State trend · AK

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 ↗ Filing Trends in Alaska

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 ↗ (green-card) labor-certification filing volume and median offered wage for worksites in Alaska, by U.S. fiscal year. Aggregate counts from public DOL records.

Total 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
793
Employers (2026)
32
Median Wage (2026)
$30,410

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of Alaska-worksite 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 on record. A factual count of public filings — no rating or score is implied.

  1. 1. University of Alaska 55 PERM
  2. 2. SMLS Restaurants INC 52 PERM
  3. 3. BTY DENTAL GROUP LLC 43 PERM
  4. 4. Subway of Alaska, Inc. 33 PERM
  5. 5. Midnight Sun Subway 23 PERM
  6. 6. AK ASSETS MGR LLC 17 PERM
  7. 7. LAKEVIEW HOMES ALH LLC 16 PERM
  8. 8. North Harbor Project Inc dba The Fat Mermaid 15 PERM
  9. 9. ConocoPhillips Company 14 PERM
  10. 10. Alaska Yellow Dispatch, LLC 11 PERM
  11. 11. First Security Investment, Inc. 10 PERM
  12. 12. COLUMBIA SUSSEX MANAGEMENT, LLC 8 PERM
  13. 13. Bartlett Regional Hospital 8 PERM
  14. 14. GLACIER DENTAL LLC 7 PERM
  15. 15. TECK ALASKA 7 PERM
  16. 16. INTERNATIONAL SEAFOODS OF ALASKA, INC. 6 PERM
  17. 17. P.E. BARNES COMPANY 6 PERM
  18. 18. DAY SPRING ASSISTED LIVING HOME LLC 6 PERM
  19. 19. ARIANA ALH LLC 6 PERM
  20. 20. NORTHWEST DATA SOLUTIONS 5 PERM

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