PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
PORTLAND, OR
- 106 H-1B petitions approved, FY2009–FY2014
- Denial rate 1.8% across 108 decisions
- Initial petitions: 55 approved, 1 denied
- 17 certified PERM labor certifications
- Median PERM wage $104,004
- Roles sponsored: Assistant Professor, Senior Instructor I, Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Assistant Professor of Finance and Real Estate, Counseling Services Therapist, Initial Access/Crisis Care
- Matches the pattern of an employer exempt from the annual H-1B numerical limits
H-1B figures are from the USCIS Employer Data Hub; PERM figures from Department of Labor disclosure data. Both are counts of past adjudications, not predictions about any future petition. Employers are matched by name, so a single legal entity can appear more than once.