Populus Group LLC

Administrative & Support / Waste Mgmt · Primarily MI · PERM filings 2019–2025

#281 top sponsor

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.

OccupationFilingsAvg 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

Software Developer 38 Java Developer 10 Software Engineer 8 Business Systems Analyst 6 Data Analyst 5 Data Scientist 4 Senior Software Engineer 4 Test Engineer 4 Business Analyst 4 Quality Engineer 3 Systems Analyst 3 Sr. Java Developer 3

Worksite states

MI 214

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

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-22348-73491 In-Vehicle Cyber Security EngineerCertified-Expired Troy, MI Mar 6, 2024
A-23027-93914 Software DeveloperCertified-Expired Troy, MI Mar 6, 2024
A-23006-83411 Quality EngineerCertified-Expired Troy, MI Feb 22, 2024
A-22343-70908 UX/UI DesignerCertified-Expired Troy, MI Jan 12, 2024
A-22343-71038 Systems AnalystCertified-Expired Troy, MI Jan 12, 2024
A-22342-69850 Computer Systems AnalystCertified-Expired Troy, MI Jan 4, 2024
A-22334-65117 Diagnostic ArchitectCertified-Expired Troy, MI Dec 22, 2023
A-22318-56790 Test EngineerCertified-Expired Troy, MI Dec 21, 2023
A-22313-54519 Sr. Business AnalystCertified-Expired Troy, MI Nov 1, 2023
A-22311-53026 Data AnalystCertified-Expired Troy, MI Oct 23, 2023
A-22300-46900 Database AdministratorCertified-Expired Troy, MI Oct 20, 2023
A-22271-29964 Data AnalystCertified-Expired Troy, MI Oct 19, 2023
A-22265-26264 Data EngineerCertified Troy, MI Sep 14, 2023
A-22267-27749 Software DeveloperCertified Troy, MI Aug 21, 2023
A-22228-06506 Software DeveloperCertified Troy, MI Aug 2, 2023
A-22256-20914 Software DeveloperCertified Troy, MI Jul 20, 2023
A-22199-89920 Data Warehousing SpecialistCertified Troy, MI Jul 14, 2023
A-22199-89826 Java ArchitectCertified Troy, MI Jul 14, 2023
A-22207-95106 Devops EngineerCertified Troy, MI Jul 7, 2023
A-22229-07238 QA AnalystCertified Troy, MI Jul 6, 2023

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