Data Scientists — Green Card (PERM) Sponsorship 2026
Employers filed 5,815 PERM (ETA-9089) labor certifications for Data Scientists roles in DOL disclosure data (FY2021–2026), with 5,379 certified (92.5% certification rate). Median offered wage: $137K/year. PERM is the green-card process, a separate DOL filing from H-1B LCA data.
PERM Case Outcomes — Data Scientists
| Outcome | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certified | 5,379 | 92.5% |
| Denied | 41 | 0.7% |
| Withdrawn | 395 | 6.8% |
Counts across FY2021–2026. Remaining filings are cases in other or pending statuses.
Top PERM Sponsors for Data Scientists
| Employer | PERM Filings |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Corporation | 110 |
| LinkedIn Corporation | 64 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 53 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 37 |
| Bytedance Inc. | 36 |
| Apple Inc. | 34 |
| Intuit | 33 |
| Amazon Web Services, Inc. | 25 |
| Quantiphi, Inc. | 24 |
| Paypal, Inc. | 21 |
Ranked by total PERM filing volume for Data Scientists roles, FY2021–2026.
Top States for Data Scientists PERM Filings
| State | PERM Filings |
|---|---|
| California | 1,796 |
| New York | 665 |
| Washington | 542 |
| Texas | 489 |
| Illinois | 300 |
| Massachusetts | 263 |
| Georgia | 187 |
| New Jersey | 171 |
| Virginia | 143 |
| Pennsylvania | 115 |
Linked states have a full H-1B wage-level breakdown.
PERM vs. H-1B — What's the Difference?
PERM (ETA-9089) is the labor certification an employer must obtain from the Department of Labor before filing an employment-based green card petition (I-140) — the first formal step toward permanent residence.
An H-1B Labor Condition Application is a different filing for temporary work authorization. A company can file heavily in one and rarely in the other for the same occupation, so the figures above are not a restatement of Data Scientists H-1B volume.See Data Scientists H-1B data →
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PERM filing data aggregated from DOL PERM disclosure files (FY2021–2026) for Data Scientists roles. Median wage computed across certified filings with usable annual-wage data between $10K and $5M.