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PERM jobs in Buckeye, AZ

Decisions
96
Approved
96.8%
Median certified wage
$56,763
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 2 0 0
FY2017 0 0 0
FY2018 1 0 0
FY2019 14 0 0
FY2020 7 0 0
FY2021 0 1 0
FY2022 2 1 1
FY2023 51 0 0
FY2024 2 0 0
FY2025 3 0 0
FY2026 10 1 0

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Top occupations

Industries

  • General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload 71
  • Elementary and Secondary Schools 13
  • Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers 2
  • Crop Harvesting, Primarily by Machine 2
  • Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services 1
  • Dairy Cattle and Milk Production 1
  • Offices of Dentists 1
  • Regulation and Administration of Transportation Programs 1
  • Glass and Glass Product Manufacturing 1
  • Other Plastics Product Manufacturing 1

Countries of citizenship

  • Zimbabwe 41
  • Serbia 6
  • Macedonia 5
  • Mexico 5
  • Romania 4
  • Canada 4
  • Botswana 3
  • India 2
  • Colombia 1
  • Brazil 1

Worker's education

  • None 76
  • Master's 2
  • Bachelor's 2
  • High School 1
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • NOT IN USA 72
  • H-1B 3
  • E-2 2
  • TN 1
  • O-2 1

H-1B in Buckeye, AZ

107 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 101 (94%). An LCA is the employer's wage attestation before an H-1B petition, so it counts positions offered. It doesn't count people hired.

Where Buckeye, AZ sits

County
Maricopa County
Census places Buckeye city in it
Metro area
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
Metropolitan statistical area
DOL wage area
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27

103.3 is BEA's price level for the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 121.2. A salary here buys about 97% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.

What these jobs pay in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ BLS May 2025, DOL wage year 2026-27
  • Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
    71 PERM decisions
  • Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
    5 PERM decisions
  • Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
    4 PERM decisions
  • Special Education Teachers, Elementary School
    3 PERM decisions
  • Agricultural Equipment Operators
    2 PERM decisions
  • Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
    1 PERM decisions
$40k$60k$80k
  • middle half of pay (BLS)
  • median
  • 10th to 90th percentile
  • DOL's Levels I to IV, left to right
Market pay and DOL wage levels for the jobs filed most here
Job BLS median Level I Level II Level III Level IV
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers $59,770 $44,658 $52,187 $59,717 $67,246
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education $59,180 $46,150 $53,810 $61,470 $69,130
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education $61,330 $48,880 $56,430 $63,980 $71,530
Special Education Teachers, Elementary School — $46,420 $53,093 $59,767 $66,440
Agricultural Equipment Operators $36,600 $35,110 $38,126 $41,142 $44,158
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education $56,920 $47,170 $53,077 $58,983 $64,890

Any job in any area, and every wage year since 2021-22, in the wage-level tool.

The jobs filed most in Buckeye, AZ: what employers in the metro report paying everyone in each, and DOL's four prevailing wage levels there. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics; DOL OFLC wage tables

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.

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