Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company green card sponsorship data
Between October 2024 and June 2026, DOL decided 96 PERM labor certifications filed by Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. Here are its approval rate, processing time, salaries and most sponsored jobs.
At a glance
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company ranks #279 among 1,211 employers with 25 or more decided PERM cases.
Its approval rate of 99% compares with 97% nationally, and its median of 490 days from filing to approval is 5 days slower than the national median (faster than 34% of employers).
59% of its cases are Software Developers, and 95% of the jobs are in Wisconsin (mostly Milwaukee).
100.0% are professional positions (G-100), usually filed as EB-2 or EB-3 professional and skilled worker cases.
Its busiest month was February 2026, with 22 decisions.
Most sponsored jobs
| Job title | Cases |
|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | 28 |
| Software Engineer | 11 |
| Lead Software Engineer | 7 |
| Senior Data Engineer | 3 |
| Senior Data Scientist | 3 |
| Senior Data Analyst | 2 |
| Senior Systems Engineer | 2 |
| Senior Support Engineer | 2 |
Occupations (SOC)
| SOC | Cases |
|---|---|
| Software Developers | 57 |
| Data Scientists | 8 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 7 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 5 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 5 |
Where the jobs are
| State | Cases |
|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 91 |
| New York | 5 |
| City | Cases |
|---|---|
| Milwaukee | 62 |
| Franklin | 27 |
| New York | 5 |
| Miwaukee | 1 |
| MIlwaukee | 1 |
Decisions
| Certified | 68 |
| Certified-Expired | 20 |
| Denied | 1 |
| Withdrawn | 7 |
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 Wisconsin
| Employer | Cases | Approval rate |
|---|---|---|
| Stoughton Trailers, LLC | 1,590 | 100.0% |
| Abbyland Foods, Inc | 259 | 100.0% |
| Chula Vista Inc | 236 | 100.0% |
| Homes for Independent Living of Wisconsin LLC | 206 | 100.0% |
| Wilderness Hotel & Resort, Inc. | 170 | 100.0% |
| Opportunity of North Central Wisconsin, Inc. | 150 | 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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