Updated
PERM jobs in Auburn Hills, MI
- Decisions
- 1,977
- Approved
- 98.4%
- Median certified wage
- $98,756
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 168 | 4 | 5 |
| FY2017 | 128 | 0 | 4 |
| FY2018 | 196 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2019 | 196 | 10 | 7 |
| FY2020 | 219 | 2 | 5 |
| FY2021 | 173 | 3 | 4 |
| FY2022 | 111 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 166 | 6 | 8 |
| FY2024 | 157 | 3 | 13 |
| FY2025 | 218 | 0 | 12 |
| FY2026 | 151 | 0 | 3 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Mechanical Engineers 615
- Software Developers, Systems Software 195
- Electrical Engineers 186
- Industrial Engineers 163
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 91
- Architectural and Engineering Managers 85
- Software Developers 67
- Software Developers, Applications 66
- Computer Systems Analysts 50
- Sales Engineers 43
Industries
- Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 448
- Motor Vehicle Manufacturing 210
- Engineering Services 172
- Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle Manufacturing 167
- Motor Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Equipment Manufacturing (NAICS 336322) 148
- Motor Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Equipment Manufacturing (NAICS 33632) 70
- Custom Computer Programming Services 68
- Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 52
- Commercial Banking 44
- Automobile Manufacturing 41
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 810
- Bachelor's 644
- Doctorate 38
- Associate's 29
- None 20
- Other 18
- High School 2
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,069
- L-1 266
- TN 158
- E-2 37
- NOT IN USA 8
- F-1 7
- E-1 4
- H-4 2
- E-3 1
- O-1 1
H-1B in Auburn Hills, MI
8,590 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 7,915 (92%). 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
- Mechanical Engineers 817
- Software Developers 543
- Electrical Engineers 251
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 241
- Manufacturing Engineers 180
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 133
- Architectural and Engineering Managers 128
- Computer Programmers 64
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 52
- Computer Systems Analysts 51
Where Auburn Hills, MI sits
- County
- Oakland County
- Census places Auburn Hills city in it
- Metro area
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
100.3 is BEA's price level for the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 94.7. A salary here buys about 100% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Mechanical Engineers615 PERM decisions
- Electrical Engineers186 PERM decisions
- Industrial Engineers163 PERM decisions
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer91 PERM decisions
- Architectural and Engineering Managers85 PERM decisions
- Software Developers67 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineers | $109,470 | $84,864 | $100,672 | $116,459 | $132,267 |
| Electrical Engineers | $114,390 | $84,302 | $100,651 | $117,021 | $133,370 |
| Industrial Engineers | $104,110 | $80,850 | $95,534 | $110,219 | $124,904 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $128,650 | $94,702 | $108,805 | $122,907 | $137,010 |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers | $168,550 | $127,941 | $150,405 | $172,890 | $195,354 |
| Software Developers | $130,760 | $89,877 | $108,950 | $128,003 | $147,077 |
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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