Updated
PERM jobs in Cincinnati, OH
- Decisions
- 3,807
- Approved
- 94.6%
- Median certified wage
- $46,134
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 110 | 1 | 3 |
| FY2017 | 73 | 8 | 1 |
| FY2018 | 127 | 3 | 7 |
| FY2019 | 162 | 9 | 8 |
| FY2020 | 142 | 40 | 3 |
| FY2021 | 221 | 2 | 7 |
| FY2022 | 879 | 37 | 32 |
| FY2023 | 386 | 9 | 13 |
| FY2024 | 553 | 74 | 46 |
| FY2025 | 627 | 7 | 15 |
| FY2026 | 184 | 8 | 10 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Nursing Assistants (SOC 31-1014) 1,285
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 436
- Nursing Assistants (SOC 31-1131) 334
- Software Developers, Applications 264
- Software Developers 223
- Statisticians 129
- Computer Occupations, All Other 99
- Computer Systems Analysts 63
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 42
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 41
Industries
- Home Health Care Services 1,629
- Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services 435
- Custom Computer Programming Services 183
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 130
- Telemarketing Bureaus and Other Contact Centers 115
- Commercial Banking 97
- Grocery and Convenience Retailers 83
- Payroll Services 63
- Marketing Consulting Services 59
- Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services 57
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 1,541
- Master's 536
- Associate's 330
- High School 242
- Doctorate 123
- Other 81
- None 54
Visa held when filed
- NOT IN USA 1,632
- H-1B 937
- F-1 74
- L-1 59
- H-2B 19
- E-2 10
- TN 9
- B-2 8
- H-4 7
- J-1 3
H-1B in Cincinnati, OH
10,433 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 9,887 (95%). 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
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 320
- SLK AMERICA INC 186
- UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI 162
- cognizant-technology-solutions-us-corporation 155
- LTIMindtree Limited 137
- Worldpay, LLC 125
- TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED 115
- Fifth Third Bank, National Association 99
- Deloitte Consulting LLP 82
- Ernst & Young U.S. LLP 77
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 1,221
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 413
- Data Scientists 200
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 194
- Computer Systems Analysts 166
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 122
- Accountants and Auditors 91
- Computer Programmers 90
- Hospitalists 83
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 74
Where Cincinnati, OH sits
- County
- Hamilton County
- Census places Cincinnati city in it
- Metro area
- Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
95.4 is BEA's price level for the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 87.6. A salary here buys about 105% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists436 PERM decisions
- Nursing Assistants334 PERM decisions
- Software Developers223 PERM decisions
- Statisticians129 PERM decisions
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers42 PERM decisions
- Computer and Information Systems Managers41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists | — | $45,198 | $56,222 | $67,267 | $78,291 |
| Nursing Assistants | $40,350 | $36,941 | $39,437 | $41,912 | $44,408 |
| Software Developers | $121,420 | $83,699 | $103,106 | $122,512 | $141,918 |
| Statisticians | $101,500 | $70,096 | $89,939 | $109,782 | $129,626 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | $87,940 | $64,189 | $79,414 | $94,640 | $109,866 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $169,530 | $115,336 | $146,661 | $177,965 | $209,290 |
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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