State trend · IA

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 Iowa

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 Iowa, 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
6,797
Employers (2026)
175
Median Wage (2026)
$81,586

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of Iowa-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 IOWA 608 PERM
  2. 2. ROCKWELL COLLINS 398 PERM
  3. 3. WEST LIBERTY FOODS, LLC 335 PERM
  4. 4. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY 204 PERM
  5. 5. Oak View Farms LLC 138 PERM
  6. 6. DEERE COMPANY 125 PERM
  7. 7. Premier Services Inc. 123 PERM
  8. 8. Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. 117 PERM
  9. 9. KANAP SYSTEMS LLC 109 PERM
  10. 10. Transamerica Life Insurance Company 103 PERM
  11. 11. Iowa Physicians Clinic Medical Foundation 99 PERM
  12. 12. AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING LLC 88 PERM
  13. 13. MEADOWVALE DAIRY LLC 86 PERM
  14. 14. EGIANTS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. 83 PERM
  15. 15. Genesis Health System 80 PERM
  16. 16. Harold Dickey Transport, Inc. 79 PERM
  17. 17. Inteliroute Technologies LLC 70 PERM
  18. 18. ACT Inc 60 PERM
  19. 19. Pioneer Consulting Services Inc 54 PERM
  20. 20. HNI Corporation 52 PERM

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