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 petition status of permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers by US emplloyer for Green Card in fiscal year 2025. The Green Card Petitions 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 The number includes certified, withdrawn, denied and certified but withdrawn certifications.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. 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 2025, 80,514 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Certified. The average salary of those 80,514 permanent labor certifications was $106,786. 56,982 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Certified-Expired. The average salary of those 56,982 permanent labor certifications was $107,319. 6,662 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Withdrawn. The average salary of those 6,662 permanent labor certifications was $123,529.
