New York City Department of Education

Educational Services · Primarily NY · PERM filings 2019–2024

#955 top sponsor

Overview

New York City Department of Education is a Educational Services employer that has filed 79 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2024. That places it #955 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 55 were certified (69.6% approval rate), taking about 299 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and CareerTechnical Education, with most worksites in NY, and the median sponsored wage is $59,291.

79

PERM filings

69.6%

approval

0

denied

$59,291

median wage

299d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 66 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is CHINA (77%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • China51
  • Taiwan7
  • United Kingdom2
  • South Korea2
  • India1
  • El Salvador1
  • Canada1
  • Georgia1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B65
  • J-11

Education

  • Master's66

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations New York City Department of Education most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and CareerTechnical Education 35 $59,294
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 21 $59,301
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 5 $58,197
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 4 $61,070
School Psychologists 3 $67,336
Special Education Teachers, Preschool 2 $62,930
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors 2 $63,126
Special Education Teachers, Elementary School 1 $64,789
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 1 $64,789
Speech-Language Pathologists 1 $64,789

Common job titles

ESL/Mandarin (Grades 7-12) Teacher 21 Bilingual (Mandarin) Childhood Educ. (Gr. 1-6) Teacher 13 ESL Mandarin (Grades 7-12) Teacher 11 Students with Disabilities (Grades 1-12) Teacher 5 Bilingual (Mandarin) Childhood Education (Gr. 1-6) Teacher 5 Bilingual (Mandarin) School Psychologist 3 Mandarin (Grades 7-12) Teacher 2 Bilingual (Mandarin) Childhood Educ. (Birth-Gr. 2) Teacher 2 Bilingual (Mandarin) School Counselor 2 ESL Students w/Disabilities (Grades 1-6)) Teacher 1 ESL/Arabic (Grades 7-12) Teacher 1 Biling. (Mandarin) ESL Students w/Disab (Birth-Gr 2) Teacher 1

Worksite states

NY 79

Wage range

$57,845

25th

$59,291

median

$61,070

75th

$62,346

90th

Law firms used

  • McCandlish Holton, PC79

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-100-24326-492614 ESL Students w/Disabilities (Grades 1-6)) TeacherCertified Brooklyn, NY Mar 25, 2026
G-100-24326-491833 Bilingual (Mandarin) School PsychologistCertified Brooklyn, NY Mar 25, 2026
G-100-24299-433099 Bilingual (Mandarin) School PsychologistCertified Brooklyn, NY Feb 26, 2026
G-100-24298-430940 ESL/Arabic (Grades 7-12) TeacherCertified Brooklyn, NY Feb 26, 2026
G-100-24298-430792 Biling. (Mandarin) Early Childhood SWD (Birth-Gr 2) TeacherCertified Brooklyn, NY Feb 26, 2026
G-100-24298-430914 Biling. (Mandarin) Speech & Lang. Disabil. (Gr K-12) TeacherCertified Brooklyn, NY Feb 26, 2026
G-100-23276-407676 Students with Disabilities (Grades 1-12) TeacherCertified Brooklyn, NY Mar 4, 2025
G-100-23276-407684 Students with Disabilities (Grades 1-12) TeacherCertified Brooklyn, NY Mar 4, 2025
G-100-23271-389581 Students with Disabilities (Grades 1-12) TeacherCertified Brooklyn, NY Feb 18, 2025
G-100-23271-389629 Students with Disabilities (Grades 1-12) TeacherCertified Brooklyn, NY Feb 18, 2025
G-100-23227-265386 ESL/Mandarin (Grades 7-12) TeacherCertified - Expired Brooklyn, NY Nov 18, 2024
G-100-23181-158884 Students with Disabilities (Grades 1-12) TeacherCertified Brooklyn, NY Aug 6, 2024
A-23132-41873 Biling. (Mandarin) ESL Students w/Disab (Birth-Gr 2) TeacherCertified Brooklyn, NY Jun 11, 2024
G-100-23237-295884 ESL/Mandarin (Grades 7-12) TeacherWithdrawn Brooklyn, NY Jan 10, 2024
A-22342-69929 Bilingual (Mandarin) Childhood Educ. (Gr. 1-6) TeacherCertified-Expired Brooklyn, NY Dec 21, 2023
A-22354-76839 ESL/Mandarin (Grades 7-12) TeacherCertified-Expired Brooklyn, NY Dec 15, 2023
A-22286-38987 Bilingual (Mandarin) Childhood Educ. (Gr. 1-6) TeacherCertified Brooklyn, NY Sep 8, 2023
A-22286-39015 Bilingual (Mandarin) Childhood Educ. (Gr. 1-6) TeacherCertified Brooklyn, NY Sep 8, 2023
A-22283-36562 ESL/Mandarin (Grades 7-12) TeacherCertified Brooklyn, NY Sep 7, 2023
A-22283-36663 ESL/Mandarin (Grades 7-12) TeacherCertified Brooklyn, NY Sep 7, 2023

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