State trend · WI

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 Wisconsin

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 Wisconsin, 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
18,901
Employers (2026)
274
Median Wage (2026)
$25,480

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of Wisconsin-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. Stoughton Trailers, LLC 2,343 PERM
  2. 2. Abbyland Foods Inc. 1,542 PERM
  3. 3. Epic Systems Corporation 837 PERM
  4. 4. FISERV SOLUTIONS, INC 476 PERM
  5. 5. Experis US LLC 361 PERM
  6. 6. Badger Bus Lines, Inc. 360 PERM
  7. 7. Chula Vista Inc 343 PERM
  8. 8. ISR Info Way, Inc 256 PERM
  9. 9. Wilderness Resorts Waterparks Inc 230 PERM
  10. 10. Marshfield Clinic 218 PERM
  11. 11. Homes for Independent Living of Wisconsin LLC 206 PERM
  12. 12. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON 198 PERM
  13. 13. DRM, Inc. 191 PERM
  14. 14. Johnson Controls Inc. 178 PERM
  15. 15. WILDERNESS HOTEL & RESORT, INC. 170 PERM
  16. 16. MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN 164 PERM
  17. 17. Veriha Trucking , Inc 159 PERM
  18. 18. Mitra Midwest Operations, LLC 153 PERM
  19. 19. Symphony Corporation 149 PERM
  20. 20. MORGAN TRUCK BODY LLC 144 PERM

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