Updated
PERM jobs in Baytown, TX
- Decisions
- 147
- Approved
- 93.6%
- Median certified wage
- $89,190
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2026 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- Covestro LLC 19
- Jindal SAW USA LLC 18
- JSW Steel USA, Inc. 10
- Baytown Travel Center LLC 10
- BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE LLC 9
- Borusan Mannesmann Pipe U.S. 6
- Sky Heaven Properties Inc. 3
- Trans-Global Solutions, Inc. 3
- LCY Elastomers LP 3
- Bayway Business Inc. dba RD Food Mart 3
Top occupations
- First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 18
- Industrial Engineers 13
- Electrical Engineers 12
- Mechanical Engineers 12
- Chemical Engineers 8
- Architectural and Engineering Managers 5
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 5
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 4
- General and Operations Managers 4
- Construction Managers 4
Industries
- Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel 26
- Plastics Product Manufacturing 25
- Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores (NAICS 447110) 25
- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 6
- Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing 5
- Offices of Dentists 3
- Automotive Parts and Accessories Retailers 2
- Private Households 2
- Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores (NAICS 457110) 2
- General Freight Trucking 2
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 35
- None 31
- Bachelor's 26
- Other 7
- High School 6
- Doctorate 5
- Associate's 3
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 40
- L-1 12
- NOT IN USA 7
- TN 7
- F-1 7
- E-2 7
- B-2 5
- TPS 1
- V-2 1
H-1B in Baytown, TX
366 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 355 (97%). 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
- Manufacturing Engineers 28
- Mechanical Engineers 24
- Chemical Engineers 10
- Electrical Engineers 10
- Quality Control Systems Managers 7
- Materials Engineers 7
- Logistics Analysts 4
- Dentists, General 4
- Software Developers 4
- Psychiatrists 4
Where Baytown, TX sits
- Counties
- Chambers and Harris counties
- Census places Baytown city in both
- Metro area
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
98.6 is BEA's price level for the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 104.5. A salary here buys about 101% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers18 PERM decisions
- Industrial Engineers13 PERM decisions
- Electrical Engineers12 PERM decisions
- Mechanical Engineers12 PERM decisions
- Chemical Engineers8 PERM decisions
- Architectural and Engineering Managers5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers | $46,970 | $31,990 | $41,267 | $50,544 | $59,821 |
| Industrial Engineers | $111,690 | $78,416 | $100,693 | $122,970 | $145,246 |
| Electrical Engineers | $131,070 | $81,182 | $108,035 | $134,909 | $161,762 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $125,350 | $86,029 | $109,408 | $132,808 | $156,187 |
| Chemical Engineers | $138,120 | $108,160 | $131,830 | $155,522 | $179,192 |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers | $172,020 | $133,390 | $164,362 | $195,354 | $226,325 |
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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