Materials Scientists, Green Card (PERM) Sponsorship 2026
Employers filed 841 PERM (ETA-9089) labor certifications for Materials Scientists roles in DOL disclosure data (FY2007–2026), with 775 certified (92.2% certification rate). Median offered wage: $86K/year. PERM is the green-card process, a separate DOL filing from H-1B LCA data.
PERM Case Outcomes, Materials Scientists
| Outcome | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certified | 775 | 92.2% |
| Denied | 28 | 3.3% |
| Withdrawn | 38 | 4.5% |
Counts across FY2007–2026. Remaining filings are cases in other or pending statuses.
Top PERM Sponsors for Materials Scientists
| Employer | PERM Filings |
|---|---|
| Saint-gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. | 47 |
| The Dow Chemical Company | 10 |
| Intermolecular, Inc. | 9 |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | 9 |
| Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | 8 |
| Sabic Innovative Plastics US LLC | 7 |
| Novelis Corporation | 6 |
| Sabic Innovative Plastics | 6 |
| Novellus Systems, Inc. | 6 |
| Wd Media, LLC | 5 |
Ranked by total PERM filing volume for Materials Scientists roles, FY2007–2026.
Top States for Materials Scientists PERM Filings
| State | PERM Filings |
|---|---|
| California | 215 |
| Massachusetts | 89 |
| Texas | 66 |
| Ohio | 56 |
| New Jersey | 41 |
| New York | 41 |
| Pennsylvania | 30 |
| Illinois | 30 |
| Michigan | 28 |
| Connecticut | 25 |
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 Materials Scientists H-1B volume.See Materials Scientists H-1B data →
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PERM filing data aggregated from DOL PERM disclosure files (FY2007–2026) for Materials Scientists roles. Median wage computed across certified filings with usable annual-wage data between $10K and $5M.