Year market dashboard
FY2018 PERM 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 ↗ Market
Nationwide PERM 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 the distribution of offered wages for U.S. fiscal year 2018. Aggregate counts from public DOL records.
- Wage-bearing PERM 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
- 119,674
- Fiscal Year
- FY2018
Offered-wage distribution
Density of offered wages across $20K bands from $0 to $400K, low → high (left to right). The horizontal axis is wage-band order, not calendar time; exact dollar ranges are listed below.
Wage bands (exact ranges)
| Offered wage band | Filings |
|---|---|
| $0-$20,000 | 6,715 |
| $20,000-$40,000 | 7,977 |
| $40,000-$60,000 | 7,659 |
| $60,000-$80,000 | 14,243 |
| $80,000-$100,000 | 24,123 |
| $100,000-$120,000 | 27,071 |
| $120,000-$140,000 | 16,418 |
| $140,000-$160,000 | 7,744 |
| $160,000-$180,000 | 3,492 |
| $180,000-$200,000 | 1,541 |
| $200,000-$220,000 | 903 |
| $220,000-$240,000 | 558 |
| $240,000-$260,000 | 441 |
| $260,000-$280,000 | 186 |
| $280,000-$300,000 | 110 |
| $300,000-$320,000 | 121 |
| $320,000-$340,000 | 81 |
| $340,000-$360,000 | 55 |
| $360,000-$380,000 | 36 |
| $380,000-$400,000 | 21 |
| $400,000+ | 179 |
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