State trend · UT

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 Utah

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 Utah, 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
9,549
Employers (2026)
305
Median Wage (2026)
$63,606

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of Utah-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. HERCULES STAFFING LLC 487 PERM
  2. 2. University of Utah 416 PERM
  3. 3. ARUP Laboratories 262 PERM
  4. 4. OVERSTOCK.COM 238 PERM
  5. 5. Oracle America, Inc. 180 PERM
  6. 6. Goldman Sachs Services LLC 163 PERM
  7. 7. IM FLASH TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 162 PERM
  8. 8. GOLDMAN SACHS CO. LLC 147 PERM
  9. 9. TW SERVICES CORP. 141 PERM
  10. 10. GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. LLC 122 PERM
  11. 11. Utah State University 109 PERM
  12. 12. Adobe Inc. 102 PERM
  13. 13. SwiftTransportation Co of AZ, LLC 100 PERM
  14. 14. Zions Bancorporation, N.A. 91 PERM
  15. 15. IHC HEALTH SERVICES INC 90 PERM
  16. 16. WEST LIBERTY FOODS, LLC 90 PERM
  17. 17. DST Enterprises, Inc 83 PERM
  18. 18. Vivint, Inc. 76 PERM
  19. 19. COTIVITI INC 76 PERM
  20. 20. Ancestry.com Operations Inc. 70 PERM

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