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| Rank | Occupation | Green Card Petitions | Average Salary | | 1 | Software Developers, Applications | 30,126 | $110,114 | | 2 | Computer Systems Analysts | 8,690 | $100,269 | | 3 | Software Developers, Systems Software | 7,163 | $129,184 | | 4 | Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | 2,709 | $119,344 | | 5 | Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers | 2,491 | $20,845 | | 6 | Computer Occupations, All Other | 2,474 | $108,013 | | 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | 1,877 | $153,591 | | 8 | Network and Computer Systems Administrators* | 1,454 | $98,111 | | 9 | Accountants and Auditors | 1,365 | $81,514 | | 10 | Mechanical Engineers | 1,332 | $91,063 | | 11 | Statisticians | 1,231 | $108,079 | | 12 | Marketing Managers | 1,167 | $140,558 | | | 13 | Management Analysts | 1,057 | $119,855 | | 14 | Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists* | 952 | $65,295 | | 15 | Financial Analysts | 950 | $119,658 | | 16 | Database Administrators | 912 | $99,539 | | 17 | Electrical Engineers | 867 | $96,473 | | 18 | Financial Managers | 798 | $147,705 | | 19 | Cooks, Restaurant | 773 | $27,496 | | 20 | Sales Engineers | 707 | $118,541 | | 21 | Internists, General | 698 | $220,945 | | 22 | Packers and Packagers, Hand | 692 | $19,370 | | 23 | Industrial Engineers | 659 | $92,249 | | 24 | Computer Programmers | 655 | $83,353 | | 25 | Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food | 563 | $18,074 | | 26 | Physicians and Surgeons, All Other | 552 | $262,662 | | 27 | Materials Engineers | 471 | $109,723 | | 28 | Chefs and Head Cooks | 448 | $47,988 | | 29 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | 430 | $131,715 | | 30 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | 428 | $107,950 | | 31 | Civil Engineers | 410 | $81,980 | | 32 | General and Operations Managers | 404 | $123,562 | | 33 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | 380 | $127,914 | | 34 | Sales Managers | 344 | $129,481 | | 35 | Home Health Aides | 334 | $21,133 | | 36 | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | 327 | $19,294 | | 37 | Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 323 | $39,341 | | 38 | Information Security Analysts | 298 | $118,769 | | 39 | Helpers--Production Workers | 283 | $17,623 | | 40 | Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | 282 | $50,620 | | 41 | Computer Network Architects | 272 | $120,806 | | 42 | Chemists | 271 | $76,747 | | 43 | Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | 260 | $50,375 | | 44 | Dentists, General | 259 | $129,132 | | 45 | Graphic Designers | 254 | $53,061 | | 46 | Logisticians | 249 | $82,563 | | 47 | Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | 245 | $86,182 | | 48 | Multimedia Artists and Animators | 243 | $101,302 | | 49 | Lawyers | 242 | $167,034 | | 49 | Industrial Production Managers | 242 | $111,401 |
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 2017. 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 2017, 30,126 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Software Developers, Applications. The average salary of those 30,126 permanent labor certifications was $110,114. 8,690 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Computer Systems Analysts. The average salary of those 8,690 permanent labor certifications was $100,269. 7,163 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Software Developers, Systems Software. The average salary of those 7,163 permanent labor certifications was $129,184. |