Portland State University

Educational Services · Primarily OR · PERM filings 2020–2025

#3,434 top sponsor

Overview

Portland State University is a Educational Services employer that has filed 25 PERM green-card applications between FY2020 and FY2025. That places it #3,434 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 17 were certified (68% approval rate), taking about 363 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Business Teachers, Postsecondary, with most worksites in OR, and the median sponsored wage is $85,932.

25

PERM filings

68%

approval

0

denied

$85,932

median wage

363d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 12 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is IRAN (25%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • Iran3
  • China2
  • India2
  • Sri Lanka1
  • Ghana1
  • United Kingdom1
  • Nigeria1
  • Pakistan1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B9
  • F-11
  • J-11

Education

  • Doctorate11
  • Master's1

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Portland State University most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 7 $148,602
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4 $105,037
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4 $67,160
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary 2 $68,805
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 2 $91,490
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary 1 $82,809
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 1 $84,186
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary 1 $66,006
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary 1 $62,604
History Teachers, Postsecondary 1 $72,504

Common job titles

Assistant Professor 16 Senior Instructor I 2 Assistant Professor of Finance and Real Estate 1 Senior Research Associate 1 Assistant Professor of Public Administration 1 Assistant Professor of Statistics 1 Assistant Professor of Architecture 1 Assistant Professor – Power Engineering 1 Assistant Professor, Information Systems 1

Worksite states

OR 25

Wage range

$72,504

25th

$85,932

median

$138,006

75th

$148,014

90th

Law firms used

  • Ware | Immigration13
  • Ware Immigration5
  • Ware Immigration5
  • Parrilli Renison LLC1
  • PARRILLI RENISON, LLC1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-21138-88390 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired Portland, OR Oct 27, 2021
A-21011-41026 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired Portland, OR Jul 2, 2021
A-20259-99681 Assistant Professor of ArchitectureCertified - Expired Portland, OR May 7, 2021
A-20213-83602 Assistant Professor of StatisticsCertified - Expired Portland, OR Mar 31, 2021
A-20198-77333 Senior Instructor ICertified - Expired Portland, OR Mar 11, 2021

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