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2025 Green Card Report for Research Scientist


Category: All | Case Status | Country | College | Major | Visa | Job Title | Occupation | Industry | Work City | Work State

RankGreen Card SponsorGreen Card PetitionsAverage Salary
1 Meta Platforms30 $187,717
2 Intel21 $213,781
3 Facebook8 $171,750
4 Analog Devices4 $165,000
5 Eli Lilly And3 $145,500
6 Kla3 $116,290
7 Nvidia1 $178,250
8 Amazon.Com Services1 $160,000
9 Alphasimplex Group1 $140,000
10 Motorola Solutions1 $133,248
11 Poseida Therapeutics1 $125,000
12 Denali Therapeutics1 $116,000
13 Rvo 2.01 $99,972
14 Widex1 $94,000
15 Zenith System Solutions1 $93,330
16 Va Department Of Transportation1 $91,310
17 Health Research Institute1 $75,300
18 University Of Utah1 $64,954
19 Research Institute At Nationwide Childrens Hospit1 $64,168
20 The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund1 $61,500
21 Nutrition Formulators1 $55,000
22 Eci Pharmaceuticals1 $48,110




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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 employment based Green Card sponsors (Research Scientist) in fiscal year 2024. For Example, the first three records on this report report that Meta Platforms filed 30 permanent labor certifications under PERM for employment based Green Card in fiscal year 2024. The average salary of those job offers was $187,717. Intel filed 21 permanent labor certifications under PERM for employment based Green Card in fiscal year 2024. The average salary of those job offers was $213,781. Facebook filed 8 permanent labor certifications under PERM for employment based Green Card in fiscal year 2024. The average salary of those job offers was $171,750. The number and average salary are not for all permanent labor certifications filed under PERM by at the appropriate National Processing Center by the employers in fiscal year 2024. They are for Research Scientist jobs only.

The green card sponsors(employers) are sorted by the number of Permanent Labor Certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Center. The number includes certified, withdrawn, denied and certified but withdrawn Permanent Labor Certifications.

As above numbers include the Labor Certifications that have been denied or withdrawn, please click the green card sponsors' names to review the details of every certifications. If two green card sponsors have filed same number of permanent labor certifications in the same year and same category, they are further sorted by the average salary in descending order.

The salary is the average salary of all proffered salary on labor certifications filed under PERM system using ETA Form 9089. Some green card sponsors did not enter a specific salary on ETA Form 9089, but a salary range. Our algorithm uses the middle point of the range to calculate the average salary. Please review the certification detail to see the salary range.