Top Green Card Sponsor by Occupation : 2020 Green Card Reports

2020 Green Card Report: Top Occupation

Rank	Occupation	Green Card Petitions	Average Salary
1	Software Developers, Applications	27,927	$117,979
2	Software Developers, Systems Software	10,176	$136,009
3	Computer Systems Analysts	7,487	$116,354
4	Computer Occupations, All Other	5,078	$115,381
5	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	2,688	$127,204
6	Statisticians	2,140	$119,722
7	Accountants and Auditors	1,711	$87,088
8	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	1,574	$21,897
9	Mechanical Engineers	1,573	$95,200
10	Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,520	$164,871
11	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,486	$37,435
12	Network and Computer Systems Administrators*	1,270	$103,714

13	Management Analysts	1,141	$117,193
14	Financial Analysts	1,134	$125,425
15	Marketing Managers	981	$143,194
16	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists*	978	$75,750
17	Electrical Engineers	961	$98,486
18	Sales Engineers	837	$125,866
19	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	827	$23,853
20	Cooks, Restaurant	768	$28,861
21	Database Administrators	753	$105,385
22	Industrial Engineers	740	$97,631
23	Internists, General	683	$235,138
24	Civil Engineers	572	$83,355
25	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	550	$22,712
26	General and Operations Managers	497	$126,034
27	Materials Engineers	490	$118,157
28	Financial Managers	470	$163,402
29	Computer Programmers	458	$85,269
30	Business Teachers, Postsecondary	442	$138,782
31	Physicians and Surgeons, All Other	421	$291,569
32	Information Security Analysts	409	$125,946
33	Home Health Aides	384	$24,124
34	Architectural and Engineering Managers	382	$146,924
35	Logisticians	355	$87,739
36	Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food	342	$18,357
37	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	327	$39,669
38	Multimedia Artists and Animators	323	$114,486
39	Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists	313	$57,140
40	Computer Network Architects	311	$122,435
41	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	310	$23,163
42	Chefs and Head Cooks	304	$51,007
43	First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	299	$36,723
44	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	296	$113,321
45	Packers and Packagers, Hand	294	$21,859
46	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	290	$35,815
47	Industrial Production Managers	283	$113,696
48	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	277	$22,744
49	Sales Managers	267	$130,659
50	Food Preparation Workers	252	$21,920

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 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, 27,927 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Software Developers, Applications. The average salary of those 27,927 permanent labor certifications was $117,979. 10,176 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Software Developers, Systems Software. The average salary of those 10,176 permanent labor certifications was $136,009. 7,487 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Computer Systems Analysts. The average salary of those 7,487 permanent labor certifications was $116,354.