State trend · IL

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 Illinois

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 Illinois, 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
67,205
Employers (2026)
1,590
Median Wage (2026)
$102,690

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of Illinois-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. Capgemini America, Inc. 4,146 PERM
  2. 2. CAPGEMINI FINANCIAL SERVICES USA INC. 917 PERM
  3. 3. DFS Corporate Services LLC 738 PERM
  4. 4. Caterpillar Inc 598 PERM
  5. 5. Deloitte Consulting LLP 550 PERM
  6. 6. CAPGEMINI U.S. LLC 537 PERM
  7. 7. Yash Technologies, Inc. 496 PERM
  8. 8. Discover Products Inc 478 PERM
  9. 9. Synapsis Inc 464 PERM
  10. 10. Zensar Technologies Inc 463 PERM
  11. 11. ERNST YOUNG U.S. LLP 454 PERM
  12. 12. AbbVie Inc. 412 PERM
  13. 13. TRANSUNION 347 PERM
  14. 14. Abbott Laboratories 324 PERM
  15. 15. MEDLINE INDUSTRIES 322 PERM
  16. 16. LEAD IT CORPORATION 314 PERM
  17. 17. VERINON TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LIMITED 309 PERM
  18. 18. Accenture LLP 306 PERM
  19. 19. MCKINSEY COMPANY, INC UNITED STATES 302 PERM
  20. 20. DEERE COMPANY 287 PERM

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