Petroleum Engineers, Green Card (PERM) Sponsorship 2026
Employers filed 740 PERM (ETA-9089) labor certifications for Petroleum Engineers roles in DOL disclosure data (FY2007–2026), with 668 certified (90.3% certification rate). Median offered wage: $124K/year. PERM is the green-card process, a separate DOL filing from H-1B LCA data.
PERM Case Outcomes, Petroleum Engineers
| Outcome | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certified | 668 | 90.3% |
| Denied | 48 | 6.5% |
| Withdrawn | 24 | 3.2% |
Counts across FY2007–2026. Remaining filings are cases in other or pending statuses.
Top PERM Sponsors for Petroleum Engineers
| Employer | PERM Filings |
|---|---|
| Conocophillips Company | 57 |
| Occidental Oil and Gas | 43 |
| Occidental Petroleum Corp | 41 |
| Shell Oil Company | 32 |
| Petrotel Inc | 29 |
| Chevron Corporation | 25 |
| Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | 22 |
| Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. | 20 |
| Baker Hughes, Inc. | 15 |
| Broken Hill Proprietary (usa) Inc. | 14 |
Ranked by total PERM filing volume for Petroleum Engineers roles, FY2007–2026.
Top States for Petroleum Engineers PERM Filings
| State | PERM Filings |
|---|---|
| Texas | 514 |
| California | 58 |
| Oklahoma | 39 |
| Colorado | 36 |
| Louisiana | 21 |
| Pennsylvania | 16 |
| New Mexico | 10 |
| Alaska | 8 |
| North Dakota | 7 |
| Wyoming | 6 |
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 Petroleum Engineers H-1B volume.See Petroleum Engineers H-1B data →
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PERM filing data aggregated from DOL PERM disclosure files (FY2007–2026) for Petroleum Engineers roles. Median wage computed across certified filings with usable annual-wage data between $10K and $5M.