Updated
PERM jobs in Bloomington, MN
- Decisions
- 589
- Approved
- 97.0%
- Median certified wage
- $98,430
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 61 | 5 | 2 |
| FY2017 | 63 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2018 | 58 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 75 | 1 | 4 |
| FY2020 | 45 | 3 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 37 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2022 | 49 | 3 | 5 |
| FY2023 | 37 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2024 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 57 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2026 | 46 | 1 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- Group Health Plan, Inc. 79
- Logic Information Systems, Inc. 68
- Javen Technologies, Inc. 64
- NCS Pearson, Inc. 43
- Seagate US LLC 30
- PointClickCare Technologies USA Corp. 17
- MatrixCare, Inc. 15
- Delta Air Lines, Inc. 11
- COTIVITI INC 10
- EXPRESS SCRIPTS SERVICES COMPANY 9
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 118
- Software Developers, Systems Software 71
- Computer Occupations, All Other 53
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 40
- Software Developers 37
- Software Developers, Applications, Non R & D (ACWIA Only) 18
- Management Analysts 15
- Statisticians 15
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 14
- Training and Development Specialists 14
Industries
- Custom Computer Programming Services 206
- HMO Medical Centers 79
- Computer Storage Device Manufacturing 29
- Software Publishers 21
- Educational Support Services 18
- Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing 13
- Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services 12
- Computer Training 12
- Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation 11
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 10
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 236
- Master's 181
- None 24
- Doctorate 21
- Other 15
- Associate's 3
- High School 2
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 385
- F-1 35
- L-1 23
- NOT IN USA 9
- E-3 9
- TN 5
- TPS 1
- H-1B1 1
- H-4 1
H-1B in Bloomington, MN
1,547 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 1,489 (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 151
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 104
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 56
- Mechanical Engineers 26
- Computer Programmers 23
- Data Scientists 19
- Electrical Engineers 18
- Computer Systems Analysts 14
- Database Administrators 13
- Manufacturing Engineers 8
Where Bloomington, MN sits
- County
- Hennepin County
- Census places Bloomington city in it
- Metro area
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
104.8 is BEA's price level for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 111.8. A salary here buys about 95% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers37 PERM decisions
- Management Analysts15 PERM decisions
- Statisticians15 PERM decisions
- Computer Systems Analysts14 PERM decisions
- Training and Development Specialists14 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 | $130,920 | $91,624 | $110,926 | $130,208 | $149,510 |
| Management Analysts | $101,560 | $71,011 | $90,355 | $109,699 | $129,043 |
| Statisticians | — | $70,491 | $92,976 | $115,482 | $137,966 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $112,090 | $84,282 | $99,445 | $114,629 | $129,792 |
| Training and Development Specialists | $78,430 | $55,806 | $70,242 | $84,656 | $99,091 |
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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