State trend · TX

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 Texas

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 Texas, 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
176,453
Employers (2026)
3,649
Median Wage (2026)
$119,808

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of Texas-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. COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORPORATION 20,691 PERM
  2. 2. INFOSYS INC. 8,979 PERM
  3. 3. Oracle America, Inc. 1,595 PERM
  4. 4. MVT SERVICES, LLC 1,443 PERM
  5. 5. HCL America Inc. 1,076 PERM
  6. 6. Tech Mahindra (Americas) Inc. (formerly MBT International, Inc.) 1,059 PERM
  7. 7. Intel Corporation 1,023 PERM
  8. 8. Deloitte Consulting LLP 1,008 PERM
  9. 9. NTT DATA, INC 1,008 PERM
  10. 10. TEXAS INSTRUMENTS 925 PERM
  11. 11. AMERICAN AIRLINES 855 PERM
  12. 12. Dallas Independent School District 851 PERM
  13. 13. Dell USA LP 794 PERM
  14. 14. ERICSSON 745 PERM
  15. 15. MERIT LOGISTICS 733 PERM
  16. 16. AMAZON WEB SERVICES LLC 722 PERM
  17. 17. JP MORGAN CHASE CO 689 PERM
  18. 18. ERNST YOUNG U.S. LLP 654 PERM
  19. 19. Conexus MedStaff LLC 643 PERM
  20. 20. Microsoft Corporation 610 PERM

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