State trend · IN

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 Indiana

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 Indiana, 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
13,012
Employers (2026)
293
Median Wage (2026)
$63,502

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of Indiana-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. Cummins Inc. 2,006 PERM
  2. 2. Labor Guys, LLC 808 PERM
  3. 3. Indiana University 581 PERM
  4. 4. Purdue University 487 PERM
  5. 5. PYRAMID TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INC 313 PERM
  6. 6. SALESFORCE.COM 209 PERM
  7. 7. Eli Lilly and Company 187 PERM
  8. 8. Farbest Foods Inc 164 PERM
  9. 9. Cummins Emission Solutions Inc. 145 PERM
  10. 10. ZIMMER INC 130 PERM
  11. 11. University of Notre Dame du Lac 121 PERM
  12. 12. KMSB Enterprises LLC 119 PERM
  13. 13. LHP SOFTWARE LLC 112 PERM
  14. 14. Epic Home Care Inc DBA Home Instead Senior Care 107 PERM
  15. 15. Delight TB Indiana Management LLC 99 PERM
  16. 16. Ball State University 98 PERM
  17. 17. GDI Services Inc. 82 PERM
  18. 18. G.T. Services, Inc. dba Green Touch Services 81 PERM
  19. 19. GDN INFOTECH 80 PERM
  20. 20. Gyansys Inc 78 PERM

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