Electrical Engineer, Green Card (PERM) Sponsorship 2026
Employers filed 704 PERM (ETA-9089) labor certifications for Electrical Engineer roles in DOL disclosure data (FY2007–2024), with 599 certified (85.1% certification rate). Median offered wage: $76K/year. PERM is the green-card process, a separate DOL filing from H-1B LCA data.
PERM Case Outcomes, Electrical Engineer
| Outcome | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certified | 599 | 85.1% |
| Denied | 67 | 9.5% |
| Withdrawn | 38 | 5.4% |
Counts across FY2007–2024. Remaining filings are cases in other or pending statuses.
Top PERM Sponsors for Electrical Engineer
| Employer | PERM Filings |
|---|---|
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 19 |
| Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | 17 |
| Im Flash Technologies, LLC | 13 |
| E-technology, L.L.C. | 10 |
| Motorola, Inc. | 9 |
| Inpro Solutions LLC | 9 |
| Rf Micro Devices, Inc. | 7 |
| Optimal Inc. | 6 |
| Cirrus Logic, Inc. | 6 |
| Caterpillar Inc. | 5 |
Ranked by total PERM filing volume for Electrical Engineer roles, FY2007–2024.
Top States for Electrical Engineer PERM Filings
| State | PERM Filings |
|---|---|
| California | 121 |
| Texas | 109 |
| Michigan | 56 |
| Virginia | 39 |
| New York | 37 |
| Florida | 29 |
| Illinois | 29 |
| North Carolina | 26 |
| New Jersey | 25 |
| Georgia | 18 |
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 Electrical Engineer H-1B volume.
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PERM filing data aggregated from DOL PERM disclosure files (FY2007–2024) for Electrical Engineer roles. Median wage computed across certified filings with usable annual-wage data between $10K and $5M.