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Green Card Report: Top NAICS Industries

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RankNAICS IndustryGreen Card PetitionsAverage Salary
1Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 29,468$131,062
2Information 8,081$165,830
3Finance and Insurance 6,035$149,146
4Health Care and Social Assistance 5,305$77,284
5Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 5,286$48,588
6Accommodation and Food Services 4,004$36,654
7Educational Services 2,549$93,205
8Wholesale Trade 1,707$89,385
9Construction 1,573$68,648
10Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 1,164$32,922
11Other Services (except Public Administration) 1,049$47,382
12Management of Companies and Enterprises 581$145,834
13Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 488$91,792
14Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 352$64,547
15Utilities 207$125,432
16Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 130$130,031
17Public Administration 72$116,311

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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 Industries that have filed the largest numbers of permanent labor certifications under PERM in fiscal year2024. 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 The number includes certified, withdrawn, denied and certified but withdrawn certifications.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, 29,468 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 54. The average salary of those 29,468 permanent labor certifications was $131,062. 8,081 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Information 51. The average salary of those 8,081 permanent labor certifications was $165,830. 6,035 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Finance and Insurance 52. The average salary of those 6,035 permanent labor certifications was $149,146.