Updated
PERM jobs in Auburn, AL
- Decisions
- 430
- Approved
- 98.0%
- Median certified wage
- $65,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 38 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2017 | 32 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2018 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 40 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2021 | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 28 | 1 | 5 |
| FY2023 | 31 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2024 | 30 | 1 | 6 |
| FY2025 | 45 | 0 | 5 |
| FY2026 | 57 | 3 | 7 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Industrial Engineers 37
- Mechanical Engineers 24
- Industrial Production Managers 21
- Accountants and Auditors 21
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 20
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary 14
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 14
- Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products 13
- First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 12
- Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 12
Industries
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 126
- Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 55
- Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 50
- Motor Vehicle Transmission and Power Train Parts Manufacturing (NAICS 336350) 45
- Motor Vehicle Transmission and Power Train Parts Manufacturing (NAICS 33635) 15
- All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing 14
- Motor Vehicle Brake System Manufacturing 13
- Offices of Certified Public Accountants 12
- Engineering Services 11
- Greenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture Production 10
Countries of citizenship
- South Korea 182
- China 16
- India 14
- Germany 14
- Canada 9
- Brazil 5
- Israel 4
- Mexico 3
- South Africa 3
- Jamaica 3
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 120
- Doctorate 88
- Master's 30
- Associate's 22
- High School 22
- Other 13
- None 10
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 135
- E-2 109
- F-1 24
- L-1 13
- TN 3
- J-1 3
- B-2 3
- F-2 1
- NOT IN USA 1
- L-2 1
H-1B in Auburn, AL
637 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 523 (82%). 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 23
- Mechanical Engineers 18
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 18
- Manufacturing Engineers 13
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 12
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 10
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary 8
- Accountants and Auditors 7
- Civil Engineers 6
- Data Scientists 6
Where Auburn, AL sits
- County
- Lee County
- Census places Auburn city in it
- Metro area
- Auburn-Opelika, AL
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Auburn-Opelika, AL
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
87.9 is BEA's price level for the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 62.1. A salary here buys about 114% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Industrial Engineers37 PERM decisions
- Mechanical Engineers24 PERM decisions
- Industrial Production Managers21 PERM decisions
- Accountants and Auditors21 PERM decisions
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary20 PERM decisions
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Engineers | $80,250 | $64,771 | $76,128 | $87,485 | $98,842 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $100,230 | $72,301 | $88,254 | $104,187 | $120,141 |
| Industrial Production Managers | $110,980 | $76,149 | $96,699 | $117,250 | $137,800 |
| Accountants and Auditors | $72,570 | $54,725 | $66,830 | $78,915 | $91,021 |
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | $103,580 | $62,430 | $84,307 | $106,183 | $128,060 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $98,130 | $63,450 | $97,790 | $132,130 | $166,470 |
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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