Top Green Card Sponsor by Job Title : 2020 Green Card Reports

2020 Green Card Report: Top Job Title

Rank	Job Title	Green Card Petitions	Average Salary
1	Software Developers, Applications	25,251	$119,308
2	Software Developers, Systems Software	9,659	$137,170
3	Computer Systems Analysts	6,773	$118,057
4	Computer Occupations, All Other	3,541	$116,444
5	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	2,561	$128,296
6	Statisticians	1,984	$121,514
7	Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,389	$165,418
8	Mechanical Engineers	1,346	$96,810
9	Truck Driver	1,282	$37,787
10	Accountants and Auditors	1,196	$92,499
11	Financial Analysts	1,001	$128,704
12	Management Analysts	964	$124,638

13	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	887	$105,692
14	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	834	$22,464
15	Electrical Engineers	830	$100,256
16	Marketing Managers	827	$147,747
17	Sales Engineers	758	$127,377
18	Industrial Engineers	649	$98,365
19	Database Administrators	600	$109,479
20	Software Developer, Applications	512	$113,836
21	Internists, General	511	$231,300
22	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	493	$82,465
23	Materials Engineers	457	$120,009
24	SOFTWARE DEVELOPER	441	$98,751
25	Civil Engineers	423	$84,590
26	COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYST	398	$103,906
27	Landscape Laborer	395	$22,015
28	Computer Programmers	383	$86,263
29	Information Security Analysts	381	$126,003
30	Poultry Processing Worker	378	$22,344
31	Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers	377	$109,077
32	COOKS, RESTAURANT	374	$28,552
33	GENERAL AND OPERATIONS MANAGERS	358	$134,163
34	Physicians and Surgeons, All Other	340	$294,353
35	Architectural and Engineering Managers	336	$148,424
36	Business Teachers, Postsecondary	332	$139,351
36	Information Technology Project Managers	332	$118,846
38	Financial Managers	331	$160,996
39	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	306	$23,022
40	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	296	$25,573
41	Multimedia Artists and Animators	292	$117,736
42	Computer Network Architects	280	$123,396
43	Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food	275	$18,046
44	Assistant Professor	270	$103,549
45	Logisticians	258	$93,763
46	Software Engineer	244	$97,064
47	Home Health Aides	241	$23,469
48	Industrial Production Managers	214	$116,483
49	Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists	204	$60,696
50	Computer Hardware Engineers	202	$139,507

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 2019. 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 2019, 25,251 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Software Developers, Applications. The average salary of those 25,251 permanent labor certifications was $119,308. 9,659 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Software Developers, Systems Software. The average salary of those 9,659 permanent labor certifications was $137,170. 6,773 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Computer Systems Analysts. The average salary of those 6,773 permanent labor certifications was $118,057.