Updated
PERM jobs in Columbus, GA
- Decisions
- 218
- Approved
- 96.7%
- Median certified wage
- $74,256
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 18 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2025 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 74 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- JSA Georgia, Inc. 56
- TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC. (TSYS, INC.) 29
- TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES LLC 22
- COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY 19
- AFLAC OF COLUMBUS 8
- AMERICAN FAMILY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF COLUMBUS (AFLAC) 6
- The Medical Center, Inc. 5
- Columbus Fuji Group, Inc. 4
- Kysor Warren EPTA US Corporation 4
- Shah Fashion Jewelry Inc. 4
Top occupations
- Fast Food and Counter Workers 56
- Software Developers, Applications 38
- Software Developers 15
- Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 9
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 8
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 6
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 5
- Cooks, Restaurant 4
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 4
- Mechanical Engineers 4
Industries
- Limited-Service Restaurants 56
- Other Activities Related to Credit Intermediation 46
- Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers 17
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (NAICS 611310) 15
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 9
- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 7
- Full-Service Restaurants 6
- Refrigeration Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 5
- Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities 4
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (NAICS 61131) 4
Countries of citizenship
- India 64
- South Korea 12
- China 7
- Pakistan 5
- Nigeria 3
- Venezuela 3
- Canada 3
- Philippines 2
- United Kingdom 2
- Honduras 2
Worker's education
- Master's 50
- Bachelor's 29
- Doctorate 13
- Other 12
- None 11
- Associate's 2
- High School 1
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 85
- NOT IN USA 7
- F-1 6
- L-1 6
- TN 2
- E-2 2
- F-2 1
- R-1 1
- G-1 1
H-1B in Columbus, GA
1,054 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 1,007 (96%). 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
- cognizant-technology-solutions-us-corporation 69
- Total System Services LLC 38
- Coforge Limited 28
- AMERICAN FAMILY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF COLUMBUS (AFLAC) 26
- Columbus Ambulatory Healthcare Services, Inc. 21
- TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED 13
- FIS Management Services, LLC 12
- The Medical Center, Inc. 12
- LTIMindtree Limited 10
- Aflac Inc. 9
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 104
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 101
- Computer Systems Analysts 28
- Hospitalists 23
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 19
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 12
- Management Analysts 9
- Computer Programmers 9
- Mechanical Engineers 7
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators 7
Where Columbus, GA sits
- County
- Muscogee County
- Census places Columbus city in it
- Metro area
- Columbus, GA-AL
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Columbus, GA-AL
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
89.3 is BEA's price level for the Columbus, GA-AL metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 61.2. A salary here buys about 112% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Fast Food and Counter Workers56 PERM decisions
- Software Developers15 PERM decisions
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists8 PERM decisions
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary6 PERM decisions
- Computer Systems Analysts5 PERM decisions
- Cooks, Restaurant4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $23,300 | $20,134 | $22,568 | $25,022 | $27,456 |
| Software Developers | $116,150 | $87,048 | $103,002 | $118,934 | $134,888 |
| Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists | — | $35,485 | $47,112 | $58,718 | $70,346 |
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | — | $56,640 | $84,753 | $112,867 | $140,980 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $103,410 | $75,275 | $89,336 | $103,376 | $117,437 |
| Cooks, Restaurant | $30,470 | $24,190 | $27,518 | $30,846 | $34,174 |
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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