Illumina green card sponsorship data
Between October 2024 and June 2026, DOL decided 76 PERM labor certifications filed by Illumina. Here are its approval rate, processing time, salaries and most sponsored jobs.
At a glance
Illumina ranks #351 among 1,211 employers with 25 or more decided PERM cases.
Its approval rate of 99% compares with 97% nationally, and its median of 491 days from filing to approval is 6 days slower than the national median (faster than 31% of employers).
18% of its cases are Software Developers, and 100.0% of the jobs are in California (mostly San Diego).
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 24 decisions.
Most sponsored jobs
| Job title | Cases |
|---|---|
| Scientist 2 | 3 |
| Staff Business Systems Analyst | 3 |
| Sr. Software Engineer | 3 |
| Sr Staff Engineer - Development | 2 |
| Sr. Software Quality Engineer | 2 |
| Business Systems Analyst | 2 |
| Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer | 2 |
| Sr. Programmer / Analyst | 2 |
Occupations (SOC)
| SOC | Cases |
|---|---|
| Software Developers | 14 |
| Bioinformatics Scientists | 10 |
| Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers | 9 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 9 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 3 |
Where the jobs are
| State | Cases |
|---|---|
| California | 76 |
| City | Cases |
|---|---|
| San Diego | 58 |
| Foster City | 13 |
| Hayward | 5 |
Decisions
| Certified | 73 |
| Certified-Expired | 1 |
| Denied | 1 |
| Withdrawn | 1 |
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 California
| Employer | Cases | Approval rate |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Corporation | 1,365 | 99.9% |
| Apple Inc. | 1,286 | 99.7% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 932 | 99.8% |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 852 | 99.5% |
| Tesla, Inc. | 800 | 99.9% |
| Uber Technologies, Inc. | 763 | 99.6% |
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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