State trend · NC

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 North Carolina

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 North Carolina, 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
36,627
Employers (2026)
779
Median Wage (2026)
$120,661

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of North Carolina-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. Defender Services, Inc. 1,316 PERM
  2. 2. CASE FARMS PROCESSING INC. 1,288 PERM
  3. 3. WAYNE FARMS LLC 1,215 PERM
  4. 4. FMR CORP. 1,114 PERM
  5. 5. HCL America Inc. 1,100 PERM
  6. 6. HOUSE OF RAEFORD FARMS, INC. 1,067 PERM
  7. 7. Cisco Systems, Inc. 897 PERM
  8. 8. BANK OF AMERICA 640 PERM
  9. 9. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 511 PERM
  10. 10. Rely Workforce Group LLC 441 PERM
  11. 11. Microsoft Corporation 404 PERM
  12. 12. LOWES COMPANIES, INC. 343 PERM
  13. 13. DB GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY 342 PERM
  14. 14. Lowe's Companies, Inc. 313 PERM
  15. 15. NetApp, Inc. 249 PERM
  16. 16. INFOMERICA, INC 246 PERM
  17. 17. SAS Institute Inc. 239 PERM
  18. 18. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 234 PERM
  19. 19. Red Hat, Inc. 223 PERM
  20. 20. BRODIE CONTRACTORS, INC 215 PERM

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