Employer-sponsored green cards

Green card (PERM) labor certifications

The PERM labor certification is usually the first step of an employer-sponsored green card: the employer shows the Department of Labor that no qualified U.S. worker is available at the prevailing wage.

336 daysaverage PERM analyst review, decisions in Aug 2026

Dec 2025filing month under review now (as of Oct 19, 2026)

103,470certified PERM cases, FY2026 to date

$105,373median offered salary, certified FY2026

Processing times: Department of Labor, flag.dol.gov, read Oct 19, 2026. We record them every month to build a history.

By fiscal year

October to September · hatched: FY2026 to Jun 2026

Certified PERM cases

103,470 FY2026 to Jun 2026

102kFY23

102kFY24

137kFY25

103kFY26

Denial rate

3.5% of certified plus denied

5.7%FY23

4.6%FY24

1.7%FY25

3.5%FY26

Median offered salary

$105,373 certified FY2026

$111kFY23

$107kFY24

$100kFY25

$105kFY26

Fiscal year	Certified	Denied	Withdrawn	Denial rate	Median offered salary
FY2023	101,942	6,180	7,631	5.7%	$111,000
FY2024	101,563	4,945	7,410	4.6%	$106,808
FY2025	136,996	2,422	6,631	1.7%	$100,071
FY2026 (partial)	103,470	3,725	4,603	3.5%	$105,373

Certified includes cases certified and later expired. FY2024 combines the old and new ETA-9089 forms.

Employers with the most certified PERM cases, Oct 2025 to Jun 2026

#	Employer	Certified	Denial rate	Median offered salary
1	Microsoft Corporation	1,600	0.2%	$143,100
2	Management Health Systems, LLC	1,357	0.0%	$56,576
3	Deloitte Consulting LLP	779	0.0%	$121,597
4	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	740	0.3%	$154,650
5	NVIDIA Corporation	722	12.2%	$184,662
6	Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.	625	0.2%	$145,870
7	Ernst & Young U.S. LLP	563	0.0%	$141,400
8	Cisco Systems, Inc.	552	0.2%	$154,482
9	Salesforce, Inc.	475	0.2%	$160,700
10	FMR LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments	411	0.0%	$143,325
11	Tesla, Inc.	393	0.3%	$155,750
12	Bloomberg L.P.	358	0.0%	$169,500
13	ByteDance Inc.	347	0.0%	$174,117
14	Intel Corporation	326	0.0%	$121,498
15	Oracle America, Inc.	324	0.0%	$147,368
16	Citibank, N.A.	301	0.0%	$155,466
17	Compunnel Software Group, INC	290	1.7%	$123,725
18	The Devereux Foundation	289	0.3%	$27,789
19	McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States	273	0.0%	$220,000
20	Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC	261	0.4%	$138,000
21	Sapphire Software Solutions, Inc.	260	0.8%	$148,221
22	ServiceNow, Inc.	227	0.4%	$175,842
23	Crestline Hotels & Resorts, LLC	224	0.0%	$32,240
24	Charles Schwab & Company, Inc.	217	0.0%	$151,320
25	Comcast Cable Communications, LLC	214	0.0%	$117,424
26	TikTok Inc.	208	0.0%	$184,662
27	Uber Technologies, Inc.	199	1.0%	$154,000
28	AT&T Services, INC.	199	0.5%	$150,075
29	Accenture LLP	195	0.0%	$141,100
30	U.S. Bank National Association	194	0.0%	$138,455
31	LTIMindtree Limited	193	0.0%	$123,656
32	CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc.	191	0.0%	$130,000
33	Morgan Truck Body LLC	188	0.0%	$36,400
34	Conexus MedStaff LLC	186	0.0%	$54,080
35	Caremark LLC	185	0.5%	$111,800
36	Adobe Inc.	182	0.0%	$184,662
37	IBM Corporation	176	0.6%	$169,229
38	CVS Pharmacy Inc.	172	0.0%	$120,750
39	DFS Corporate Services LLC	167	0.0%	$110,594
40	Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company	165	1.2%	$165,077
41	Bank of America N.A.	162	0.0%	$153,450
42	LinkedIn Corporation	159	0.6%	$147,000
43	Meta Platforms, Inc	153	3.2%	$209,720
44	Government Employee Insurance Company (GEICO)	153	0.0%	$123,960
45	Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	151	0.7%	$132,260
46	Goldman Sachs Services LLC	150	0.0%	$135,000
47	Boston Consulting Group, Inc.	149	0.0%	$225,400
48	Gdi Services INC.	148	0.0%	$34,320
49	GlobalLogic Inc.	147	0.0%	$139,226
50	Core Tech International Corporation	147	0.0%	$37,690

Most certified PERM jobs, Oct 2025 to Jun 2026

Job	Certified	Median offered salary
Software Developers	23,492	$142,002
Computer Systems Analysts	4,593	$131,331
Data Scientists	3,969	$131,498
Fast Food and Counter Workers	2,828	$24,960
Project Management Specialists	2,586	$134,098
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	2,293	$26,000
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists	2,077	$56,576
Industrial Engineers	2,015	$107,078
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	1,861	$122,333
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	1,573	$35,069
Accountants and Auditors	1,527	$91,031
Helpers--Production Workers	1,501	$30,160
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,491	$193,357
Mechanical Engineers	1,446	$108,310
Database Architects	1,435	$147,030
Team Assemblers	1,359	$37,440
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	1,350	$150,733
Nursing Assistants	1,289	$37,003
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	1,069	$61,693
Financial and Investment Analysts	1,069	$140,000
Civil Engineers	1,052	$90,147
Management Analysts	980	$157,324
Home Health Aides	961	$33,280
Electrical Engineers	953	$115,000
Cooks, Restaurant	938	$39,333

Statistics only, not legal advice. A certified PERM case is not a green card: the employer still has to file an immigrant petition, and the worker waits for a visa number under the Visa Bulletin.