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2022 Green Card Report: Top NAICS Industry

Rank	NAICS Industry	Green Card Petitions	Average Salary
101	Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing	116	$108,268
102	Footwear Manufacturing	114	$133,525
103	Automotive Repair and Maintenance	106	$50,156
104	Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing	104	$59,368
104	Individual and Family Services	104	$51,125
106	Utility System Construction	103	$85,674
107	Securities and Commodity Exchanges	102	$131,504
107	Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	102	$96,731
109	Motion Picture and Video Industries	100	$115,471
110	Radio and Television Broadcasting	98	$119,642
110	Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing	98	$36,910
112	Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	96	$89,321

113	Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers	95	$109,622
113	Automobile Dealers	95	$62,962
113	Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging	95	$20,858
116	Office Administrative Services	93	$97,546
117	Support Activities for Mining	90	$120,815
117	Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	90	$96,137
119	Architectural and Structural Metals Manufacturing	85	$75,114
120	Child Day Care Services	84	$48,255
121	Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers	81	$75,941
122	Specialty Food Stores	77	$44,074
123	Couriers and Express Delivery Services	75	$91,879
124	Lessors of Real Estate	73	$85,746
124	School and Employee Bus Transportation	73	$20,973
126	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	72	$104,765
127	Community Care Facilities for the Elderly	71	$35,601
128	Sound Recording Industries	69	$178,413
129	Oilseed and Grain Farming	67	$35,945
129	Greenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture Production	67	$34,159
131	Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction	65	$72,261
132	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	64	$131,920
133	Sporting Goods, Hobby, and Musical Instrument Stores	63	$120,796
133	Beverage Manufacturing	63	$119,242
135	Electronics and Appliance Stores	62	$88,317
136	Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	61	$78,309
136	Other Animal Production	61	$37,905
136	Drycleaning and Laundry Services	61	$34,681
139	Household Appliance Manufacturing	60	$116,801
139	Jewelry, Luggage, and Leather Goods Stores	60	$68,523
141	Other Personal Services	58	$57,294
142	Office Supplies, Stationery, and Gift Stores	57	$107,056
142	Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing	57	$102,669
142	Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities	57	$27,918
145	Satellite Telecommunications	56	$128,358
146	Home Furnishings Stores	55	$118,820
147	Furniture and Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers	53	$72,761
147	Household and Institutional Furniture and Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing	53	$67,729
149	Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing	52	$112,768
149	Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing	52	$42,135

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, 116 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing 3333. The average salary of those 116 permanent labor certifications was $108,268. 114 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Footwear Manufacturing 3162. The average salary of those 114 permanent labor certifications was $133,525. 106 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Automotive Repair and Maintenance 8111. The average salary of those 106 permanent labor certifications was $50,156.