Updated
PERM jobs in Columbus, OH
- Decisions
- 3,579
- Approved
- 97.1%
- Median certified wage
- $100,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 333 | 5 | 13 |
| FY2017 | 254 | 14 | 14 |
| FY2018 | 354 | 6 | 5 |
| FY2019 | 234 | 10 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 253 | 4 | 9 |
| FY2021 | 265 | 5 | 6 |
| FY2022 | 300 | 3 | 15 |
| FY2023 | 267 | 15 | 28 |
| FY2024 | 275 | 18 | 19 |
| FY2025 | 486 | 13 | 14 |
| FY2026 | 324 | 7 | 10 |
Top sponsors
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 715
- Labor Guys, LLC 281
- INFORMATION CONTROL COMPANY, LLC 166
- The Huntington National Bank 136
- The Ohio State University 119
- Accenture LLP 94
- Express, LLC 79
- MAST Technology Services, Inc. 65
- NATIONWIDE INSURANCE 65
- Batra Associates, Inc. 65
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 990
- Software Developers 313
- Helpers--Production Workers 280
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 222
- Computer Occupations, All Other 220
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 96
- Statisticians 96
- Software Developers, Systems Software 81
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 67
- Accountants and Auditors 54
Industries
- Offices of Other Holding Companies 715
- Temporary Help Services 328
- Custom Computer Programming Services 284
- Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Carriers 173
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 141
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 134
- Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services 112
- Other Depository Credit Intermediation 100
- Other Computer Related Services 81
- Clothing Stores 78
Countries of citizenship
- India 1,808
- China 208
- Pakistan 73
- South Korea 70
- Canada 46
- Iran 39
- Mexico 38
- Bangladesh 33
- Brazil 29
- Turkey 29
Worker's education
- Master's 1,118
- Bachelor's 1,065
- None 229
- Doctorate 127
- Other 113
- High School 19
- Associate's 11
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 2,178
- F-1 88
- L-1 46
- NOT IN USA 41
- TN 25
- B-2 16
- H-4 13
- O-1 11
- E-2 9
- F-2 8
H-1B in Columbus, OH
18,530 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 17,631 (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
- JPMorgan Chase & Co. 996
- The Ohio State University 561
- TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED 313
- cognizant-technology-solutions-us-corporation 260
- The Huntington National Bank 180
- Accenture LLP 160
- Ernst & Young U.S. LLP 131
- VIRTUSA CORPORATION 123
- Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital 119
- COMPUNNEL SOFTWARE GROUP, INC 85
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 2,350
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 611
- Computer Systems Analysts 363
- Computer Programmers 336
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 324
- Data Scientists 282
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 118
- Database Administrators 103
- Biochemists and Biophysicists 90
- Accountants and Auditors 89
Where Columbus, OH sits
- Counties
- Delaware, Fairfield and Franklin counties
- Census places Columbus city in all three
- Metro area
- Columbus, OH
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Columbus, OH
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
95.5 is BEA's price level for the Columbus, OH metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 87.9. A salary here buys about 105% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers313 PERM decisions
- Helpers--Production Workers280 PERM decisions
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners96 PERM decisions
- Statisticians96 PERM decisions
- Computer Systems Analysts67 PERM decisions
- Accountants and Auditors54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | $122,340 | $85,800 | $104,624 | $123,427 | $142,251 |
| Helpers--Production Workers | $37,990 | $34,424 | $38,459 | $42,494 | $46,530 |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $33,770 | $28,392 | $30,909 | $33,405 | $35,922 |
| Statisticians | $78,040 | $61,942 | $77,792 | $93,662 | $109,512 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $107,230 | $76,066 | $95,181 | $114,317 | $133,432 |
| Accountants and Auditors | $81,700 | $59,030 | $75,379 | $91,749 | $108,098 |
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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