Updated
PERM jobs in Anchorage, AK
- Decisions
- 339
- Approved
- 89.8%
- Median certified wage
- $40,861
- Years
- FY2016 to FY2026
Year by year
- certified
- denied
- withdrawn
Fiscal years run October to September. More
Fiscal years run October to September. FY2016 to FY2023 come from DOL's closed-year files, and FY2024 on from its current ones. The newest year is partial until DOL publishes its fourth quarter.
Every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 17 | 4 | 5 |
| FY2018 | 25 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2019 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 13 | 23 | 2 |
| FY2024 | 29 | 1 | 4 |
| FY2025 | 77 | 0 | 7 |
| FY2026 | 54 | 0 | 2 |
Top sponsors
- BTY Dental Group, LLC. 42
- Subway of Alaska, Inc. 29
- LAKEVIEW HOMES ALH LLC 17
- University of Alaska 16
- AKHAPPYTIME LLC 15
- Alaska Yellow Dispatch, LLC. 12
- CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY 8
- COLUMBIA SUSSEX MANAGEMENT, LLC 7
- Teck Alaska Incorporated 6
- ARIANA ALH LLC 6
Top occupations
- Nursing Assistants 55
- Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food 29
- Dental Assistants 17
- Dentists, General 16
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 14
- Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 11
- Accountants and Auditors 9
- Cooks, Restaurant 8
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 7
- Lodging Managers 6
Industries
- Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly 57
- Offices of Dentists 47
- Limited-Service Restaurants 33
- Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels 24
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 16
- Home Health Care Services 15
- Full-Service Restaurants 9
- Taxi and Ridesharing Services 9
- Petroleum Refineries 7
- All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining 6
Countries of citizenship
- South Korea 46
- Bangladesh 21
- Canada 19
- India 18
- Philippines 15
- Russia 13
- Venezuela 4
- Nepal 4
- Pakistan 4
- Turkey 4
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 54
- High School 42
- Master's 23
- Other 19
- Doctorate 18
- None 16
- Associate's 13
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 62
- F-1 20
- E-2 9
- TN 6
- L-1 5
- NOT IN USA 5
- J-1 3
- F-2 2
- B-2 1
- A1/A2 1
H-1B in Anchorage, AK
340 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 300 (88%). An LCA is the employer's wage attestation before an H-1B petition, so it counts positions offered. It doesn't count people hired.
Employers, certified LCAs since FY2024
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
Where Anchorage, AK sits
- County
- Anchorage Municipality
- Census places Anchorage municipality in it
- Metro area
- Anchorage, AK
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Anchorage, AK
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
105.4 is BEA's price level for the Anchorage, AK metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 109.9. A salary here buys about 95% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Nursing Assistants55 PERM decisions
- Dental Assistants17 PERM decisions
- Dentists, General16 PERM decisions
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners14 PERM decisions
- Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance11 PERM decisions
- Accountants and Auditors9 PERM decisions
Each row has its own scale, marked at its ends: these jobs pay too differently to share one. The table compares them.
- middle half of pay (BLS)
- median
- 10th to 90th percentile
- DOL's Levels I to IV, left to right
| Job | BLS median | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing Assistants | $45,370 | $41,829 | $44,658 | $47,466 | $50,294 |
| Dental Assistants | $57,710 | $43,202 | $48,838 | $54,496 | $60,133 |
| Dentists, General | $228,030 | $112,258 | $156,333 | $200,429 | $244,504 |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $37,550 | $33,800 | $36,608 | $39,395 | $42,203 |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | $55,740 | $41,475 | $52,458 | $63,419 | $74,402 |
| Accountants and Auditors | $82,150 | $62,442 | $75,566 | $88,712 | $101,837 |
Any job in any area, and every wage year since 2021-22, in the wage-level tool.
The worksite city on each application, from DOL's decided cases since FY2016. Spellings of one city are pooled, and a city counts as one place per state.
Case data through Jun 30, 2026 · LCA disclosures through Jun 30, 2026 · Census places and metros through Jan 1, 2026 · BLS market pay through May 31, 2025 · DOL wage tables through Jul 1, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.
The sources in full
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
LCA disclosures: DOL quarterly LCA disclosure files (www.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
Census places and metros: Census Bureau Gazetteer and metro delineation files (census.gov) · data through Jan 1, 2026 · yearly
BLS market pay: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (bls.gov) · data through May 31, 2025 · yearly, each spring
DOL wage tables: DOL OFLC wage data downloads (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jul 1, 2026 · yearly, each july
What each source includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
LCA disclosures: Certified and denied H-1B labor condition applications only, with the wage offered.
Census places and metros: Where each worksite city sits: its county, metro area and DOL wage area, matched to Census's place and county files. A city Census lists in no single place is left unmatched. This site doesn't guess it.
BLS market pay: Pay employers report for everyone in each job, from BLS's yearly survey (May of the year named). It's shown nationally, by state and by metro. It covers citizens and immigrants alike, and it isn't drawn from PERM offers.
DOL wage tables: The four prevailing wage levels DOL publishes for every job in every area, each wage year from 2021-22, as DOL's own tables print them. They're the floors an offer is held to. They don't show what anyone was paid.
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