State trend · FL

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 Florida

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 Florida, 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
71,802
Employers (2026)
2,945
Median Wage (2026)
$55,307

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of Florida-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. KFORCE INC. 3,090 PERM
  2. 2. Management Health Systems, LLC DBA MedPro 2,301 PERM
  3. 3. Deloitte Consulting LLP 1,088 PERM
  4. 4. SYSTEM SOFT TECHNOLOGIES LLC 816 PERM
  5. 5. Citibank N.A. 498 PERM
  6. 6. University of Florida 495 PERM
  7. 7. NATURE'S WAY FARMS, LLC 434 PERM
  8. 8. Pure Beauty Farms 433 PERM
  9. 9. FH Miami Operations LLC 352 PERM
  10. 10. NATURES WAY FARMS, LLC. 253 PERM
  11. 11. CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 252 PERM
  12. 12. Oracle America, Inc. 252 PERM
  13. 13. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI 234 PERM
  14. 14. FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY 233 PERM
  15. 15. MODIS, INC. 216 PERM
  16. 16. IH SERVICES, INC 216 PERM
  17. 17. ORION TRAVEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 214 PERM
  18. 18. STS Technical Services 212 PERM
  19. 19. SPACE COAST SERVICES MANAGEMENT, INC 208 PERM
  20. 20. NIC INFO TEK INC 205 PERM

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