Producers and Directors, Green Card (PERM) Sponsorship 2026
Employers filed 408 PERM (ETA-9089) labor certifications for Producers and Directors roles in DOL disclosure data (FY2007–2026), with 368 certified (90.2% certification rate). Median offered wage: $75K/year. PERM is the green-card process, a separate DOL filing from H-1B LCA data.
PERM Case Outcomes, Producers and Directors
| Outcome | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certified | 368 | 90.2% |
| Denied | 25 | 6.1% |
| Withdrawn | 15 | 3.7% |
Counts across FY2007–2026. Remaining filings are cases in other or pending statuses.
Top PERM Sponsors for Producers and Directors
| Employer | PERM Filings |
|---|---|
| Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | 9 |
| Activision Publishing Inc. | 6 |
| Viacom International, Inc. (d/b/a Viacom Media Net | 5 |
| Espn Productions, Inc. | 4 |
| Deluxe Media Creative Services Inc. | 4 |
| Microsoft Corporation | 4 |
| Cbs Interactive, Inc. | 3 |
| Netflix | 3 |
| The Allen Broadcasting Corporation | 3 |
| Al Jazeera International (usa) Inc. | 3 |
Ranked by total PERM filing volume for Producers and Directors roles, FY2007–2026.
Top States for Producers and Directors PERM Filings
| State | PERM Filings |
|---|---|
| California | 162 |
| New York | 79 |
| Florida | 54 |
| Washington DC | 15 |
| New Jersey | 14 |
| Texas | 12 |
| Connecticut | 9 |
| Georgia | 9 |
| Washington | 8 |
| Virginia | 7 |
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 Producers and Directors H-1B volume.See Producers and Directors H-1B data →
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PERM filing data aggregated from DOL PERM disclosure files (FY2007–2026) for Producers and Directors roles. Median wage computed across certified filings with usable annual-wage data between $10K and $5M.