State trend · NM

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 Mexico

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 Mexico, 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
2,942
Employers (2026)
81
Median Wage (2026)
$59,000

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of New Mexico-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. Presbyterian Healthcare Services 236 PERM
  2. 2. SPERIDIAN TECHNOLOGIES A.K.A KARMA CONSULTING SVC 187 PERM
  3. 3. GALLUP MCKINLEY COUNTY SCHOOLS 178 PERM
  4. 4. Intel Corporation 177 PERM
  5. 5. University of New Mexico 130 PERM
  6. 6. New Mexico State University 92 PERM
  7. 7. CENTRAL CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT 75 PERM
  8. 8. Speridian Technologies, LLC 75 PERM
  9. 9. ESPANOLA PUBLIC SCHOOLS 66 PERM
  10. 10. APOGEE MEDICAL GROUP, NEW MEXICO, INC. 52 PERM
  11. 11. ZUNI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT 47 PERM
  12. 12. GRANTS CIBOLA COUNTY SCHOOLS 37 PERM
  13. 13. Hospitalist Medicine Physicians of Texas, PLLC 33 PERM
  14. 14. RIVERVIEW LLP 31 PERM
  15. 15. Santa Fe Public Schools 28 PERM
  16. 16. Deming Public Schools 27 PERM
  17. 17. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology 23 PERM
  18. 18. SAN JUAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC. 22 PERM
  19. 19. Hobbs Municipal Schools 21 PERM
  20. 20. Eastern New Mexico University 21 PERM

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