Costco Wholesale Corporation green card sponsorship data
Between October 2024 and June 2026, DOL decided 99 PERM labor certifications filed by Costco Wholesale Corporation. Here are its approval rate, processing time, salaries and most sponsored jobs.
At a glance
Costco Wholesale Corporation ranks #268 among 1,211 employers with 25 or more decided PERM cases.
Its approval rate of 100.0% 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).
61% of its cases are Software Developers, and 98% of the jobs are in Washington (mostly Issaquah).
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 2026, with 10 decisions.
Most sponsored jobs
| Job title | Cases |
|---|---|
| Software Developer | 18 |
| Full Stack Engineer | 17 |
| Data Engineer | 7 |
| Software Engineer | 7 |
| Quality Engineer | 6 |
| BI Engineer | 6 |
| Functional Analyst | 3 |
| Security Analyst | 2 |
Occupations (SOC)
| SOC | Cases |
|---|---|
| Software Developers | 60 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 8 |
| Data Warehousing Specialists | 6 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 5 |
| Information Security Analysts | 5 |
Where the jobs are
| State | Cases |
|---|---|
| Washington | 97 |
| Illinois | 2 |
| City | Cases |
|---|---|
| Issaquah | 97 |
| Schaumburg | 2 |
Decisions
| Certified | 68 |
| Certified-Expired | 29 |
| Denied | 0 |
| Withdrawn | 2 |
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 Washington
| Employer | Cases | Approval rate |
|---|---|---|
| Expedia, Inc. | 271 | 99% |
| T-Mobile USA, Inc. | 142 | 100.0% |
| Nordstrom, Inc. | 124 | 99% |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 120 | 100.0% |
| F5, Inc. | 116 | 100.0% |
| Zillow, Inc. | 94 | 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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