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Work Route

Cook: US green card sponsorship

Cooks, Restaurant · SOC 35-2014

If the employer requires two or more years of experience, the case is usually filed as EB-3 Skilled Worker; shorter requirements fall under EB-3 Other Workers.

  1. Job offer $23.60 Median offered hourly wage
    $49,094 a year
  2. Labor certification 3,965 Certified, 96.5% of decisions
    Median processing about 528 days
  3. Immigrant petition I-140 at USCIS The labor certification filing date becomes your priority date
  4. Waiting line about 5 yr 6 mo For EB-3 Other Workers (about 3 yr 4 mo for Skilled Worker)
  5. Green card Immigrant visa Interview at a US embassy, then entry as a permanent resident

Employers with the most certified cases

Ranked by certified labor certifications. If a company you were offered isn't here, look it up in the employer search.

EmployerCertifiedOffered hourlyPer year
Sample Employer A475$21.75$45,243
Sample Employer B448$25.67$53,394
Sample Employer C420$23.00$47,846
Sample Employer D392$24.65$51,282
Sample Employer E364$22.36$46,503
Sample Employer F337$22.72$47,253
Sample Employer G309$25.37$52,777
Sample Employer H281$23.67$49,238
Sample Employer I253$25.04$52,093
Sample Employer J226$24.25$50,430
Sample Employer K198$23.89$49,689
Sample Employer L170$23.38$48,627

Where the jobs are

  • North Carolina872
  • Arkansas594
  • Ohio475
  • Texas356
  • Nebraska277
  • Indiana198

Workers' nationalities

  • Vietnam1,189
  • Brazil713
  • China475
  • Mexico317
  • South Korea198
  • India118

Wage range

Lower quarter
$21.24
Median
$23.60
Upper quarter
$26.44

Hourly figures divide the annual offered wage by 2,080 hours (40 hours × 52 weeks). Overtime is not included.

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