PERM labor certification applications by state, fiscal years 2024 to 2026
Employers with an address in California filed the most PERM applications in fiscal years 2024 to 2026: 54,797, or 19.5% of all of them.
The five states with the most PERM applications filed 134,939, or 48.0% of all of them.
PERM applications in the United States changed from 146,767 in fiscal year 2025 to 112,276 in fiscal year 2026, to 30 June 2026.
States by PERM applications
| State | Position | Fiscal year 2024 | Fiscal year 2025 | Fiscal year 2026 (to 30 June 2026) | PERM applications in all | Share of the United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1 | 4,000 | 29,947 | 20,850 | 54,797 | 19.5% |
| Texas | 2 | 1,993 | 13,083 | 10,078 | 25,154 | 8.9% |
| New York | 3 | 1,382 | 10,091 | 8,523 | 19,996 | 7.1% |
| Georgia | 4 | 1,234 | 10,682 | 5,783 | 17,699 | 6.3% |
| Florida | 5 | 1,578 | 8,827 | 6,888 | 17,293 | 6.1% |
| New Jersey | 6 | 1,047 | 7,236 | 6,102 | 14,385 | 5.1% |
| Illinois | 7 | 1,004 | 6,734 | 5,566 | 13,304 | 4.7% |
| Massachusetts | 8 | 861 | 5,368 | 4,095 | 10,324 | 3.7% |
| Washington | 9 | 639 | 5,299 | 3,590 | 9,528 | 3.4% |
| Michigan | 10 | 787 | 3,779 | 3,519 | 8,085 | 2.9% |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | 697 | 3,526 | 3,715 | 7,938 | 2.8% |
| North Carolina | 12 | 701 | 3,980 | 2,876 | 7,557 | 2.7% |
| Virginia | 13 | 574 | 3,678 | 3,272 | 7,524 | 2.7% |
| Wisconsin | 14 | 527 | 3,226 | 2,359 | 6,112 | 2.2% |
| Ohio | 15 | 661 | 3,246 | 1,823 | 5,730 | 2.0% |
| Maryland | 16 | 513 | 2,086 | 1,409 | 4,008 | 1.4% |
| Minnesota | 17 | 350 | 2,033 | 1,519 | 3,902 | 1.4% |
| Tennessee | 18 | 503 | 1,594 | 1,592 | 3,689 | 1.3% |
| Missouri | 19 | 201 | 1,719 | 1,583 | 3,503 | 1.2% |
| Arizona | 20 | 194 | 1,633 | 1,458 | 3,285 | 1.2% |
| Colorado | 21 | 240 | 1,489 | 1,168 | 2,897 | 1.0% |
| Alabama | 22 | 112 | 1,135 | 1,276 | 2,523 | 0.9% |
| Mississippi | 23 | 161 | 1,868 | 462 | 2,491 | 0.9% |
| South Carolina | 24 | 126 | 960 | 1,308 | 2,394 | 0.9% |
| Arkansas | 25 | 100 | 1,311 | 932 | 2,343 | 0.8% |
| Utah | 26 | 192 | 1,191 | 888 | 2,271 | 0.8% |
| Indiana | 27 | 201 | 1,068 | 859 | 2,128 | 0.8% |
| Connecticut | 28 | 138 | 795 | 810 | 1,743 | 0.6% |
| Kansas | 29 | 87 | 1,119 | 468 | 1,674 | 0.6% |
| Oregon | 30 | 92 | 649 | 561 | 1,302 | 0.5% |
| Louisiana | 31 | 128 | 609 | 523 | 1,260 | 0.4% |
| Iowa | 32 | 159 | 638 | 452 | 1,249 | 0.4% |
| South Dakota | 33 | 77 | 644 | 482 | 1,203 | 0.4% |
| Kentucky | 34 | 78 | 588 | 517 | 1,183 | 0.4% |
| Nebraska | 35 | 55 | 620 | 461 | 1,136 | 0.4% |
| Rhode Island | 36 | 108 | 279 | 692 | 1,079 | 0.4% |
| Delaware | 37 | 101 | 572 | 354 | 1,027 | 0.4% |
| District of Columbia | 38 | 74 | 416 | 356 | 846 | 0.3% |
| Oklahoma | 39 | 49 | 397 | 346 | 792 | 0.3% |
| New Hampshire | 40 | 37 | 249 | 481 | 767 | 0.3% |
| Nevada | 41 | 67 | 394 | 299 | 760 | 0.3% |
| Idaho | 42 | 33 | 397 | 302 | 732 | 0.3% |
| Guam | 43 | 30 | 264 | 260 | 554 | 0.2% |
| North Dakota | 44 | 57 | 298 | 181 | 536 | 0.2% |
| New Mexico | 45 | 34 | 164 | 210 | 408 | 0.1% |
| Hawaii | 46 | 24 | 130 | 210 | 364 | 0.1% |
| Montana | 47 | 27 | 104 | 187 | 318 | 0.1% |
| Alaska | 48 | 47 | 102 | 136 | 285 | 0.1% |
| Maine | 49 | 8 | 150 | 98 | 256 | 0.1% |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 50 | 25 | 98 | 74 | 197 | 0.1% |
| Vermont | 51 | 31 | 93 | 71 | 195 | 0.1% |
| West Virginia | 52 | 19 | 70 | 104 | 193 | 0.1% |
| Wyoming | 53 | 25 | 65 | 84 | 174 | 0.1% |
| Puerto Rico | 54 | 1 | 49 | 51 | 101 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 55 | 7 | 25 | 13 | 45 | 0.0% |
How the figures were made
The table orders rows by a count of filings. It is not a judgement of an employer, a place or an occupation.
A PERM application asks the Department of Labor to certify that an employer needs a foreign worker for a permanent position. It is a filing. It is not a green card. The state is the state of the employer address on the form.
The counts are from the PERM disclosure files of the Office of Foreign Labor Certification, fiscal years 2024 to 2026. Fiscal year 2026 is not complete: its data end on 30 June 2026.
A program makes this page from the agency files with fixed sentence rules. The methodology tells how records are matched and counted.
In earlier editions
- October 2026: the first row was California (54,797).
Other findings
- H-1B labor condition applications by state, fiscal years 2025 to 2026
- The 50 employers with the most H-1B labor condition applications, fiscal years 2025 to 2026
- The 30 occupations with the most H-1B labor condition applications, fiscal years 2025 to 2026
- The 30 industries with the most H-1B labor condition applications, fiscal years 2025 to 2026
Where the figures come from
- OFLC Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Decisions to . Newest file fiscal year 2026, quarter 3. Read , from the committed copy.
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Employer Ledger. "PERM labor certification applications by state, fiscal years 2024 to 2026." https://employerledger.com/findings/perm-applications-by-state/. Records of: OFLC. Newest record .
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