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 250 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2025. That places it #281 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 132 were certified (52.8% approval rate), taking about 257 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Applications, with most worksites in MI, and the median sponsored wage is $116,626.
250
PERM filings
52.8%
approval
0
denied
$116,626
median wage
257d
avg processing
Worker background
Across 207 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (81%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)
Top countries of origin
- India167
- China12
- Pakistan6
- Nepal3
- Mexico3
- Canada2
- Iran2
- Bangladesh1
- Ghana1
- Turkey1
Prior visa status
- H-1B181
- F-110
- H-43
- TN3
- Not in USA1
Education
- Master's111
- Bachelor's96
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 Developers | 29 | $134,914 |
| Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers | 17 | $100,460 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 15 | $123,957 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 12 | $128,623 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 9 | $120,474 |
| Data Scientists | 8 | $139,727 |
| Data Warehousing Specialists | 6 | $125,875 |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | 6 | $107,578 |
| Database Architects | 5 | $118,302 |
Common job titles
Worksite states
Wage range
$105,664
25th
$116,626
median
$141,190
75th
$158,080
90th
Law firms used
- Clark Hill PLC59
- McCandlish Holton, PC57
- TransNational Legal Services PC56
- Transnational Legal Services, P.C.45
- Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP26
- McCandlish Holton PC3
Recent filings
| Case | Job title | Status | Worksite | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-20125-49855 | Java Developer | Certified-Expired | Troy, MI | Oct 15, 2020 |
| A-20114-46252 | Software Developer | Certified | Troy, MI | Sep 24, 2020 |
| A-20105-42986 | Requirements Analyst | Certified | Troy, MI | Sep 4, 2020 |
| A-20071-29517 | Senior Software Engineer | Certified | Troy, MI | Aug 20, 2020 |
| A-20091-37565 | Java Developer | Certified | Troy, MI | Aug 11, 2020 |
| A-20090-36932 | Java Developer | Certified | Troy, MI | Aug 7, 2020 |
| A-20084-34317 | Business Systems Analyst | Certified | Troy, MI | Jul 24, 2020 |
| A-20069-28186 | Sr. Java Developer | Certified | Troy, MI | Jul 14, 2020 |
| A-20065-27072 | Analytics Consultant | Certified | Troy, MI | Jun 29, 2020 |
| A-20063-25777 | Quality Assurance | Certified | Troy, MI | Jun 29, 2020 |
| A-20056-22898 | Software Engineer | Certified | Troy, MI | Jun 23, 2020 |
| A-20058-24203 | Dynamics CRM Developer | Certified | Troy, MI | Jun 19, 2020 |
| A-20049-20227 | Project Manager Sr. | Certified | Troy, MI | Jun 16, 2020 |
| A-20041-17501 | Controls Project Engineer | Certified | Troy, MI | Jun 16, 2020 |
| A-20029-12776 | Front End Web Developer | Certified | Troy, MI | May 26, 2020 |
| A-20023-10325 | Site Reliability Engineer | Certified | Troy, MI | May 26, 2020 |
| A-20027-11703 | Developer | Certified | Troy, MI | May 21, 2020 |
| A-20002-01869 | Software Engineer | Certified | Troy, MI | May 21, 2020 |
| A-20012-05659 | ABAP Developer | Certified | Troy, MI | May 15, 2020 |
| A-20006-03097 | Sr. Programmer Analyst II | Certified | Troy, MI | May 15, 2020 |
Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.