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Rank | Occupation | Green Card Petitions | Average Salary | 1 | Software Developers, Applications | 26,077 | $128,515 | 2 | Software Developers, Systems Software | 10,756 | $144,582 | 3 | Computer Systems Analysts | 6,363 | $122,262 | 4 | Statisticians | 2,493 | $125,367 | 5 | Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | 2,133 | $137,316 | 6 | Information Technology Project Managers | 2,011 | $129,752 | 7 | Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers | 1,472 | $111,692 | 8 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | 1,440 | $180,880 | 9 | Mechanical Engineers | 1,168 | $102,710 | 10 | Financial Analysts | 1,062 | $136,393 | 11 | Network and Computer Systems Administrators | 1,008 | $108,658 | 12 | Management Analysts | 994 | $145,060 | | 13 | Electrical Engineers | 931 | $107,198 | 14 | Accountants | 834 | $93,459 | 15 | Software Developer, Applications | 762 | $118,227 | 16 | Marketing Managers | 760 | $155,078 | 17 | Sales Engineers | 742 | $131,150 | 18 | Software Developer | 704 | $100,983 | 19 | Landscape Laborer | 686 | $24,477 | 20 | Industrial Engineers | 678 | $101,782 | 21 | TRUCK DRIVER | 676 | $39,552 | 22 | MARKET RESEARCH ANALYSTS AND MARKETING SPECIALISTS | 621 | $87,084 | 23 | Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers | 618 | $28,463 | 24 | Database Administrators | 597 | $110,026 | 25 | Information Security Analysts | 556 | $135,170 | 26 | COMPUTER OCCUPATIONS, ALL OTHER | 544 | $119,581 | 27 | Materials Engineers | 529 | $128,433 | 28 | Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists | 490 | $48,125 | 29 | Internists, General | 476 | $252,784 | 30 | Civil Engineers | 454 | $90,689 | 31 | Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food | 452 | $19,301 | 32 | Physicians and Surgeons, All Other | 436 | $310,623 | 33 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | 411 | $158,360 | 34 | Business Intelligence Analysts | 409 | $113,494 | 35 | Computer Systems Analyst | 396 | $107,715 | 36 | Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers | 387 | $24,241 | 37 | Auditors | 384 | $101,326 | 38 | Computer Hardware Engineers | 376 | $151,759 | 39 | Computer Systems EngineersArchitects | 373 | $119,221 | 40 | General and Operations Managers | 372 | $135,418 | 41 | Computer Network Architects | 367 | $129,431 | 42 | Cooks, Restaurant | 332 | $29,651 | 43 | Computer Programmers | 325 | $93,031 | 44 | Software Engineer | 321 | $102,987 | 45 | Logistics Managers | 315 | $122,767 | 46 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | 313 | $139,989 | 47 | Packers and Packagers, Hand | 301 | $26,779 | 48 | Multimedia Artists and Animators | 290 | $122,196 | 49 | Accountants and Auditors | 280 | $87,106 | 50 | Sales Managers | 277 | $143,731 |
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 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, 26,077 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Software Developers, Applications. The average salary of those 26,077 permanent labor certifications was $128,515. 10,756 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Software Developers, Systems Software. The average salary of those 10,756 permanent labor certifications was $144,582. 6,363 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Computer Systems Analysts. The average salary of those 6,363 permanent labor certifications was $122,262.
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