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
A-19282-68650 Sr Software QA AnalystCertified - Expired Reston, VA Feb 26, 2020
A-19273-64421 Researcher (NAEP)Certified - Expired Crystal City, VA Feb 5, 2020
A-19248-53581 Researcher (IDER)Certified - Expired Rockville, MD Dec 5, 2019
A-19227-44882 PsychometricianCertified - Expired Washington, DC Nov 18, 2019
A-19228-45492 PsychometricianCertified - Expired Washington, DC Nov 4, 2019
A-19228-45484 PsychometricianCertified - Expired Washington, DC Nov 4, 2019

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