State trend · NH
PERM 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 New Hampshire
PERM 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 New Hampshire, by U.S. fiscal year. Aggregate counts from public DOL records.
- Total PERM 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
- 3,804
- Employers (2026)
- 114
- Median Wage (2026)
- $30,160
Filing volume by fiscal year
Median offered wage by fiscal year
Top sponsors by volume
Ranked by number of New Hampshire-worksite PERM 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.
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1. FMR CORP. 267 PERM
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2. Napoli PSC Series LLC 158 PERM
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3. UNIVERSAL SOFTWARE CORPORATION 103 PERM
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4. DATASERV INC 95 PERM
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5. University of New Hampshire 81 PERM
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6. DeeBeCon Inc 73 PERM
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7. KBACE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 71 PERM
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8. Highdata Software Corporation 70 PERM
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9. Omni Hotels Management Corp. 68 PERM
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10. Dartmouth College 62 PERM
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11. Oracle America, Inc. 61 PERM
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12. Right Way Cleaning LLC 55 PERM
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13. ReSource Waste Services LLC 50 PERM
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14. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic 48 PERM
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15. C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC 47 PERM
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16. Lonza Biologics Inc. 35 PERM
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17. Arista Networks, Inc. 34 PERM
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18. Parallel Wireless, Inc. 33 PERM
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19. Liberty Mutual Group Inc. 33 PERM
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20. ZENITH SOFTWARE INC. 33 PERM
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