Populus Group LLC
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- Staffing & Admin · est. 5,367 U.S. employees
- Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 35.7% of 255 state-year cells < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. Coverage gate
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- Staffing & Admin · est. 5,367 U.S. employees
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- Staffing & Admin · est. 5,367 U.S. employees
- History, not a hiring promise.
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- Staffing & Admin · est. 5,367 U.S. employees
- Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 35.7% of 255 state-year cells < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. Coverage gate
- History, not a hiring promise.
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- History, not a hiring promise.
Every measurement we computed
The same for every question above, so it is shown once here. Ranks count filings, never opinions; each card names what it counted and the group it was ranked against.
Public record data. PERM PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ and LCA LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filing data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure files. Methodology →
Filings over time
How many green-card filings Populus Group LLC has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.
What this means
Populus Group LLC applied to sponsor 988 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2026. A green card application is what an employer files to help a worker stay in the U.S. permanently.
Important: everything on this page is derived from public U.S. Department of Labor records. It is not a statement of fraud, wrongdoing, or hiring intent. It describes observable filing patterns only.
Offered wages on this employer’s filings
Median annual wage this employer offered, by occupation and fiscal year, over its own PERM PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filings — beside the prevailing wage the U.S. Department of Labor determined on the same filings. Two separate figures, never a ratio. Hourly, weekly, bi-weekly and monthly wages are converted to an annual figure using the unit DOL printed for that wage. Methodology →
12 further roles in this employer’s most recent complete year are not shown: fewer than five filings per role, which is too few to publish a wage without describing individual people.
| Occupation | Fiscal year | Green-card filings | Median offered | Median prevailing | Wage level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Database Architects 15-1243.00 | FY2026 partial | 5 | $120,640median of 5 filings | not reported | not reported |
| Software Developers 15-1252.00 | FY2026 partial | 5 | $141,440median of 5 filings | not reported | not reported |
| Software Developers 15-1252.00 | FY2025 | 10 | $128,464median of 10 filings | not reported | not reported |
| Software Developers 15-1252.00 | FY2024 | 12 | $136,240median of 12 filings | $101,275median of 12 filings | Level III |
| Software Developers, Applications 15-1132 | FY2023 | 13 | $112,736median of 13 filings | $96,450median of 13 filings | Level III |
| Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1199 | FY2023 | 13 | $124,800median of 13 filings | $100,942median of 13 filings | Level IV |
| Software Developers 15-1252.00 | FY2023 | 5 | $135,200median of 5 filings | $101,275median of 5 filings | Level III |
| Software Developers, Applications 15-1132 | FY2022 | 21 | $117,562median of 21 filings | $96,450median of 21 filings | Level III |
| Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1199 | FY2022 | 16 | $105,560median of 16 filings | $78,811median of 16 filings | Level III |
| Computer Systems Analysts 15-1121 | FY2022 | 5 | $114,400median of 5 filings | $89,294median of 5 filings | Level III |
| Software Developers, Applications 15-1132 | FY2021 | 21 | $128,087median of 21 filings | $111,093median of 21 filings | Level IV |
| Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1199 | FY2021 | 5 | $120,640median of 5 filings | $80,101median of 5 filings | Level III |
| Software Developers, Applications 15-1132 | FY2020 | 30 | $111,706median of 30 filings | $111,072median of 30 filings | Level IV |
| Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1199 | FY2020 | 9 | $108,160median of 9 filings | $80,101median of 9 filings | Level III |
| Software Developers, Applications 15-1132 | FY2019 | 50 | $109,814median of 50 filings | $93,954median of 50 filings | Level IV |
| Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1199 | FY2019 | 31 | $104,000median of 31 filings | $94,973median of 31 filings | Level IV |
| Computer Systems Analysts 15-1121 | FY2019 | 14 | $103,906median of 14 filings | $101,712median of 14 filings | Level IV |
| Software Developers, Systems Software 15-1133 | FY2019 | 6 | $106,538median of 6 filings | $106,517median of 6 filings | Level IV |
| Software Developers, Applications 15-1132 | FY2018 | 44 | $120,973median of 44 filings | $93,039median of 44 filings | Level IV |
| Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1199 | FY2018 | 23 | $106,974median of 23 filings | $98,613median of 23 filings | Level IV |
| Computer Systems Analysts 15-1121 | FY2018 | 7 | $108,638median of 7 filings | $75,795median of 7 filings | Level II |
| Software Developers, Systems Software 15-1133 | FY2018 | 6 | $120,598median of 6 filings | $99,965median of 6 filings | Level II |
| Software Developers, Applications 15-1132 | FY2017 | 35 | $112,632median of 35 filings | $90,688median of 35 filings | Level II |
| Computer Systems Analysts 15-1121 | FY2017 | 10 | $113,360median of 10 filings | $77,418median of 10 filings | Level II |
| Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1199 | FY2017 | 10 | $117,520median of 10 filings | $89,326median of 10 filings | Level II |
| Software Developers, Systems Software 15-1133 | FY2017 | 8 | $108,160median of 8 filings | $91,042median of 8 filings | Level II |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1142 | FY2017 | 5 | $93,600median of 5 filings | $68,890median of 5 filings | Level II |
| Software Developers, Applications 15-1132 | FY2016 | 76 | $112,653median of 76 filings | $91,884median of 76 filings | Level II |
| Computer Systems Analysts 15-1121 | FY2016 | 20 | $106,569median of 20 filings | $91,437median of 20 filings | Level IV |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1142 | FY2016 | 8 | $116,064median of 8 filings | $85,603median of 8 filings | Level IV |
| Software Developers, Systems Software 15-1133 | FY2016 | 6 | $121,909median of 6 filings | $92,591median of 6 filings | Level II |
| Computer Software Engineers, Applications 15-1031.00 | FY2012 | 27 | $95,680median of 27 filings | $77,771median of 27 filings | Level II |
| Software Developers, Applications 15-1132 | FY2012 | 16 | $95,711median of 16 filings | $83,054median of 16 filings | Level IV |
| Computer Systems Analysts 15-1051.00 | FY2012 | 11 | $125,008median of 11 filings | $74,422median of 11 filings | Level II |
| Database Administrators 15-1061.00 | FY2012 | 6 | $119,600median of 6 filings | $68,785median of 6 filings | Level II |
| Computer Software Engineers, Applications 15-1031.00 | FY2011 | 17 | $89,981median of 17 filings | $77,834median of 17 filings | Level II |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1071.00 | FY2011 | 5 | $104,000median of 5 filings | $63,419median of 5 filings | Level II |
| Computer Software Engineers, Applications 15-1031.00 | FY2010 | 31 | $93,080median of 31 filings | $71,094median of 31 filings | Level I |
| Computer Software Engineers, Applications 15-1031.00 | FY2009 | 14 | $99,154median of 14 filings | $67,985median of 14 filings | Level II |
| Computer Software Engineers, Applications 15-1031.00 | FY2008 | 8 | $91,582median of 8 filings | $76,232median of 8 filings | LEVEL IV |
“Not reported” means the Department of Labor published no such figure on those filings — from FY2025 its PERM PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ disclosure file carries the employer’s offered wage only, with no prevailing-wage determination and no wage level. It does not mean the figure is unknown to us; it means DOL did not publish one.
Wage & Hour Enforcement
Source: DOL Wage & Hour Division WHISARD concluded compliance actions since FY2005. Back wages, civil money penalties, and employees affected, broken down by statute (FLSA, H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ , H-2A, H-2B, SCA, Davis-Bacon, FMLA). Data mirrored nightly from the WHISARD dataset.
USCIS H-1B petition outcomes
Source: USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Employer Data Hub. Petition decisions by fiscal year.
No USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ petition data found for Populus Group LLC.
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