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2022 Green Card Report: Top NAICS Industry

Rank	NAICS Industry	Green Card Petitions	Average Salary
51	Private Households	284	$27,540
52	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	256	$75,275
53	Industrial Machinery Manufacturing	254	$112,289
54	Building Material and Supplies Dealers	250	$104,410
55	Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services	248	$125,263
55	Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers	248	$65,886
57	Health and Personal Care Stores	244	$89,202
58	Gasoline Stations	233	$42,990
59	Traveler Accommodation	232	$58,913
60	Building Equipment Contractors	231	$67,300
61	Other Schools and Instruction	224	$56,793
62	Department Stores	223	$115,595

62	Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers	223	$67,683
64	Business Support Services	221	$114,764
65	Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	216	$113,248
66	Other Specialty Trade Contractors	210	$49,076
67	Building Finishing Contractors	201	$45,023
68	Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services	199	$136,201
69	Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers	191	$52,086
70	Other Food Manufacturing	181	$102,888
71	Other Amusement and Recreation Industries	179	$52,737
72	Religious Organizations	178	$41,499
73	Clothing Stores	175	$116,826
74	Personal Care Services	171	$40,864
75	Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing	169	$106,951
76	Cattle Ranching and Farming	167	$41,028
77	Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	166	$118,321
77	Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing	166	$93,357
79	Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers	163	$109,494
80	Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing	161	$102,344
81	Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	159	$85,880
81	Specialized Design Services	159	$80,508
83	Outpatient Care Centers	149	$123,891
84	Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing	148	$117,293
85	Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)	147	$118,009
86	Freight Transportation Arrangement	143	$75,342
87	Scheduled Air Transportation	141	$101,053
87	Spectator Sports	141	$50,539
89	Plastics Product Manufacturing	139	$92,675
90	Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers	137	$94,539
91	Basic Chemical Manufacturing	135	$118,968
92	Electrical Equipment Manufacturing	134	$101,405
93	Educational Support Services	132	$85,391
94	Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers	129	$97,668
95	Cement and Concrete Product Manufacturing	128	$58,708
96	Local Messengers and Local Delivery	127	$24,401
97	Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers	123	$93,632
97	Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers	123	$62,356
99	Monetary Authorities-Central Bank	122	$122,783
100	Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing	118	$43,492

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 NAICS Industry who have filed the largest numbers of permanent labor certifications under PERM in fiscal year 2021. 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 2021, 284 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Private Households 8141. The average salary of those 284 permanent labor certifications was $27,540. 256 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Offices of Other Health Practitioners 6213. The average salary of those 256 permanent labor certifications was $75,275. 254 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Industrial Machinery Manufacturing 3332. The average salary of those 254 permanent labor certifications was $112,289.