Heavy and TractorTrailer Truck Drivers, Green Card (PERM) Sponsorship 2026
Employers filed 1,737 PERM (ETA-9089) labor certifications for Heavy and TractorTrailer Truck Drivers roles in DOL disclosure data (FY2019–2024), with 1,324 certified (76.2% certification rate). Median offered wage: $45K/year. PERM is the green-card process, a separate DOL filing from H-1B LCA data.
PERM Case Outcomes, Heavy and TractorTrailer Truck Drivers
| Outcome | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certified | 1,324 | 76.2% |
| Denied | 327 | 18.8% |
| Withdrawn | 86 | 5.0% |
Counts across FY2019–2024. Remaining filings are cases in other or pending statuses.
Top PERM Sponsors for Heavy and TractorTrailer Truck Drivers
| Employer | PERM Filings |
|---|---|
| Time Definite Services Inc | 153 |
| Transportation Services, Inc. | 151 |
| Cardinal Logistics Management Corporation | 120 |
| Forza Transportation Services, Inc. | 105 |
| Cadence Premier Global, Inc. | 97 |
| EMS Serrot LLC | 75 |
| Veriha Trucking Inc. | 70 |
| Groendyke Transport, Inc. | 68 |
| Mvt Services, LLC | 64 |
| TM Transportation Services, LLC | 63 |
Ranked by total PERM filing volume for Heavy and TractorTrailer Truck Drivers roles, FY2019–2024.
Top States for Heavy and TractorTrailer Truck Drivers PERM Filings
| State | PERM Filings |
|---|---|
| Texas | 668 |
| Illinois | 356 |
| Florida | 205 |
| Kansas | 71 |
| Wisconsin | 70 |
| Iowa | 60 |
| Nebraska | 58 |
| Oregon | 31 |
| Ohio | 29 |
| Michigan | 28 |
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 Heavy and TractorTrailer Truck Drivers H-1B volume.
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PERM filing data aggregated from DOL PERM disclosure files (FY2019–2024) for Heavy and TractorTrailer Truck Drivers roles. Median wage computed across certified filings with usable annual-wage data between $10K and $5M.