Updated
PERM jobs in Boise, ID
- Decisions
- 1,228
- Approved
- 98.2%
- Median certified wage
- $91,800
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 93 | 4 | 8 |
| FY2017 | 91 | 5 | 1 |
| FY2018 | 99 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 139 | 1 | 3 |
| FY2020 | 88 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2021 | 81 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 94 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2023 | 65 | 3 | 7 |
| FY2024 | 48 | 1 | 4 |
| FY2025 | 193 | 0 | 14 |
| FY2026 | 166 | 2 | 7 |
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Top occupations
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 206
- Fast Food and Counter Workers 142
- Materials Engineers 119
- Industrial Engineers 100
- Electrical Engineers 77
- Software Developers, Applications 69
- Chemical Engineers 39
- Computer Systems Analysts 37
- Software Developers, Systems Software 27
- Mechanical Engineers 23
Industries
- Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing 759
- Limited-Service Restaurants 143
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 52
- Engineering Services 26
- Custom Computer Programming Services 26
- Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (NAICS 33441) 22
- Investment Advice 16
- Semiconductor Machinery Manufacturing 13
- Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing 11
- Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (NAICS 3344) 11
Countries of citizenship
- India 381
- China 123
- South Korea 40
- Italy 31
- Taiwan 24
- Singapore 21
- Canada 21
- Philippines 21
- Japan 19
- Nepal 17
Worker's education
- Master's 415
- Bachelor's 211
- Doctorate 170
- Other 20
- None 17
- High School 5
- Associate's 3
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 554
- L-1 166
- F-1 80
- TN 6
- O-1 5
- B-2 3
- L-2 3
- H-4 2
- P-1 2
- E-2 2
H-1B in Boise, ID
3,762 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 3,637 (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
- Electrical Engineers 198
- Materials Engineers 179
- Manufacturing Engineers 177
- Software Developers 152
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 118
- Data Scientists 75
- Mechanical Engineers 74
- Computer Systems Analysts 55
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 54
- Chemical Engineers 45
Where Boise, ID sits
- County
- Ada County
- Census places Boise City city in it
- Metro area
- Boise City, ID
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Boise City, ID
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
98.4 is BEA's price level for the Boise City, ID metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 105.6. A salary here buys about 102% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer206 PERM decisions
- Fast Food and Counter Workers142 PERM decisions
- Materials Engineers119 PERM decisions
- Industrial Engineers100 PERM decisions
- Electrical Engineers77 PERM decisions
- Chemical Engineers39 PERM decisions
Each row has its own scale, marked at its ends: these jobs pay too differently to share one. The table compares them.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $102,770 | $86,424 | $100,131 | $113,838 | $127,546 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $29,660 | $22,214 | $25,792 | $29,349 | $32,926 |
| Materials Engineers | — | $57,803 | $78,000 | $98,218 | $118,414 |
| Industrial Engineers | $100,840 | $76,939 | $93,371 | $109,803 | $126,235 |
| Electrical Engineers | $129,790 | $87,110 | $107,890 | $128,648 | $149,427 |
| Chemical Engineers | — | $94,016 | $111,342 | $128,669 | $145,995 |
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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