Populus Group LLC
Administrative & Support / Waste Mgmt · Primarily MI · PERM filings 2019–2025
Overview
Populus Group LLC is a Administrative & Support / Waste Mgmt employer that has filed 215 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2025. That places it #261 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 108 were certified (50.2% approval rate), taking about 236 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Applications, with most worksites in MI, and the median sponsored wage is $115,128.
215
PERM filings
50.2%
approval
0
denied
$115,128
median wage
236d
avg processing
Worker background
Across 175 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (82%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)
Top countries of origin
- India143
- China9
- Pakistan5
- Nepal3
- Canada2
- Bangladesh1
- Ghana1
- Turkey1
- Iran1
- Philippines1
Prior visa status
- H-1B154
- F-18
- H-43
- Not in USA1
- TN1
Education
- Master's90
- Bachelor's85
PERM filings by year
Occupations & job titles
The occupations Populus Group LLC most often sponsors, with average wages.
| Occupation | Filings | Avg wage |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers, Applications | 79 | $127,732 |
| Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers | 17 | $100,460 |
| Software Developers | 15 | $133,077 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 11 | $118,675 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 9 | $120,474 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 8 | $126,459 |
| Data Scientists | 6 | $141,756 |
| Data Warehousing Specialists | 6 | $125,875 |
| Database Architects | 5 | $118,302 |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | 5 | $102,261 |
Common job titles
Worksite states
Wage range
$104,998
25th
$115,128
median
$135,200
75th
$156,000
90th
Law firms used
- Clark Hill PLC59
- McCandlish Holton, PC51
- Transnational Legal Services, P.C.42
- TransNational Legal Services PC30
- Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP26
- McCandlish Holton PC3
Recent filings
| Case | Job title | Status | Worksite | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G-100-24330-498085 | Data Scientist | Certified | Mar 30, 2026 | |
| G-100-24274-375172 | Senior SQL Developer | Certified | Troy, MI | Feb 10, 2026 |
| G-100-24232-277068 | Network Architect | Certified | Jan 22, 2026 | |
| G-100-24232-277130 | Software Developer | Certified | Jan 22, 2026 | |
| G-100-24191-182202 | Software Developer | Certified | Nov 28, 2025 | |
| G-100-24213-235971 | Operations Analyst | Certified | Nov 28, 2025 | |
| G-100-24190-178872 | Sr. Structural Engineer | Certified | Nov 28, 2025 | |
| G-100-24162-090234 | Plant Quality Engineer | Certified | Troy, MI | Sep 22, 2025 |
| G-100-24162-092005 | Software Developer | Certified | Sep 22, 2025 | |
| G-100-24162-092429 | Data Analyst | Certified | Sep 22, 2025 | |
| G-100-24163-098214 | Scrum Master | Certified | Sep 22, 2025 | |
| G-100-24141-014395 | Data Scientist | Certified | Aug 27, 2025 | |
| G-100-24135-994914 | Business Analyst | Certified | Aug 27, 2025 | |
| G-100-24130-977433 | Validation Engineer | Certified | Aug 27, 2025 | |
| G-100-24130-977229 | Infrastructure Network Engineer | Certified | Aug 27, 2025 | |
| G-100-24011-634141 | Software Developer | Certified | Troy, MI | Aug 6, 2025 |
| G-100-24119-933297 | Software Developer | Certified | Jul 30, 2025 | |
| G-100-24120-933351 | Software Developer | Certified | Jul 30, 2025 | |
| G-100-24114-916228 | Project Lead | Certified | Jul 30, 2025 | |
| G-100-24120-936485 | Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) | Certified | Jul 30, 2025 |
Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.