Ensign United States Drilling (SW) Inc.

Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas · Primarily TX · PERM filings 2021–2024

#13,465 top sponsor

Overview

Ensign United States Drilling (SW) Inc. is a Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas employer that has filed 5 PERM green-card applications between FY2021 and FY2024. That places it #13,465 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 2 were certified (40% approval rate), taking about 351 days on average. The most-sponsored role is FirstLine Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers, with most worksites in TX, and the median sponsored wage is $110,000.

5

PERM filings

40%

approval

1

denied

$110,000

median wage

351d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 3 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is CANADA (100%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • Canada3

Prior visa status

  • E-21
  • L-11

Education

  • None2
  • Bachelor's1

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Ensign United States Drilling (SW) Inc. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
FirstLine Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 2 $110,000
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 1 $102,000
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 1 $110,000
Electrical Engineers 1 $129,771

Common job titles

Field Superintendent 2 WST Engineer 1 1 Rig Manager 1 Senior Engineer 1

Worksite states

Wage range

$102,000

25th

$110,000

median

$110,000

75th

$129,771

90th

Law firms used

  • Cumming Partners3
  • Cumming & Partners2

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-100-24169-119543 WST Engineer 1Certified Houston, TX Sep 11, 2025
G-100-23207-216912 Rig ManagerCertified - Expired Midland, TX Oct 7, 2024
A-22168-74167 Field SuperintendentCertified Midland, TX May 1, 2023
A-22087-31571 Senior EngineerCertified-Expired Houston, TX Jan 23, 2023
A-20355-35138 Field SuperintendentDenied Midland, TX Dec 6, 2021

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