Wal-mart Associates, Inc. green card sponsorship data
Between October 2024 and June 2026, DOL decided 1,564 PERM labor certifications filed by Wal-mart Associates, Inc.. Here are its approval rate, processing time, salaries and most sponsored jobs.
At a glance
Wal-mart Associates, Inc. ranks #8 among 1,211 employers with 25 or more decided PERM cases.
Its approval rate of 99.9% 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).
52% of its cases are Software Developers, and 42% 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 June 2025, with 187 decisions.
Most sponsored jobs
| Job title | Cases |
|---|---|
| Software Engineer III | 413 |
| Senior Software Engineer | 311 |
| Senior Data Scientist | 90 |
| Staff Software Engineer | 75 |
| Data Engineer III | 46 |
| Senior Product Manager | 33 |
| Senior Data Analyst | 31 |
| Staff Data Scientist | 23 |
Occupations (SOC)
| SOC | Cases |
|---|---|
| Software Developers | 821 |
| Data Scientists | 202 |
| Project Management Specialists | 147 |
| Business Intelligence Analysts | 84 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 51 |
Where the jobs are
| State | Cases |
|---|---|
| California | 651 |
| Arkansas | 529 |
| Texas | 169 |
| New Jersey | 93 |
| Virginia | 58 |
| Washington | 44 |
| City | Cases |
|---|---|
| Sunnyvale | 533 |
| Bentonville | 529 |
| Dallas | 168 |
| San Bruno | 114 |
| Hoboken | 93 |
Decisions
| Certified | 1,106 |
| Certified-Expired | 452 |
| Denied | 2 |
| Withdrawn | 4 |
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% |
| 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% |
| Apple Inc. | 1,286 | 99.7% |
Other sponsors in California
| Employer | Cases | Approval rate |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Corporation | 1,365 | 99.9% |
| 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% |
| Adobe Inc. | 649 | 99.9% |
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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