State trend · DE

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 Delaware

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 Delaware, 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
7,367
Employers (2026)
114
Median Wage (2026)
$114,000

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of Delaware-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. JP MORGAN CHASE CO 713 PERM
  2. 2. PERDUE FARMS 543 PERM
  3. 3. DELASOFT, INC 258 PERM
  4. 4. ALLEN HARIM FOODS, LLC 247 PERM
  5. 5. MOUNTAIRE FARMS OF DELAWARE, INC 209 PERM
  6. 6. JPMorgan Chase & Co. 204 PERM
  7. 7. Barclays Bank Delaware 198 PERM
  8. 8. BANK OF AMERICA 172 PERM
  9. 9. AMERICAN SOLUTIONS INC 171 PERM
  10. 10. MICAN TECHNOLOGIES INC 162 PERM
  11. 11. IT RESOURCES INC 147 PERM
  12. 12. HALLMARK GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. 126 PERM
  13. 13. CAPITAL ONE SERVICES II LLC 119 PERM
  14. 14. TECHNO SOFT, INC 109 PERM
  15. 15. COVANT SOLUTIONS INC 102 PERM
  16. 16. UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE 94 PERM
  17. 17. Raas Infotek LLC 91 PERM
  18. 18. Apogee Medical Group, Delaware, Inc. 87 PERM
  19. 19. Citibank N.A. 87 PERM
  20. 20. VENSOFT INC 85 PERM

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