Updated
PERM jobs in Bentonville, AR
- Decisions
- 2,472
- Approved
- 98.4%
- Median certified wage
- $100,153
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 68 | 2 | 4 |
| FY2017 | 38 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2018 | 88 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2019 | 107 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 96 | 2 | 5 |
| FY2021 | 286 | 15 | 5 |
| FY2022 | 512 | 4 | 8 |
| FY2023 | 333 | 7 | 2 |
| FY2024 | 269 | 3 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 380 | 0 | 6 |
| FY2026 | 218 | 2 | 3 |
Top sponsors
- WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC. 2,032
- Kitestring Consulting Inc. 128
- FEDERAL SOFT SYSTEMS, INC. 88
- INVINCIBLE TECH SYSTEMS, INC. 32
- L.J. SMITH AND ASSOCIATES 31
- Arkansas Early Learning, Inc. 19
- Cloud Centric Inc 15
- Accenture LLP 15
- Sherwood Hospitality Group, LLC 15
- Confiz LLC 10
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 832
- Software Developers 502
- Computer Occupations, All Other 221
- Software Developers, Systems Software 141
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 126
- Project Management Specialists 107
- Statisticians 82
- Data Scientists 80
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 49
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 38
Industries
- General Merchandise Stores (NAICS 452910) 1,102
- General Merchandise Stores (NAICS 452112) 396
- Department Stores (NAICS 452210) 312
- Custom Computer Programming Services 233
- Department Stores (NAICS 455110) 221
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 88
- Full-Service Restaurants 21
- Child Care Services 19
- Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services 16
- Other Computer Related Services 10
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 1,081
- Bachelor's 665
- None 79
- Doctorate 14
- High School 10
- Other 5
- Associate's 1
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,642
- F-1 95
- L-1 60
- TN 11
- NOT IN USA 7
- H-4 6
- E-2 3
- F-2 2
- B-1 1
- O-1 1
H-1B in Bentonville, AR
15,747 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 15,155 (96%). 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 4,282
- Data Scientists 977
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 604
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 106
- Computer Systems Analysts 103
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 99
- Information Security Analysts 71
- Manufacturing Engineers 66
- Computer Programmers 55
- Logistics Analysts 54
Where Bentonville, AR sits
- County
- Benton County
- Census places Bentonville city in it
- Metro area
- Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
91.4 is BEA's price level for the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 76.9. A salary here buys about 109% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers502 PERM decisions
- Project Management Specialists107 PERM decisions
- Statisticians82 PERM decisions
- Data Scientists80 PERM decisions
- Computer and Information Systems Managers49 PERM decisions
- Computer Systems Analysts38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | $105,130 | $70,054 | $89,814 | $109,554 | $129,314 |
| Project Management Specialists | $82,310 | $56,451 | $72,800 | $89,149 | $105,498 |
| Statisticians | $105,720 | $75,525 | $93,434 | $111,342 | $129,251 |
| Data Scientists | $125,590 | $93,434 | $110,302 | $127,171 | $144,040 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $141,940 | $95,326 | $126,131 | $156,915 | $187,720 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $94,860 | $67,704 | $82,493 | $97,261 | $112,050 |
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.
Cite this page
Waiting on a PERM case?
- When it'll likely be decided
- An email when DOL moves it
Don't have the number?