State trend · CA

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 California

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 California, 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
362,763
Employers (2026)
5,633
Median Wage (2026)
$143,790

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of California-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. Google Inc. 19,299 PERM
  2. 2. Apple Inc. 11,636 PERM
  3. 3. Intel Corporation 7,752 PERM
  4. 4. FACEBOOK, INC. 7,528 PERM
  5. 5. Cisco Systems, Inc. 6,999 PERM
  6. 6. NVIDIA Corporation 4,570 PERM
  7. 7. LinkedIn Corporation 3,786 PERM
  8. 8. Oracle America, Inc. 3,748 PERM
  9. 9. Amazon.com Services LLC 3,568 PERM
  10. 10. QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3,396 PERM
  11. 11. VMware, Inc. 2,702 PERM
  12. 12. SALESFORCE.COM 2,498 PERM
  13. 13. PAYPAL INC 2,462 PERM
  14. 14. UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2,338 PERM
  15. 15. INTUIT 2,315 PERM
  16. 16. EBAY INC 2,314 PERM
  17. 17. Qualcomm Incorporated 2,066 PERM
  18. 18. Microsoft Corporation 1,894 PERM
  19. 19. YAHOO! INC. 1,883 PERM
  20. 20. Tesla, Inc. 1,583 PERM

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