Nursing Assistant, Green Card (PERM) Sponsorship 2026
Employers filed 2,573 PERM (ETA-9089) labor certifications for Nursing Assistant roles in DOL disclosure data (FY2008–2024), with 1,596 certified (62% certification rate). Median offered wage: $31K/year. PERM is the green-card process, a separate DOL filing from H-1B LCA data.
PERM Case Outcomes, Nursing Assistant
| Outcome | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certified | 1,596 | 62.0% |
| Denied | 658 | 25.6% |
| Withdrawn | 319 | 12.4% |
Counts across FY2008–2024. Remaining filings are cases in other or pending statuses.
Top PERM Sponsors for Nursing Assistant
| Employer | PERM Filings |
|---|---|
| National HealthCare Corporation | 501 |
| PruittHealth | 485 |
| Genesis Health System | 104 |
| Progressive Quality Care Inc | 99 |
| Cassia | 96 |
| Cape Fear Valley Health System | 96 |
| Master Staffing Inc | 81 |
| Cox Retirement Properties, Inc | 66 |
| Frontline Resource Management | 52 |
| Benedictine Health System | 42 |
Ranked by total PERM filing volume for Nursing Assistant roles, FY2008–2024.
Top States for Nursing Assistant PERM Filings
| State | PERM Filings |
|---|---|
| Tennessee | 438 |
| California | 436 |
| Georgia | 340 |
| North Carolina | 183 |
| South Carolina | 159 |
| Illinois | 114 |
| Minnesota | 113 |
| Ohio | 107 |
| Oklahoma | 66 |
| New Jersey | 60 |
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 Nursing Assistant H-1B volume.
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PERM filing data aggregated from DOL PERM disclosure files (FY2008–2024) for Nursing Assistant roles. Median wage computed across certified filings with usable annual-wage data between $10K and $5M.