ACT, INC.

Educational Services · Primarily IA · PERM filings 2019–2022

#5,199 top sponsor

Overview

ACT, INC. is a Educational Services employer that has filed 13 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2022. That places it #5,199 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 9 were certified (69.2% approval rate), taking about 200 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Applications, with most worksites in IA, and the median sponsored wage is $87,000.

13

PERM filings

69.2%

approval

1

denied

$87,000

median wage

200d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 13 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (69%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India9
  • China2
  • Bangladesh1
  • Canada1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B13

Education

  • Master's7
  • Bachelor's4
  • Doctorate2

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations ACT, INC. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers, Applications 5 $85,683
Software Developers, Systems Software 5 $102,019
Statisticians 2 $80,634
Database Administrators 1 $110,916

Common job titles

Senior Software Engineer 3 Psychometrician I 2 Software Engineer II 2 Senior Software Engineer (Big Data) 1 Senior E-Business Applications DBA 1 Software Engineer 1 Software Engineer II, Data Integration 1 Software Developer II - Strategy/Emerging Technologies 1 Software Engineer II - Quality Assurance 1

Worksite states

IA 9 FL 2 CA 1 GA 1

Wage range

$79,560

25th

$87,000

median

$94,203

75th

$110,916

90th

Law firms used

  • Baird Holm LLP11
  • Baird Holm, LLP1
  • The Wright Law Firm, A Professional Corporation1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-22223-04617 Software Engineer II - Quality AssuranceCertified Iowa City, IA May 18, 2023
A-22156-66379 Software Developer II - Strategy/Emerging TechnologiesDenied Alpharetta, GA Mar 30, 2023
A-22164-70633 Software Engineer IICertified-Expired Orlando, FL Mar 13, 2023
A-21309-68798 Senior Software EngineerCertified Iowa City, IA Jun 1, 2022
A-21293-60697 Psychometrician ICertified Iowa City, IA May 13, 2022
A-21253-42726 Software Engineer II, Data IntegrationCertified Iowa City, IA Apr 13, 2022
A-21084-66741 Software EngineerCertified Menlo Park, CA Aug 24, 2021
A-20252-97000 Senior E-Business Applications DBACertified Lutz, FL Jul 28, 2021
A-20153-60270 Senior Software EngineerCertified-Expired Iowa City, IA Jan 13, 2021
A-20142-57054 Senior Software Engineer (Big Data)Certified-Expired Iowa City, IA Nov 12, 2020
A-20010-05333 Software Engineer IICertified Iowa City, IA Jul 2, 2020
A-19322-84335 Senior Software EngineerCertified Iowa City, IA May 19, 2020
A-19315-81514 Psychometrician ICertified Iowa City, IA May 4, 2020

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.