American Institutes for Research

Professional, Scientific & Technical Services · Primarily VA · PERM filings 2019–2024

#1,754 top sponsor

Overview

American Institutes for Research is a Professional, Scientific & Technical Services employer that has filed 46 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2024. That places it #1,754 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 24 were certified (52.2% approval rate), taking about 233 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Statisticians, with most worksites in VA, and the median sponsored wage is $86,382.

46

PERM filings

52.2%

approval

0

denied

$86,382

median wage

233d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 43 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is CHINA (51%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • China22
  • India10
  • South Korea2
  • Turkey2
  • Honduras1
  • Spain1
  • Ukraine1
  • Ethiopia1
  • Iran1
  • Taiwan1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B42
  • F-11

Education

  • Doctorate21
  • Master's17
  • Bachelor's4
  • Other1

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations American Institutes for Research most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Statisticians 17 $74,095
Economists 8 $123,487
Survey Researchers 6 $112,653
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 3 $108,794
Sociologists 2 $104,500
Information Technology Project Managers 2 $117,666
Data Scientists 1 $133,000
Social Science Research Assistants 1 $68,640
Software Developers, Systems Software, Non RD 1 $116,501
Accountants 1 $85,842

Common job titles

Researcher (Domestic IV) 7 Senior Economic Researcher 3 Psychometrician 3 Senior Researcher (Education Systems) 3 Senior Researcher 3 Economic Researcher 2 Researcher (Education Statistics) 2 Software QA Analyst II 2 Sr. Economist 2 Economist 1 Senior Data Scientist 1 Researcher (IDER) 1

Worksite states

VA 28 DC 9 MD 5 WA 2 IL 1 TX 1

Wage range

$69,597

25th

$86,382

median

$121,243

75th

$126,000

90th

Law firms used

  • Law Offices of Kendra S. Elliott, Esq.30
  • Law Offices of Kendra S. Kembel, Esq.16

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-100-24123-950177 EconomistCertified Rockville, MD Aug 7, 2025
G-100-24024-662381 Senior Researcher (Health)Certified Seattle, WA Jun 30, 2025
G-100-23273-402772 Senior Data ScientistCertified Arlington, VA Jan 23, 2025
A-23150-48990 Research Associate - CALDERCertified Seattle, WA May 31, 2024
A-23135-42573 Senior Researcher (Education Systems)Certified Arlington, VA May 31, 2024
A-23146-48244 Senior Researcher (Education Systems)Certified Arlington, VA May 31, 2024
A-23115-32499 Sr. EconomistCertified Washington, DC Apr 24, 2024
A-23024-92142 Lead UI/UX DeveloperCertified-Expired Rockville, MD Feb 28, 2024
A-22299-46068 Senior Researcher (NCES)Certified Arlington, VA Sep 11, 2023
A-22266-27174 Senior Researcher (Education Statistics)Certified Arlington, VA Jul 31, 2023
A-22263-24777 Sr. EconomistCertified Austin, TX Jul 12, 2023
A-23128-38950 Senior Researcher (Education Systems)Withdrawn Arlington, VA May 8, 2023
A-22192-85913 Researcher (Health)Certified-Expired Columbia, MD Mar 31, 2023
A-22158-67579 Researcher (Domestic IV)Certified-Expired Arlington, VA Mar 15, 2023
A-22124-50118 Senior Economic ResearcherCertified-Expired Arlington, VA Jan 20, 2023
A-22091-34296 Researcher (Education Statistics)Certified-Expired Arlington, VA Jan 10, 2023
A-22048-12791 Senior Economic ResearcherCertified-Expired Columbia, MD Nov 9, 2022
A-22054-14996 Senior ResearcherCertified-Expired Arlington, VA Nov 1, 2022
A-22054-14951 Senior ResearcherCertified-Expired Washington, DC Nov 1, 2022
A-22045-11184 Senior Economic ResearcherCertified-Expired Arlington, VA Oct 28, 2022

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