State trend · OR

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 Oregon

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 Oregon, 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
16,419
Employers (2026)
270
Median Wage (2026)
$111,800

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of Oregon-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. Intel Corporation 7,504 PERM
  2. 2. NIKE, Inc. 916 PERM
  3. 3. MERIT LOGISTICS 614 PERM
  4. 4. MAY TRUCKING COMPANY 607 PERM
  5. 5. Lam Research Corporation 157 PERM
  6. 6. Oregon State University 128 PERM
  7. 7. University of Oregon 114 PERM
  8. 8. INTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 110 PERM
  9. 9. MENTOR GRAPHICS 107 PERM
  10. 10. Synopsys, Inc. 92 PERM
  11. 11. OREGON HEALTH SCIENCE UNIVERSITY 88 PERM
  12. 12. TP Trucking, LLC 79 PERM
  13. 13. Microsoft Corporation 76 PERM
  14. 14. SALESFORCE.COM 76 PERM
  15. 15. AMAZON WEB SERVICES LLC 72 PERM
  16. 16. RESER'S FINE FOODS, INC 70 PERM
  17. 17. Ajinomoto Foods North America 68 PERM
  18. 18. PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC 62 PERM
  19. 19. NVIDIA Corporation 59 PERM
  20. 20. Landscape East West 59 PERM

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