Lawyers — Green Card (PERM) Sponsorship 2026
Employers filed 4,051 PERM (ETA-9089) labor certifications for Lawyers roles in DOL disclosure data (FY2007–2026), with 3,568 certified (88.1% certification rate). Median offered wage: $170K/year. PERM is the green-card process, a separate DOL filing from H-1B LCA data.
PERM Case Outcomes — Lawyers
| Outcome | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certified | 3,568 | 88.1% |
| Denied | 215 | 5.3% |
| Withdrawn | 268 | 6.6% |
Counts across FY2007–2026. Remaining filings are cases in other or pending statuses.
Top PERM Sponsors for Lawyers
| Employer | PERM Filings |
|---|---|
| Latham Watkins LLP | 114 |
| Kirkland Ellis LLP | 64 |
| White & Case LLP | 49 |
| Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP | 34 |
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | 33 |
| Ropes and Gray LLP | 33 |
| Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP | 30 |
| Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | 29 |
| Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton Garrison LLP | 29 |
| Fenwick & West LLP | 26 |
Ranked by total PERM filing volume for Lawyers roles, FY2007–2026.
Top States for Lawyers PERM Filings
| State | PERM Filings |
|---|---|
| New York | 1,667 |
| California | 762 |
| Florida | 310 |
| Washington DC | 236 |
| Texas | 204 |
| Illinois | 109 |
| New Jersey | 99 |
| Massachusetts | 95 |
| Washington | 92 |
| Georgia | 72 |
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 Lawyers H-1B volume.See Lawyers H-1B data →
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PERM filing data aggregated from DOL PERM disclosure files (FY2007–2026) for Lawyers roles. Median wage computed across certified filings with usable annual-wage data between $10K and $5M.