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BEST BUY CO., INC.
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Every measurement we computed
The same for every question above, so it is shown once here. Ranks count filings, never opinions; each card names what it counted and the group it was ranked against.
Public record data. PERM PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ and LCA LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filing data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure files. Methodology →
Filings over time
How many green-card filings BEST BUY CO., INC. has filed each quarter, from FY2015 to today.
What this means
BEST BUY CO., INC. applied to sponsor 432 workers for green cards between 2015 and 2026. A green card application is what an employer files to help a worker stay in the U.S. permanently.
Important: everything on this page is derived from public U.S. Department of Labor records. It is not a statement of fraud, wrongdoing, or hiring intent. It describes observable filing patterns only.
Offered wages on this employer’s filings
Median annual wage this employer offered, by occupation and fiscal year, over its own PERM PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filings — beside the prevailing wage the U.S. Department of Labor determined on the same filings. Two separate figures, never a ratio. Hourly, weekly, bi-weekly and monthly wages are converted to an annual figure using the unit DOL printed for that wage. Methodology →
10 further roles in this employer’s most recent complete year are not shown: fewer than five filings per role, which is too few to publish a wage without describing individual people.
| Occupation | Fiscal year | Green-card filings | Median offered | Median prevailing | Wage level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers 15-1252.00 | FY2026 partial | 11 | $135,200median of 11 filings | not reported | not reported |
| Software Developers 15-1252.00 | FY2025 | 97 | $135,200median of 97 filings | not reported | not reported |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021.00 | FY2025 | 13 | $184,870median of 13 filings | not reported | not reported |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-1253.00 | FY2025 | 10 | $106,392median of 10 filings | not reported | not reported |
| Software Developers, Applications 15-1132 | FY2024 | 28 | $125,798median of 28 filings | $125,798median of 28 filings | Level IV |
| Project Management Specialists 13-1082.00 | FY2024 | 13 | $112,528median of 13 filings | $112,528median of 13 filings | Level IV |
| Software Developers 15-1252.00 | FY2024 | 8 | $145,000median of 8 filings | $129,168median of 8 filings | Level IV |
| Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1199 | FY2023 | 29 | $111,280median of 29 filings | $111,280median of 29 filings | Level IV |
| Computer Systems Analysts 15-1121 | FY2023 | 7 | $119,059median of 7 filings | $119,059median of 7 filings | Level IV |
| Software Developers, Applications 15-1132 | FY2022 | 49 | $125,798median of 49 filings | $125,798median of 49 filings | Level IV |
| Software Developers, Applications 15-1132 | FY2021 | 7 | $113,776median of 7 filings | $113,776median of 7 filings | Level IV |
| Software Developers, Applications 15-1132 | FY2020 | 13 | $113,776median of 13 filings | $113,776median of 13 filings | Level IV |
| Computer Systems Analysts 15-1121 | FY2020 | 6 | $110,406median of 6 filings | $110,406median of 6 filings | Level IV |
| Statisticians 15-2041 | FY2020 | 5 | $105,000median of 5 filings | $66,768median of 5 filings | Level I |
| Software Developers, Applications 15-1132 | FY2019 | 9 | $109,928median of 9 filings | $109,928median of 9 filings | Level IV |
| Software Developers, Applications 15-1132 | FY2018 | 21 | $108,638median of 21 filings | $108,638median of 21 filings | Level IV |
| Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1199 | FY2018 | 5 | $94,765median of 5 filings | $94,765median of 5 filings | Level IV |
| Software Developers, Applications 15-1132 | FY2017 | 11 | $108,264median of 11 filings | $108,264median of 11 filings | Level IV |
“Not reported” means the Department of Labor published no such figure on those filings — from FY2025 its PERM PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ disclosure file carries the employer’s offered wage only, with no prevailing-wage determination and no wage level. It does not mean the figure is unknown to us; it means DOL did not publish one.
Wage & Hour Enforcement
Source: DOL Wage & Hour Division WHISARD concluded compliance actions since FY2005. Back wages, civil money penalties, and employees affected, broken down by statute (FLSA, H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ , H-2A, H-2B, SCA, Davis-Bacon, FMLA). Data mirrored nightly from the WHISARD dataset.
Enforcement actions (most recent first)
| Case ID | Findings date | Location | Back wages | H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ portion | Employees | Statutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1754373 | 2015-03-20 | Tacoma, WA | $0 | $0 | 0 | |
| 1754424 | 2015-03-20 | Olympia, WA | $0 | $0 | 0 | |
| 1618463 | 2012-01-21 | Houma, LA | $3,849 | $0 | 0 | FMLA |
| 1600060 | 2011-05-02 | Las Vegas, NV | $8,548 | $0 | 0 | FMLA |
USCIS H-1B petition outcomes
Source: USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Employer Data Hub. Petition decisions by fiscal year.
No USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ petition data found for BEST BUY CO., INC..
Filing data sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification public disclosure files. Past filings do not predict future hiring behavior. Employers may petition for review at /dispute.
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