State trend · ME

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 Maine

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 Maine, 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
1,961
Employers (2026)
56
Median Wage (2026)
$36,400

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of Maine-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. Eastern Maine Medical Center 182 PERM
  2. 2. LABREES INC. 142 PERM
  3. 3. RITE PROS, INC 117 PERM
  4. 4. IDEXX Laboratories Inc. 79 PERM
  5. 5. University of Maine 70 PERM
  6. 6. St. Marys Regional Medical Center 52 PERM
  7. 7. GLOBAL CONSULTING GROUP, INC. 43 PERM
  8. 8. Crestline Hotels & Resort, LLC 40 PERM
  9. 9. The Aroostook Medical Center 37 PERM
  10. 10. RITE AID CORPORATION 36 PERM
  11. 11. University of New England 34 PERM
  12. 12. Colby College 32 PERM
  13. 13. ESAN REALTY LTD 32 PERM
  14. 14. YORK RIVER LANDSCAPING, LLC 31 PERM
  15. 15. Napoli PSC Series LLC 30 PERM
  16. 16. Cape Seafood LLC 27 PERM
  17. 17. Bowdoin College 22 PERM
  18. 18. MaineGeneral Medical Center 22 PERM
  19. 19. Pines Health Services 22 PERM
  20. 20. The Jackson Laboratory 22 PERM

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