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How many green card (PERM) applications do US employers file?
According to Xcout Intel, US employers filed 147,056 PERM labor certification applications — the employer step of most employment-based green cards — in fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 – September 2025), from 35,693 employers; 137,753 were certified.
Fiscal year 2026 so far (through June 2026): 112,550 applications from 29,771 employers.
| Fiscal year | Applications | Certified | Employers | Median offered wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (to date) | 112,550 | 104,028 | 29,771 | $105,000 |
| FY2025 | 147,056 | 137,753 | 35,693 | $100,000 |
| FY2024 | 114,499 | 101,994 | 27,275 | $106,413 |
| FY2023 | 116,306 | 102,286 | 23,597 | $110,736 |
| FY2022 | 104,600 | 94,485 | 23,278 | $107,390 |
| FY2021 | 108,264 | 100,552 | 25,992 | $107,126 |
| FY2020 | 94,018 | 86,056 | 23,738 | $103,592 |
How we know
Xcout Intel loads the US Department of Labor's PERM disclosure files since FY2020 and counts the cases in each fiscal year, with the employers that filed them and the wage each offered.
Full figures: US visa sponsors. How every report is built: methodology.
What this does not show
- A certified PERM application is not a green card: it is the labor-certification step, after which the worker still needs an approved petition and a visa number.
- This page answers the volume question rather than "which companies file the most": the public view of the report lists each group's top companies by H-1B filings, not by PERM, so a PERM ranking from it would be partial.
- The latest fiscal year is in progress, so compare it with earlier years only pro rata.
How to cite
Xcout Intel, US visa sponsors, FY2026 Q3 edition, intel.xcout.app/answers/green-card-perm-applicationsQuote with attribution under the licence. These figures update with each edition of the report; give the date above when you quote them.