Updated
PERM jobs in Arlington, TX
- Decisions
- 531
- Approved
- 93.2%
- Median certified wage
- $80,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 46 | 3 | 4 |
| FY2017 | 28 | 3 | 1 |
| FY2018 | 79 | 5 | 6 |
| FY2019 | 30 | 6 | 2 |
| FY2020 | 32 | 4 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 28 | 1 | 3 |
| FY2022 | 23 | 3 | 4 |
| FY2023 | 49 | 1 | 6 |
| FY2024 | 54 | 3 | 2 |
| FY2025 | 57 | 4 | 2 |
| FY2026 | 40 | 1 | 1 |
Top sponsors
- University of Texas at Arlington 64
- General Motors Financial Company, Inc. 53
- Texas Health Resources 22
- Texas Used Tires Wholesale LLC 16
- Fast Recycling Inc. 11
- SILVER XIS 11
- DALLAS LOGISTICS INC 10
- TIBCO SOFTWARE INC. 10
- MUY HAMBURGER PARTNERS, LLC 10
- Paxel Consulting LLC 9
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 38
- Computer Occupations, All Other 30
- Computer Systems Analysts 29
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 27
- Accountants and Auditors 24
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 13
- Software Developers 13
- Industrial Engineers 10
- Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food 10
- Mechanical Engineers 9
Industries
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 64
- Custom Computer Programming Services 38
- Consumer Lending 37
- Tire and Tube Merchant Wholesalers 27
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 22
- Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities 17
- Limited-Service Restaurants 13
- Engineering Services 12
- Offices of Dentists 12
- Full-Service Restaurants 11
Countries of citizenship
- India 158
- South Korea 31
- Pakistan 29
- China 23
- Mexico 22
- Vietnam 15
- Taiwan 14
- Jordan 11
- Canada 10
- Bangladesh 10
Worker's education
- Master's 155
- Bachelor's 93
- None 81
- Doctorate 40
- Other 22
- High School 12
- Associate's 7
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 235
- NOT IN USA 41
- F-1 39
- B-2 18
- L-1 14
- E-2 9
- F-2 4
- TN 2
- H-4 1
- J-1 1
H-1B in Arlington, TX
2,209 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 2,048 (93%). 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
- Software Developers 248
- Data Scientists 78
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 68
- Manufacturing Engineers 48
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 31
- Financial and Investment Analysts 24
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators 24
- General and Operations Managers 23
- Data Warehousing Specialists 23
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 22
Where Arlington, TX sits
- County
- Tarrant County
- Census places Arlington city in it
- Metro area
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
103.1 is BEA's price level for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 117.9. A salary here buys about 97% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand27 PERM decisions
- Accountants and Auditors24 PERM decisions
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary13 PERM decisions
- Software Developers13 PERM decisions
- Industrial Engineers10 PERM decisions
- Mechanical Engineers9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | $38,510 | $32,219 | $36,504 | $40,789 | $45,074 |
| Accountants and Auditors | $82,620 | $61,381 | $76,877 | $92,352 | $107,848 |
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | $125,140 | $74,910 | $102,567 | $130,223 | $157,880 |
| Software Developers | $133,290 | $95,202 | $116,896 | $138,590 | $160,285 |
| Industrial Engineers | $105,640 | $80,517 | $97,261 | $113,984 | $130,728 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $105,420 | $78,250 | $96,304 | $114,358 | $132,413 |
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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