Updated
PERM jobs in Cedar Rapids, IA
- Decisions
- 555
- Approved
- 97.4%
- Median certified wage
- $96,699
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 75 | 4 | 2 |
| FY2017 | 53 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2018 | 50 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 31 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2020 | 29 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 62 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 41 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2023 | 40 | 1 | 6 |
| FY2024 | 28 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2025 | 62 | 0 | 5 |
| FY2026 | 45 | 0 | 4 |
Top sponsors
- Rockwell Collins Inc. 292
- Transamerica Life Insurance Company 60
- Skyworks Solutions, Inc. 36
- EINFOCHIPS, INC. 24
- Iowa Physicians Clinic Medical Foundation 18
- Infinite Computing Systems, Inc. 17
- Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 13
- Cogent Healthcare of Iowa, P.C. 9
- Genova Technologies 8
- Schneider Electric USA, Inc. 7
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Systems Software 152
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 59
- Software Developers, Applications 55
- Software Developers 48
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 32
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 19
- Actuaries 18
- Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 16
- Electrical Engineers 14
- Architectural and Engineering Managers 10
Industries
- Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing 183
- Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing 109
- Insurance Carriers 70
- Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing 31
- Other Computer Related Services 24
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 21
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 16
- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 14
- Custom Computer Programming Services 8
- Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing 7
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 194
- Master's 181
- Other 35
- Doctorate 9
- None 6
- High School 1
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 361
- L-1 24
- F-1 16
- TN 6
- H-4 3
- E-2 1
- J-1 1
- TPS 1
- NOT IN USA 1
H-1B in Cedar Rapids, IA
2,104 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 2,044 (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
- Rockwell Collins Inc. 325
- HCL AMERICA INC 45
- Skyworks Solutions, Inc. 39
- Transamerica Life Insurance Company 25
- Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 19
- Aegon Global Services, LLC 12
- Cogent Healthcare of Iowa, P.C. 12
- Iowa Physicians Clinic Medical Foundation 11
- ATOS SYNTEL INC 9
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC. 9
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 350
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 40
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 35
- Hospitalists 28
- Computer Programmers 28
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 24
- Electrical Engineers 23
- Architectural and Engineering Managers 15
- Computer Systems Analysts 14
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 11
Where Cedar Rapids, IA sits
- County
- Linn County
- Census places Cedar Rapids city in it
- Metro area
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
89.0 is BEA's price level for the Cedar Rapids, IA metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 71.4. A salary here buys about 112% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer59 PERM decisions
- Software Developers48 PERM decisions
- Computer Systems Analysts32 PERM decisions
- Actuaries18 PERM decisions
- Electrical Engineers14 PERM decisions
- Architectural and Engineering Managers10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $90,490 | $69,680 | $86,320 | $102,960 | $119,600 |
| Software Developers | $114,340 | $77,085 | $96,658 | $116,230 | $135,803 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $81,510 | $62,587 | $75,899 | $89,190 | $102,502 |
| Actuaries | — | $87,859 | $107,536 | $127,234 | $146,910 |
| Electrical Engineers | $104,360 | $86,299 | $99,258 | $112,237 | $125,195 |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers | $152,530 | $116,730 | $134,701 | $152,693 | $170,664 |
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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