Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc green card sponsorship data
Between October 2024 and June 2026, DOL decided 201 PERM labor certifications filed by Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. Here are its approval rate, processing time, salaries and most sponsored jobs.
At a glance
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc ranks #124 among 1,211 employers with 25 or more decided PERM cases.
Its approval rate of 99% compares with 97% nationally, and its median of 476 days from filing to approval is 9 days faster than the national median (faster than 69% of employers).
16% of its cases are Software Developers, and 89% of the jobs are in California (mostly Sunnyvale).
100.0% are professional positions (G-100), usually filed as EB-2 or EB-3 professional and skilled worker cases.
Its busiest month was July 2025, with 21 decisions.
Most sponsored jobs
| Job title | Cases |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing Engineer | 12 |
| Quality Engineer | 12 |
| Software Engineer | 11 |
| Mechanical Engineer | 6 |
| Supplier Engineer | 5 |
| Regulatory Affairs Specialist | 4 |
| Clinical Development Engineer | 4 |
| Mechanical Engineer - Manufacturing Equipment | 3 |
Occupations (SOC)
| SOC | Cases |
|---|---|
| Software Developers | 33 |
| Manufacturing Engineers | 25 |
| Industrial Engineers | 21 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 12 |
| Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers | 11 |
Where the jobs are
| State | Cases |
|---|---|
| California | 178 |
| Georgia | 13 |
| North Carolina | 5 |
| Virginia | 3 |
| Arizona | 1 |
| Connecticut | 1 |
| City | Cases |
|---|---|
| Sunnyvale | 178 |
| Peachtree Corners | 12 |
| Raleigh | 5 |
| Blacksburg | 3 |
| Phoenix | 1 |
Decisions
| Certified | 134 |
| Certified-Expired | 65 |
| Denied | 2 |
| Withdrawn | 0 |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 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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