University of Southern California green card sponsorship data
Between October 2024 and June 2026, DOL decided 35 PERM labor certifications filed by University of Southern California. Here are its approval rate, processing time, salaries and most sponsored jobs.
At a glance
University of Southern California ranks #787 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 488 days from filing to approval is 3 days slower than the national median (faster than 41% of employers).
11% of its cases are Software Developers, Non R&D, and 97% of the jobs are in California (mostly Los Angeles).
63% are professional positions (G-100), usually filed as EB-2 or EB-3 professional and skilled worker cases.
Its busiest month was February 2025, with 5 decisions.
Most sponsored jobs
| Job title | Cases |
|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 2 |
| Clinical Research Data Specialist Lead | 1 |
| Financial Analyst I | 1 |
| Investment Operations Analyst | 1 |
| Research Associate | 1 |
| Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures | 1 |
| Assistant Professor of Economics | 1 |
| Business Data Analyst | 1 |
Occupations (SOC)
| SOC | Cases |
|---|---|
| Software Developers, Non R&D | 4 |
| Clinical Data Managers | 2 |
| Economics Teachers, Postsecondary | 2 |
| Clinical Research Coordinators | 2 |
| Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary | 2 |
Where the jobs are
| State | Cases |
|---|---|
| California | 34 |
| District of Columbia | 1 |
| City | Cases |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 29 |
| San Diego | 5 |
| Washington | 1 |
Decisions
| Certified | 24 |
| Certified-Expired | 10 |
| Denied | 0 |
| Withdrawn | 1 |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, Non R&D
| Employer | Cases | Approval rate |
|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | 94 | 100.0% |
| Educational Testing Service | 33 | 100.0% |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | 27 | 100.0% |
Other sponsors in California
| Employer | Cases | Approval rate |
|---|---|---|
| Wal-mart Associates, Inc. | 1,564 | 99.9% |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 1,461 | 93% |
| Intel Corporation | 1,365 | 99.9% |
| Salesforce, Inc. | 1,290 | 99.8% |
| Apple Inc. | 1,286 | 99.7% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 932 | 99.8% |
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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