Rank | Job Title | Green Card Petitions | Average Salary |
51 | Systems Analyst | 248 | $108,311 |
52 | Poultry Production Line Worker (General Labor) | 245 | $28,988 |
53 | Freight Handler | 244 | $29,529 |
54 | Laborer | 242 | $21,380 |
55 | Project Engineer | 220 | $91,653 |
56 | Product Manager | 217 | $167,688 |
57 | Research Scientist | 215 | $161,419 |
58 | Quantitative Analyst | 213 | $174,615 |
59 | Program Manager | 203 | $147,897 |
60 | Senior Data Engineer | 195 | $164,387 |
61 | Staff Software Engineer | 191 | $185,076 |
61 | Poultry Trimmer | 191 | $30,275 |
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63 | Database Administrator | 190 | $103,303 |
64 | Meat Packer | 189 | $32,704 |
65 | Application Development Manager | 186 | $126,862 |
65 | Meat Molder | 186 | $32,662 |
67 | General Labor Line Worker | 185 | $30,500 |
68 | Engineering Manager | 184 | $221,165 |
69 | Mechanical Engineer | 183 | $100,064 |
70 | Lead Analyst | 181 | $154,225 |
71 | Software Dev Engineer Ii | 178 | $143,080 |
72 | Business Systems Analyst | 176 | $127,152 |
73 | Network Engineer | 174 | $115,957 |
74 | Catfish Processor | 170 | $20,942 |
75 | Software Engineer 3 | 169 | $143,591 |
76 | Data Engineer Ii | 168 | $149,520 |
77 | Applied Scientist Ii | 167 | $167,698 |
77 | Devops Engineer | 167 | $111,904 |
79 | Lead Software Engineer - (Multiple Openings) | 166 | $123,683 |
80 | Team Member | 165 | $24,909 |
81 | Sr. Software Developer | 164 | $128,847 |
82 | Technical Program Specialist | 163 | $194,143 |
83 | Senior Data Scientist | 161 | $158,182 |
83 | Product Engineer | 161 | $126,184 |
83 | Financial Analyst | 161 | $113,086 |
86 | Administrative Assistant | 159 | $37,652 |
87 | Lead Software Engineer | 158 | $151,567 |
87 | Helpers - Production Workers | 158 | $34,064 |
89 | Senior Engineer | 157 | $137,811 |
90 | Java Developer | 156 | $104,488 |
91 | Principal Software Developer | 154 | $193,194 |
91 | Machine Learning Engineer | 154 | $176,056 |
93 | Systems Engineer | 153 | $111,253 |
93 | Pecan Packer | 153 | $19,975 |
95 | Home Health Aide | 150 | $26,456 |
96 | Computer Systems Analyst | 143 | $103,454 |
97 | Hospitalist Physician | 142 | $269,054 |
98 | Packer And Packager | 140 | $31,200 |
99 | Senior Consultant | 137 | $112,601 |
100 | Consulting, Senior Consultant | 135 | $141,825 |
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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 Job Titles 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, 248 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Systems Analyst. The average salary of those 248 permanent labor certifications was $108,311. 245 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Poultry Production Line Worker (General Labor). The average salary of those 245 permanent labor certifications was $28,988. 244 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Freight Handler. The average salary of those 244 permanent labor certifications was $29,529.