State trend · NE

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 Nebraska

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 Nebraska, 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
6,289
Employers (2026)
145
Median Wage (2026)
$63,125

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of Nebraska-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. PROKARMA INC 861 PERM
  2. 2. Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. 326 PERM
  3. 3. TECUMSEH POULTRY LLC 319 PERM
  4. 4. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER 163 PERM
  5. 5. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company 125 PERM
  6. 6. Gallup, Inc. 115 PERM
  7. 7. GRAND ISLAND EXPRESS 103 PERM
  8. 8. Sunrise Express 102 PERM
  9. 9. University of Nebraska-Lincoln 96 PERM
  10. 10. I Q SYSTEMS, INC. 94 PERM
  11. 11. PHYSICIANS MUTUAL 92 PERM
  12. 12. Concentrix CVG Customer Management Group Inc. 87 PERM
  13. 13. UNIVERSAL PURE COLD STORAGE, LLC 85 PERM
  14. 14. WEST CORPORATION 81 PERM
  15. 15. Union Pacific Railroad 74 PERM
  16. 16. BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF NEBRASKA 73 PERM
  17. 17. PAYPAL INC 71 PERM
  18. 18. CSG SYSTEMS INC. 69 PERM
  19. 19. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA 67 PERM
  20. 20. American Union Ventures INC. DBA Am. Recycling 65 PERM

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