Top Green Card Sponsor by Job Title : 2016 Green Card Reports

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2016 Green Card Report: Top Job Title

Rank	Job Title	Green Card Petitions	Average Salary
1	Software Developers, Applications	24,454	$100,907
2	Computer Systems Analysts	7,975	$90,910
3	Software Developers, Systems Software	5,085	$122,066
4	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	3,037	$114,139
5	Computer Systems Analyst	2,224	$79,860
6	Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,619	$140,848
7	Accountants and Auditors	1,256	$82,198
8	Software Developer, Applications	1,162	$96,915
9	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	1,092	$94,034
10	Mechanical Engineers	929	$92,379
11	Electrical Engineers	874	$95,834
12	Marketing Managers	868	$137,802

13	Financial Analysts	824	$128,992
14	Management Analysts	782	$116,868
15	Database Administrators	732	$96,361
16	Materials Engineers	701	$116,732
17	STATISTICIANS	630	$93,923
18	Industrial Engineers	597	$90,139
19	Architectural and Engineering Managers	591	$130,861
20	Internists, General	583	$194,986
21	Financial Managers	576	$147,912
22	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	510	$65,262
23	Sales Engineers	485	$114,165
24	Software Engineer	473	$92,443
25	Poultry Processor	464	$20,197
26	Civil Engineers	422	$86,688
27	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	359	$17,586
28	Assistant Professor	349	$87,113
29	Meat, Poultry and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	340	$17,072
30	Physicians and Surgeons, All Other	317	$242,993
31	Chefs and Head Cooks	261	$49,464
32	Software Developer	260	$87,090
33	Operations Research Analysts	233	$94,092
34	Computer Programmers	232	$81,601
35	Cooks, Restaurant	230	$27,360
36	Business Teachers, Postsecondary	223	$124,221
37	Software Developer, Systems Software	217	$97,467
38	Slaughterers and Meat Packers	213	$19,525
39	Programmer Analyst	195	$82,065
40	Economists	190	$119,666
40	Computer Network Architects	190	$108,338
42	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	177	$105,070
43	Mechanical Engineer	176	$86,566
44	General and Operations Managers	173	$145,802
45	Sales Managers	172	$134,347
46	Lawyers	170	$162,208
47	Logisticians	169	$81,771
48	Chemical Engineers	164	$105,583
49	Management Analyst	163	$82,988
50	Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	161	$79,778

Note: To obtain employment based green card in United States, most foreign workers will have to go through 3 steps: 1). Permanent Labor Certification(ETA Form 9089), 2). Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker(Form I-140), 3). Adjust of Status to a permanent resident of the United States(Form I485).

The above report lists the top Job Title who have filed the largest numbers of permanent labor certifications under PERM in fiscal year 2015. The Green Card Petitions on the report is the number of permanent labor certifications for Green Card filed under PERM. The number includes certified, withdrawn, denied and certified but withdrawn certifications. The Average Salary is the average proffered salary on ETA Form 9089.

A permanent labor certification issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) allows an employer to hire a foreign worker to work permanently in the United States. Once received (if required), the employer then files an Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker, Form I-140, with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for the appropriate employment-based preference category.

The Department of Labor must certify to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that 1). there are no qualified Americian workers(U.S. Citizens or permanent residents) able, willing, qualified and available to accept the job at the prevailing wage for that occupation in the area of intended employment, 2) employment of the alien will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly employed American workers, like U.S. citizents or permanent residents.

Sometimes the green card sponsors did not enter a specific salary on ETA Form 9089, but used a salary range with minimum and maximum salary. Our algorithm uses the middle point of the range to calculate the average salary. Please review the certification details to understand the salary range.

For example, the first three records on this report mean that in fiscal year 2015, 24,454 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Software Developers, Applications. The average salary of those 24,454 permanent labor certifications was $100,907. 7,975 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Computer Systems Analysts. The average salary of those 7,975 permanent labor certifications was $90,910. 5,085 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Software Developers, Systems Software. The average salary of those 5,085 permanent labor certifications was $122,066.