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-22251-18382 Quality/Assurance SpecialistCertified - Expired Troy, MI Jul 6, 2023
A-22196-89227 Senior DeveloperCertified - Expired Troy, MI Jul 5, 2023
A-22196-89496 QA EngineerCertified - Expired Troy, MI Jul 3, 2023
A-22238-12653 Data ArchitectCertified - Expired Troy, MI Jul 3, 2023
A-22199-90204 Quality/Assurance SpecialistCertified - Expired Troy, MI Jun 29, 2023
A-22208-95951 Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Troy, MI May 30, 2023
A-22227-05704 UI DeveloperCertified - Expired Troy, MI May 30, 2023
A-22210-97074 Team LeadCertified - Expired Troy, MI May 22, 2023
A-22196-89498 Software DeveloperCertified - Expired Troy, MI Apr 26, 2023
A-22177-78477 Software DeveloperCertified - Expired Troy, MI Apr 24, 2023
A-22177-78483 Software DeveloperCertified - Expired Troy, MI Apr 3, 2023
A-22150-63090 Software QA EngineerCertified - Expired Troy, MI Mar 6, 2023
A-22148-62737 Business AnalystCertified - Expired Troy, MI Mar 3, 2023
A-22148-62669 Business Systems AnalystCertified - Expired Troy, MI Mar 3, 2023
A-22148-62733 Software DeveloperCertified - Expired Troy, MI Mar 3, 2023
A-22123-49910 Quality EngineerCertified - Expired Troy, MI Feb 1, 2023
A-22124-50550 Database AdministratorCertified - Expired Troy, MI Jan 25, 2023
A-22104-41146 Software Development Engineer-TestCertified - Expired Troy, MI Jan 19, 2023
A-22105-41553 Software Development Engineer in TestCertified - Expired Troy, MI Jan 6, 2023
A-22096-36385 Machine Learning EngineerCertified - Expired Troy, MI Jan 3, 2023

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