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Best Buy Co., Inc.

Employer · Minnesota, United States

Employer address
Minnesota, United States
Applications on record
1,829
FY2025 applications
306
FY2026 to 30 June
151
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
99.5%
Median offered wage
$150,800
Most common occupation
Software Developers
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified99.5%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Best Buy Co., Inc. appears in 1,829 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 306.

Applications by fiscal year — Best Buy Co., Inc.

153306FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
153306FY2015FY2017FY2019FY2021FY2023FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20156
FY201620
FY201760
FY2018105
FY201989
FY2020116
FY2021224
FY2022270
FY2023258
FY2024224
FY2025306
FY2026*151
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*12526
FY2025169137
FY202416856
FY202321444
FY202220763
FY202120816
FY20208828
FY20197316
FY20187431
FY20174416
FY2016191
FY201560
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

Best Buy Co., Inc.: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
MN1,665
WA97
MA28
GA18
TX6
CA6
SC4
CO2
OR1
NY1
NC1
Worksite states
  1. Minnesota1,665
  2. Washington97
  3. Massachusetts28
  4. Georgia18
  5. Texas6
  6. California6
  7. South Carolina4
  8. Colorado2
  9. Oregon1
  10. New York1
Worksite cities
  1. Richfield, MN1,655
  2. Seattle, WA90
  3. Atlanta, GA17
  4. Watertown, MA16
  5. Boston, MA11
  6. Tega Cay, SC4
  7. San Diego, CA3
  8. Bellevue, WA3
  9. Bothell, WA2
  10. Minneapolis, MN2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Software Developers1,004
  2. Computer Occupations, All Other208
  3. Computer Systems Analysts164
  4. Computer and Information Systems Managers160
  5. Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers72
  6. Data Scientists52
  7. Statisticians29
  8. Project Management Specialists25
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Software Engineer II140
  2. Senior Software Engineer90
  3. Lead Engineer44
  4. Engineering Manager30
  5. Data Scientist29
  6. Senior QA Engineer28
  7. Senior Engineering Manager28
  8. Senior Engineer26

Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $150,800; middle half $133,737 to $167,528 · median prevailing wage $123,843 (marker) · 459 applications.

$120k$140k$160k$180k$200k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I42
  2. Level II142
  3. Level III42
  4. Level IV183
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Green card sponsorship (PERM)

Country of citizenship of the workers named in certified and pending PERM applications (countries with fewer than five applications are not shown).

PERM applications by country of citizenship
  1. India253
  2. China5
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — PERM disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS

Approvals and denials of Form I-129 petitions, by USCIS fiscal year. Linked by employer name, state and the last four digits of the tax ID.

Approved H-1B petitions (initial + continuing)

94187FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
94187FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2023
Data table
FY201618
FY20174
FY201864
FY201954
FY202081
FY2021187
FY2022157
FY202395
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY202330921
FY20221511421
FY20211011771
FY202030782
FY2019100441
FY2018100541
FY20170040
FY201620160
Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — H-1B Employer Data Hub (FY2009–FY2023)Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Law firms on the filings

Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).

Applications by law firm
  1. Nilan Johnson Lewis PA1,441
  2. Myers Thompson Medeiros P.A.157
  3. Myers Thompson P.A.69
  4. Attorney1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Among employers in Minnesota

Best Buy Co., Inc. has 1,829 work visa applications on record (FY2015–FY2026), ranking #9 of 1,922 sponsoring employers in Minnesota and #617 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 1.77% of the applications filed by employers based in Minnesota.

Rank in Minnesota
9 of 1,922
Rank in the United States
617 of 168,030
Share of Minnesota's applications
1.77%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 443) in Minnesota
3
Largest sponsoring employers in Minnesota
  1. Optum Services, Inc.7,301
  2. Mayo Clinic6,682
  3. U.S. Bank National Association6,564
  4. Medtronic, Inc.5,677
  5. University of Minnesota5,262
  6. Target Enterprise, Inc.3,386
  7. NCS Pearson, Inc.2,015
  8. United Healthcare Services, Inc.1,937
  9. Best Buy Co., Inc.1,829
  10. Sagitec Solutions, LLC1,628
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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