Updated
PERM jobs in Cleveland, OH
- Decisions
- 1,250
- Approved
- 96.9%
- Median certified wage
- $101,490
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 186 | 5 | 2 |
| FY2017 | 90 | 4 | 2 |
| FY2018 | 178 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 99 | 4 | 3 |
| FY2020 | 77 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2021 | 103 | 5 | 3 |
| FY2022 | 83 | 3 | 3 |
| FY2023 | 67 | 1 | 5 |
| FY2024 | 72 | 5 | 7 |
| FY2025 | 110 | 6 | 9 |
| FY2026 | 108 | 1 | 4 |
Top sponsors
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation 198
- THE SHERWINWILLIAMS COMPANY 163
- KeyBank National Association 95
- University Hospitals Medical Group, Inc. 59
- Case Western Reserve University 57
- THE METROHEALTH SYSTEM 44
- Ernst & Young U.S. LLP 41
- Cleveland State University 25
- DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP 24
- Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. 17
Top occupations
Industries
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (NAICS 622110) 221
- Paint and Coating Manufacturing 157
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 82
- Offices of Physicians 68
- Commercial Banking (NAICS 522110) 68
- Offices of Certified Public Accountants 43
- Commercial Banking (NAICS 52211) 37
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (NAICS 6221) 29
- Management Consulting Services 26
- Elementary and Secondary Schools 21
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 324
- Bachelor's 261
- Other 259
- Doctorate 87
- None 56
- High School 5
- Associate's 2
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 844
- F-1 24
- L-1 19
- NOT IN USA 15
- H-2B 13
- O-1 10
- TPS 9
- TN 8
- B-2 6
- J-1 5
H-1B in Cleveland, OH
5,976 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 5,683 (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
- Case Western Reserve University 276
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation 240
- the-sherwinwilliams-company 188
- Cleveland Clinic 127
- Ernst & Young U.S. LLP 94
- University Hospitals Medical Group, Inc. 86
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center 82
- The MetroHealth System 67
- cognizant-technology-solutions-us-corporation 56
- METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER 48
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 404
- Hospitalists 209
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 172
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 108
- Accountants and Auditors 71
- Data Scientists 69
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 46
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 45
- Computer Programmers 41
- Database Administrators 41
Where Cleveland, OH sits
- County
- Cuyahoga County
- Census places Cleveland city in it
- Metro area
- Cleveland, OH
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Cleveland, OH
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
93.9 is BEA's price level for the Cleveland, OH metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 79.4. A salary here buys about 106% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Statisticians76 PERM decisions
- Accountants and Auditors37 PERM decisions
- Computer and Information Systems Managers29 PERM decisions
- Software Developers28 PERM decisions
- Cooks, Restaurant25 PERM decisions
- Financial Analysts19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statisticians | $78,520 | $56,326 | $71,448 | $86,549 | $101,670 |
| Accountants and Auditors | $80,000 | $57,824 | $73,278 | $88,754 | $104,208 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $156,410 | $105,394 | $132,954 | $160,534 | $188,094 |
| Software Developers | $111,310 | $83,013 | $101,234 | $119,434 | $137,654 |
| Cooks, Restaurant | $37,060 | $29,640 | $33,467 | $37,294 | $41,122 |
| Financial Analysts | $98,320 | $66,082 | $85,405 | $104,728 | $124,051 |
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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