State trend · MA

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 Massachusetts

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 Massachusetts, 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
56,163
Employers (2026)
1,312
Median Wage (2026)
$122,000

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of Massachusetts-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. Randstad Technologies, LLC 2,118 PERM
  2. 2. Virtusa Corporation 1,450 PERM
  3. 3. The MathWorks, Inc. 1,330 PERM
  4. 4. Wayfair LLC 909 PERM
  5. 5. EMC Corporation 645 PERM
  6. 6. AVCO Consulting Inc 561 PERM
  7. 7. Akamai Technologies, Inc. 555 PERM
  8. 8. eClinicalWorks LLC 509 PERM
  9. 9. Amazon.com Services LLC 490 PERM
  10. 10. Sapient Corporation 487 PERM
  11. 11. State Street Bank and Trust Company 479 PERM
  12. 12. FMR CORP. 477 PERM
  13. 13. Collaborate Solutions Inc 400 PERM
  14. 14. PATNI AMERICAS, INC. 377 PERM
  15. 15. Staples, Inc. 370 PERM
  16. 16. Hyannis Air Service, Inc 347 PERM
  17. 17. THE DOTCOM.TEAM, LLC 343 PERM
  18. 18. INTEL MASSACHUSETTS, INC. 342 PERM
  19. 19. Oracle America, Inc. 333 PERM
  20. 20. Google Inc. 319 PERM

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