State trend · ID

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 Idaho

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 Idaho, 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
2,443
Employers (2026)
71
Median Wage (2026)
$85,000

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of Idaho-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. MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 952 PERM
  2. 2. BDQ, Inc. 142 PERM
  3. 3. University of Idaho 93 PERM
  4. 4. BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY 75 PERM
  5. 5. MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS 31 PERM
  6. 6. Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC 30 PERM
  7. 7. Jentzsch Kearl Farms 30 PERM
  8. 8. Melaleuca, Inc. 29 PERM
  9. 9. Riverence Provisions LLC 29 PERM
  10. 10. Idaho State University 27 PERM
  11. 11. J.R. Simplot Company 27 PERM
  12. 12. HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 25 PERM
  13. 13. Intel Corporation 23 PERM
  14. 14. Clearwater Analytics, LLC 18 PERM
  15. 15. Grant 4D Farms, LLC 18 PERM
  16. 16. Applied Materials, Inc 18 PERM
  17. 17. Northern Stone Supply, Inc. 16 PERM
  18. 18. HP Inc. 16 PERM
  19. 19. Grant 4-D Farms, LLC 14 PERM
  20. 20. Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. 14 PERM

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