Top Green Card Sponsor by Occupation : 2019 Green Card Reports

2019 Green Card Report: Top Occupation

Rank	Occupation	Green Card Petitions	Average Salary
1	Software Developers, Applications	31,377	$116,996
2	Software Developers, Systems Software	11,456	$132,397
3	Computer Systems Analysts	9,923	$109,985
4	Computer Occupations, All Other	5,116	$112,679
5	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	3,312	$123,686
6	Statisticians	2,255	$110,398
7	Computer and Information Systems Managers	2,134	$158,748
8	Accountants and Auditors	2,063	$82,716
9	Mechanical Engineers	1,890	$92,345
10	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	1,850	$21,052
11	Network and Computer Systems Administrators*	1,846	$99,852
12	Marketing Managers	1,465	$138,348

13	Management Analysts	1,287	$119,532
14	Electrical Engineers	1,284	$97,419
15	Financial Analysts	1,282	$121,496
16	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists*	1,216	$66,924
17	Database Administrators	1,068	$101,494
18	Cooks, Restaurant	1,045	$27,800
19	Sales Engineers	969	$117,987
20	Industrial Engineers	915	$94,779
21	Financial Managers	900	$156,656
22	Internists, General	826	$223,796
23	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	699	$36,918
24	Civil Engineers	698	$81,925
25	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	629	$23,187
26	Physicians and Surgeons, All Other	615	$285,008
27	General and Operations Managers	570	$123,113
28	Materials Engineers	562	$110,983
29	Computer Programmers	561	$83,118
30	Packers and Packagers, Hand	556	$20,263
31	Architectural and Engineering Managers	542	$136,919
31	Business Teachers, Postsecondary	542	$128,648
33	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	533	$113,860
34	Information Security Analysts	494	$124,650
35	Chefs and Head Cooks	450	$48,026
36	Home Health Aides	429	$22,661
37	Sales Managers	423	$131,124
38	Multimedia Artists and Animators	419	$104,995
39	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	415	$39,275
40	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	386	$19,778
41	Logisticians	365	$82,873
42	Slaughterers and Meat Packers	342	$22,224
43	Lawyers	327	$168,021
44	Industrial Production Managers	326	$113,764
45	Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	317	$19,840
46	Computer Network Architects	314	$119,887
47	Dentists, General	306	$126,642
48	Construction Managers	284	$100,217
49	Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	279	$73,600
49	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	279	$51,326

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 2018. 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 2018, 31,377 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Software Developers, Applications. The average salary of those 31,377 permanent labor certifications was $116,996. 11,456 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Software Developers, Systems Software. The average salary of those 11,456 permanent labor certifications was $132,397. 9,923 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Computer Systems Analysts. The average salary of those 9,923 permanent labor certifications was $109,985.