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Top Green Card Citizenship Countries - 2025 Reports

Most Common Citizenship Countries, Salaries, and Job Trends for employment-based green card sponsorship.

Rank	Citizenship Country	Green Card Petitions	Average Salary
1	India	42,211	$142,105
2	China	8,490	$143,993
3	Mexico	4,545	$63,393
4	Vietnam	3,782	$35,530
5	Philippines	3,454	$45,156
6	Canada	2,507	$156,784
7	Brazil	2,464	$62,688
8	South Korea	2,219	$71,698
9	Bangladesh	1,612	$42,881
10	Nepal	1,483	$60,720
11	Pakistan	1,356	$79,287
12	Colombia	1,184	$53,035
13	Taiwan	861	$121,468
14	Venezuela	824	$58,222
15	Nigeria	733	$80,214
16	Turkey	601	$83,555
17	United Kingdom	596	$146,748
18	South Africa	547	$63,019
19	Thailand	490	$54,952
20	France	430	$142,112
21	Ghana	426	$53,144
22	Jamaica	420	$50,725
23	Italy	392	$113,577
24	Ukraine	377	$93,321
24	Kenya	377	$52,844

26	Australia	372	$169,854
27	Iran	365	$78,547
28	Russia	356	$116,745
29	Spain	351	$109,333
30	Germany	347	$139,498
31	Argentina	335	$101,183
32	Japan	311	$100,951
33	Poland	292	$82,517
34	Peru	221	$87,511
35	El Salvador	219	$49,428
36	Mongolia	215	$47,548
36	Albania	215	$40,345
38	Egypt	212	$116,791
38	Zimbabwe	212	$58,319
40	Cambodia	208	$27,844
41	Ecuador	199	$66,895
42	Guatemala	193	$48,896
43	Lebanon	192	$107,864
44	Jordan	177	$116,633
45	Chile	173	$106,235
45	Honduras	173	$64,914
47	Ireland	170	$141,339
48	Israel	168	$141,048
49	Sri Lanka	152	$93,036
50	Malaysia	144	$124,319
51	Dominican Republic	134	$61,128
52	Ethiopia	126	$97,223
53	Macedonia	125	$50,471
54	Singapore	117	$168,816
55	Indonesia	108	$107,700
55	Hong Kong	108	$96,419
55	Uzbekistan	108	$53,260
58	Cameroon	107	$49,896
59	Romania	106	$87,655
60	Belarus	100	$144,162
61	Kazakhstan	99	$84,679
62	Costa Rica	98	$100,104
63	Greece	91	$140,199
64	Burma (Myanmar)	87	$63,152
65	Netherlands	85	$122,386
66	United States Of America	84	$102,443
67	Armenia	78	$76,875
68	Portugal	70	$107,884
69	Hungary	65	$73,990
70	Syria	62	$115,854
70	Serbia	62	$90,197
70	Haiti	62	$49,720
70	Somalia	62	$42,991
74	Democratic Republic Of Congo	60	$48,236
75	Saudi Arabia	56	$110,394

75	Uganda	56	$80,164
77	Sweden	54	$122,738
78	Guyana	51	$46,781
79	Trinidad And Tobago	50	$112,403
80	Bolivia	49	$61,298
81	Belgium	46	$158,602
81	Morocco	46	$92,224
83	Sudan	45	$80,679
84	New Zealand	42	$141,840
85	Georgia	41	$84,627
85	Bulgaria	41	$80,225
87	Azerbaijan	38	$71,686
88	Rwanda	36	$85,314
88	Moldova	36	$64,009
90	Afghanistan	34	$49,915
91	Panama	33	$62,678
92	Bahamas	30	$85,373
92	Tunisia	30	$81,002
92	Zambia	30	$35,745
95	Switzerland	28	$154,765
95	Turkmenistan	28	$39,314
97	Austria	26	$125,869
97	Lithuania	26	$95,736
97	Algeria	26	$53,659
100	Kyrgyzstan	25	$92,562
100	Tanzania	25	$80,284
100	Nicaragua	25	$62,197
103	Uruguay	22	$139,389
103	Iraq	22	$97,701
105	Finland	20	$135,758
105	Czech Republic	20	$117,838
107	Slovakia	19	$129,300
107	Gambia	19	$41,163
109	Palestine	18	$95,663
110	Kosovo	17	$78,603
111	Norway	16	$163,429
111	Paraguay	16	$79,710
113	Libya	15	$82,084
113	Yemen	15	$70,825
113	Belize	15	$67,677
113	Burkina Faso	15	$66,021
113	Liberia	15	$33,132
118	Denmark	14	$163,193
118	Barbados	14	$101,721
120	Croatia	13	$125,003
120	Bosnia And Herzegovina	13	$78,753
120	Tajikistan	13	$57,000
123	Grenada	11	$112,288
123	Laos	11	$32,344
125	Benin	10	$99,354

125	Macau	10	$62,681
125	Togo	10	$60,394
128	Estonia	9	$164,332
128	St Lucia	9	$83,426
130	Cyprus	8	$138,779
130	Slovenia	8	$135,190
130	Latvia	8	$123,958
130	Angola	8	$60,362
134	Malawi	7	$106,246
134	Namibia	7	$76,844
136	Senegal	6	$135,612
136	Montenegro	6	$82,937
136	Dominica	6	$79,479
136	United Arab Emirates	6	$48,665
136	Fiji	6	$34,573
141	Madagascar	5	$87,725
142	Antigua And Barbuda	4	$234,932
142	Iceland	4	$162,096
142	Mauritius	4	$151,643
142	Bhutan	4	$139,339
142	Palestinian Territories	4	$133,763
142	Mauritania	4	$88,225
142	Botswana	4	$78,250
142	Lesotho	4	$59,890
142	St Kitts And Nevis	4	$48,463
142	Sierra Leone	4	$32,588
152	Luxembourg	3	$168,750
152	Bahrain	3	$153,392
152	Kuwait	3	$124,022
152	Cote D'Ivoire	3	$83,085
152	Niger	3	$69,312
152	Burundi	3	$40,431
152	South Sudan	3	$23,970
159	Mali	2	$133,136
159	Swaziland	2	$112,863
159	Mozambique	2	$91,029
159	Gabon	2	$89,828
159	Equatorial Guinea	2	$80,663
159	Guinea	2	$76,669
159	Malta	2	$70,500
159	Cuba	2	$33,020
167	Serbia And Montenegro	1	$160,000
167	Oman	1	$140,000
167	Soviet Union	1	$130,000
167	Chad	1	$88,000
167	Ivory Coast	1	$86,000
167	Suriname	1	$68,994
167	Samoa	1	$58,200
167	Tonga	1	$58,200
167	Andorra	1	$39,000

167	Eritrea	1	$36,504
167	Qatar	1	$36,368
167	Brunei	1	$31,980
167	St Vincent	1	$28,163
167	Republic Of Congo	1	$25,709
167	Vanuatu	1	$22,443

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 Citizenship Countries that have filed the largest numbers of permanent labor certifications under PERM in fiscal year 2024. 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 2024, 42,211 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were India. The average salary of those 42,211 permanent labor certifications was $142,105. 8,490 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were China. The average salary of those 8,490 permanent labor certifications was $143,993. 4,545 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Mexico. The average salary of those 4,545 permanent labor certifications was $63,393.