West Virginia University

Educational Services · Primarily WV · PERM filings 2019–2024

#419 top sponsor

Overview

West Virginia University is a Educational Services employer that has filed 166 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2024. That places it #419 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 99 were certified (59.6% approval rate), taking about 311 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Physicians and Surgeons, All Other, with most worksites in WV, and the median sponsored wage is $212,948.

166

PERM filings

59.6%

approval

0

denied

$212,948

median wage

311d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 103 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (35%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India36
  • Pakistan16
  • Canada13
  • Venezuela3
  • Egypt3
  • Nepal3
  • Lebanon3
  • China3
  • Jordan2
  • Brazil2

Prior visa status

  • H-1B85
  • J-110
  • F-15
  • H-41
  • O-11
  • TN1

Education

  • Other73
  • Doctorate22
  • Master's8

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations West Virginia University most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 38 $331,306
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 24 $155,659
Physicians, All Other 10 $276,120
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 8 $96,067
Pediatricians, General 6 $235,811
General Internal Medicine Physicians 6 $236,112
Internists, General 5 $253,579
Psychiatrists 4 $231,182
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 4 $144,376
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 3 $75,667

Common job titles

Assistant Professor 21 Assistant Professor (Neurology) 8 Assistant Professor (Pediatrics) 6 Assistant Professor (Hospitalist) 6 Assistant Professor (Gastroenterology) 5 Assistant Professor (Internal Medicine) 5 Assistant Professor (Nephrology) 5 Assistant Professor (Endocrinology) 5 Assistant Professor (Hematology/Oncology) 5 Assistant Professor (Rheumatology) 3 Assistant Professor (Psychiatry) 3 Assistant Professor (Pulmonary/Critical Care) 3

Worksite states

WV 130

Wage range

$95,000

25th

$212,948

median

$291,374

75th

$389,514

90th

Law firms used

  • Hammond Neal Moore, LLC6
  • Corporate Immigration Partners, P.C.3
  • Corporate Immigration Partners, PC1
  • Hammond Neal Moore, LLC.1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-19247-52912 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired Morgantown, WV Jan 21, 2020
A-19324-85643 Assistant ProfessorWithdrawn Beckley, WV Dec 27, 2019
A-18361-56823 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired Morgantown, WV Nov 22, 2019
A-19218-40616 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired Morgantown, WV Nov 20, 2019
A-19184-26892 Assistant Professor (General Psychiatrist)Certified - Expired Charleston, WV Oct 17, 2019
A-19184-26755 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired Morgantown, WV Oct 17, 2019

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