest month was June 2025, with 63 decisions.
Most sponsored jobs
| Job title | Cases |
|---|---|
| Software Engineer II | 49 |
| Lead Engineer | 47 |
| Senior Engineering Manager | 10 |
| Senior QA Engineer | 9 |
| Associate Lead Engineer | 6 |
| Associate Software Engineer II | 4 |
| Data Scientist | 3 |
| Senior Software Engineer | 3 |
Occupations (SOC)
| SOC | Cases |
|---|---|
| Software Developers | 108 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 13 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 12 |
| Data Scientists | 7 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 6 |
Where the jobs are
| State | Cases |
|---|---|
| Minnesota | 159 |
| Washington | 4 |
| City | Cases |
|---|---|
| Richfield | 159 |
| Seattle | 4 |
Decisions
| Certified | 146 |
| Certified-Expired | 14 |
| Denied | 3 |
| Withdrawn | 0 |
Certified-Expired means the certification passed its 180-day window; most of these were used for an I-140 and show as expired in the data, so they count as approved. Approval rate = approved ÷ (approved + denied), withdrawals excluded.
Cases decided per month
Other employers sponsoring Software Developers
| Employer | Cases | Approval rate |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Corporation | 4,840 | 99.7% |
| Wal-mart Associates, Inc. | 1,564 | 99.9% |
| Oracle America, Inc. | 1,557 | 99.9% |
| Jpmorgan Chase & Co. | 1,489 | 99.9% |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 1,461 | 93% |
| Salesforce, Inc. | 1,290 | 99.8% |
Other sponsors in Minnesota
| Employer | Cases | Approval rate |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bank National Association | 368 | 100.0% |
| Optum Services, Inc. | 275 | 99% |
| Riverview, LLP | 182 | 100.0% |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 155 | 100.0% |
| Hyder Investments Inc. | 132 | 100.0% |
| Platinum Staffing Group, Inc. | 71 | 100.0% |
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC PERM disclosure data, decisions from October 2024 – June 2026. Only decided cases are included; pending cases are not in the disclosure data.
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