Top Green Card Sponsor by Occupation : 2017 Green Card Reports

2017 Green Card Report: Top Occupation

Rank	Occupation	Green Card Petitions	Average Salary
1	Software Developers, Applications	43,057	$106,525
2	Computer Systems Analysts	11,168	$98,085
3	Software Developers, Systems Software	8,214	$126,016
4	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	3,804	$117,124
5	Computer and Information Systems Managers	3,099	$144,638
6	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	2,509	$19,825
7	Network and Computer Systems Administrators*	2,066	$94,563
8	Accountants and Auditors	2,059	$79,842
9	Mechanical Engineers	1,682	$90,248
10	Marketing Managers	1,532	$138,429
11	Electrical Engineers	1,369	$97,234
12	Statisticians	1,338	$100,608

13	Management Analysts	1,335	$117,359
14	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists*	1,303	$66,446
15	Database Administrators	1,240	$94,282
16	Financial Analysts	1,219	$122,828
17	Internists, General	1,102	$211,366
18	Financial Managers	1,089	$149,509
19	Industrial Engineers	924	$91,437
20	Sales Engineers	910	$119,017
21	Computer Occupations, All Other	900	$107,969
22	Cooks, Restaurant	853	$26,426
23	Physicians and Surgeons, All Other	785	$244,127
24	Architectural and Engineering Managers	745	$132,450
25	Butchers and Meat Cutters	731	$21,841
26	Materials Engineers	684	$113,305
27	Computer Programmers	681	$82,250
28	Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food	677	$17,031
29	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	662	$17,321
30	Chefs and Head Cooks	627	$49,080
31	Cooks, Fast Food	600	$18,505
32	Civil Engineers	560	$82,878
33	Packers and Packagers, Hand	545	$23,636
34	General and Operations Managers	526	$133,832
35	Home Health Aides	479	$21,049
36	Helpers--Production Workers	476	$17,243
37	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	469	$106,816
38	Business Teachers, Postsecondary	464	$124,301
39	Computer Network Architects	439	$116,800
40	Sales Managers	354	$122,453
41	Information Security Analysts	352	$118,552
42	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	336	$52,270
43	Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	333	$83,603
44	Slaughterers and Meat Packers	323	$19,696
45	Chemists	316	$73,541
46	Lawyers	313	$158,090
47	Industrial Production Managers	308	$109,230
48	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	298	$50,917
49	Graphic Designers	295	$51,868
50	Logisticians	293	$80,578

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 Occupation who have filed the largest numbers of permanent labor certifications under PERM in fiscal year 2016. 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 2016, 43,057 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Software Developers, Applications. The average salary of those 43,057 permanent labor certifications was $106,525. 11,168 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Computer Systems Analysts. The average salary of those 11,168 permanent labor certifications was $98,085. 8,214 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Software Developers, Systems Software. The average salary of those 8,214 permanent labor certifications was $126,016.