Updated
PERM jobs in Andover, MA
- Decisions
- 464
- Approved
- 95.8%
- Median certified wage
- $111,114
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 67 | 4 | 2 |
| FY2017 | 46 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2018 | 51 | 5 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 31 | 3 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2021 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 26 | 3 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 29 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2024 | 36 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 49 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 40 | 0 | 2 |
Top sponsors
- Schneider Electric USA, Inc. 37
- ENEL NORTH AMERICA INC. 31
- Casa Systems, Inc. 26
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION 24
- Smith & Nephew, Inc. 23
- Draeger Medical Systems, Inc. 23
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 23
- Broadcom Corporation 22
- Vicor Corporation 21
- NAVISITE, LLC 19
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Systems Software 61
- Software Developers, Applications 58
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 34
- Computer Systems Analysts 23
- Computer Occupations, All Other 23
- Software Developers 22
- Electrical Engineers 19
- Marketing Managers 13
- Biomedical Engineers 12
- Industrial Engineers 11
Industries
- Custom Computer Programming Services 42
- Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing 39
- Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing 32
- Other Electronic Component Manufacturing 32
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 26
- Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 25
- Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing 22
- All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing 21
- Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing 20
- Electric Power Generation 19
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 203
- Bachelor's 124
- Doctorate 22
- None 13
- Other 4
- Associate's 3
- High School 1
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 256
- L-1 68
- F-1 13
- TN 8
- E-2 4
- H-4 4
- NOT IN USA 2
- E-3 1
- PAROLEE 1
- TPS 1
H-1B in Andover, MA
1,584 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 1,500 (95%). 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
- Vicor Corporation 53
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC. 36
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 33
- Skyworks Solutions, Inc. 28
- WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC. 26
- Smith & Nephew, Inc. 25
- cognizant-technology-solutions-us-corporation 24
- Infineon Technologies Americas Corp. 18
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION 18
- PFIZER INC. 17
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 122
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 56
- Manufacturing Engineers 50
- Electrical Engineers 38
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 33
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 29
- Data Scientists 22
- Mechanical Engineers 21
- Mechatronics Engineers 12
- Regulatory Affairs Specialists 10
Where Andover, MA sits
- County
- Essex County
- Census places Andover town in it
- Metro area
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
108.3 is BEA's price level for the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 148.4. A salary here buys about 92% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer34 PERM decisions
- Software Developers22 PERM decisions
- Electrical Engineers19 PERM decisions
- Marketing Managers13 PERM decisions
- Biomedical Engineers12 PERM decisions
- Industrial Engineers11 PERM decisions
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $142,920 | $103,189 | $128,440 | $153,712 | $178,963 |
| Software Developers | $166,090 | $114,275 | $138,237 | $162,198 | $186,160 |
| Electrical Engineers | $128,610 | $87,818 | $109,616 | $131,435 | $153,234 |
| Marketing Managers | $213,910 | $142,064 | $179,234 | $216,403 | $253,573 |
| Biomedical Engineers | $128,550 | $86,424 | $107,245 | $128,086 | $148,907 |
| Industrial Engineers | $118,970 | $89,149 | $104,541 | $119,933 | $135,325 |
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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