Environmental Defense Fund

Other Services · Primarily NY · PERM filings 2019–2022

#16,000 top sponsor

Overview

Environmental Defense Fund is a Other Services employer that has filed 4 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2022. That places it #16,000 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 3 were certified (75% approval rate), taking about 186 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Economists, with most worksites in NY, and the median sponsored wage is $88,697.

4

PERM filings

75%

approval

0

denied

$88,697

median wage

186d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 4 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is SWEDEN (25%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • Sweden1
  • Spain1
  • Mexico1
  • Belgium1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B3

Education

  • Master's3
  • Doctorate1

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Environmental Defense Fund most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Economists 1 $137,030
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 1 $88,697
Social and Community Service Managers 1 $82,501
General and Operations Managers 1 $246,000

Common job titles

Senior Economist 1 Manager, Cuba Oceans Program 1 Manager, California Groundwater Program 1 VP, Working Lands 1

Worksite states

Wage range

$82,501

25th

$88,697

median

$137,030

75th

$246,000

90th

Law firms used

  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP3
  • Bashyam Shah LLP1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-22003-92761 VP, Working LandsCertified - Expired New York, NY Sep 26, 2022
A-21132-85808 Manager, California Groundwater ProgramCertified - Expired San Francisco, CA Dec 15, 2021
A-20247-95573 Manager, Cuba Oceans ProgramCertified - Expired Austin, TX May 5, 2021
A-19310-79805 Senior EconomistCertified - Expired New York, NY Apr 27, 2020

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