State trend · CT

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 Connecticut

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 Connecticut, 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
14,098
Employers (2026)
334
Median Wage (2026)
$119,977

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of Connecticut-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. ASML US LLC 340 PERM
  2. 2. Cyma Systems Inc 263 PERM
  3. 3. Yale University 260 PERM
  4. 4. Webilent Technology Inc. 253 PERM
  5. 5. Sagarsoft Inc 223 PERM
  6. 6. University of Connecticut 197 PERM
  7. 7. Accenture LLP 194 PERM
  8. 8. Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company 182 PERM
  9. 9. AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 175 PERM
  10. 10. Hartford Fire Insurance Company 150 PERM
  11. 11. The Travelers Indemnity Company 143 PERM
  12. 12. QUEST GLOBAL SERVICES-NA, INC. 142 PERM
  13. 13. VLink, Inc. 139 PERM
  14. 14. Factset Research Systems Inc. 130 PERM
  15. 15. Aetna Resources LLC 126 PERM
  16. 16. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc 115 PERM
  17. 17. GARTNER INC. 115 PERM
  18. 18. Northeast Medical Group 111 PERM
  19. 19. PRICELINE.COM 110 PERM
  20. 20. Infowave Systems Inc 103 PERM

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