State trend · MD

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 Maryland

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 Maryland, 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
24,888
Employers (2026)
629
Median Wage (2026)
$96,179

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of Maryland-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. PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 731 PERM
  2. 2. Hughes Network Systems LLC 467 PERM
  3. 3. BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM 428 PERM
  4. 4. CLIENT NETWORK SERVICES, INC. 345 PERM
  5. 5. INFINITE COMPUTER SOLUTIONS INC 293 PERM
  6. 6. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY 286 PERM
  7. 7. T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. 229 PERM
  8. 8. INOVALON, INC. 220 PERM
  9. 9. UNIFY SOLUTIONS INC 201 PERM
  10. 10. XPEDITE TECHNOLOGIES INC 170 PERM
  11. 11. QUALITY SOFTWARE SERVICES INC 167 PERM
  12. 12. Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) 155 PERM
  13. 13. PACE COMPUTER SOLUTIONS INC 144 PERM
  14. 14. Infosys Public Services 139 PERM
  15. 15. The Johns Hopkins University 122 PERM
  16. 16. PARADIGM INFOTECH INC 121 PERM
  17. 17. TEKSYSTEMS GLOBAL SERVICES LLC 120 PERM
  18. 18. SCEPTER TECHNOLOGIES INC 117 PERM
  19. 19. Bill Me Later, Inc. 111 PERM
  20. 20. Pinpoint Cleaning Service, Inc. 107 PERM

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