State trend · WA

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 Washington

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 Washington, 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
95,001
Employers (2026)
685
Median Wage (2026)
$140,868

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of Washington-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. Microsoft Corporation 33,251 PERM
  2. 2. Amazon.com Services LLC 17,280 PERM
  3. 3. AMAZON CORPORATE LLC 6,590 PERM
  4. 4. Google Inc. 2,362 PERM
  5. 5. AMAZON WEB SERVICES LLC 2,151 PERM
  6. 6. FACEBOOK, INC. 1,520 PERM
  7. 7. Expedia, Inc. 1,307 PERM
  8. 8. AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTER U.S., INC 1,142 PERM
  9. 9. Oracle America, Inc. 1,075 PERM
  10. 10. AMAZON FULFILLMENT SERVICES, INC. 1,020 PERM
  11. 11. HCL America Inc. 658 PERM
  12. 12. T-Mobile USA, Inc. 598 PERM
  13. 13. NORDSTROM, INC 528 PERM
  14. 14. ZILLOW INC 490 PERM
  15. 15. University of Washington 396 PERM
  16. 16. Starbucks Coffee Company 380 PERM
  17. 17. Meta Platforms, Inc 371 PERM
  18. 18. UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC. 320 PERM
  19. 19. SALESFORCE.COM 299 PERM
  20. 20. PEOPLE TECH GROUP INC 263 PERM

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