State trend · MI

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 Michigan

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 Michigan, 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
46,714
Employers (2026)
889
Median Wage (2026)
$98,131

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of Michigan-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. General Motors Company 1,992 PERM
  2. 2. HCL Global Systems Inc 1,419 PERM
  3. 3. HTC GLOBAL SERVICES INC 1,011 PERM
  4. 4. University of Michigan 817 PERM
  5. 5. TECHNOSOFT CORPORATION 689 PERM
  6. 6. FORD MOTOR COMPANY 667 PERM
  7. 7. CSC Covansys Corporation 591 PERM
  8. 8. RELIABLE SOFTWARE RESOURCES INC 549 PERM
  9. 9. MIRACLE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS INC. 472 PERM
  10. 10. Michigan State University 467 PERM
  11. 11. COMPUWARE CORPORATION 423 PERM
  12. 12. FCA US LLC 419 PERM
  13. 13. SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC. (STG) 410 PERM
  14. 14. SYNTEL INC. 385 PERM
  15. 15. Whirlpool Corporation 371 PERM
  16. 16. Epitec, Inc. 364 PERM
  17. 17. Altair ProductDesign, Inc. 360 PERM
  18. 18. Populus Group LLC 353 PERM
  19. 19. HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM 299 PERM
  20. 20. TRW AUTOMOTIVE 277 PERM

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