Updated
PERM jobs in Corpus Christi, TX
- Decisions
- 365
- Approved
- 94.9%
- Median certified wage
- $50,190
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 94 | 3 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 33 | 6 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 36 | 3 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 12 | 2 | 6 |
| FY2020 | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2021 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 25 | 2 | 3 |
| FY2025 | 33 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2026 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- MUY PIZZA LLC 58
- Port Enterprises, Ltd. 42
- Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi 30
- MUY PIZZA TEJAS LLC 27
- ERPLabs Inc 19
- Corpus Christi Hospitalists, PLLC 12
- Corpus Christi Independent School District 8
- RIVERWALK EDUCATION FOUNDATION, INC. 8
- Hospitalist and Emergency Services of Texas, PA 8
- Govind Development, LLC 8
Top occupations
- Cooks, Fast Food 61
- Helpers--Roofers 42
- Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food 24
- Internists, General 21
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 14
- Cooks, Restaurant 13
- Software Developers 10
- Software Developers, Applications 10
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 7
- Family Medicine Physicians 6
Industries
- Food Services and Drinking Places 76
- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 29
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 28
- Roofing Contractors (NAICS 23816) 23
- Full-Service Restaurants 19
- Roofing Contractors (NAICS 238160) 19
- Custom Computer Programming Services 17
- Engineering Services 15
- Elementary and Secondary Schools 13
- Limited-Service Restaurants 12
Countries of citizenship
- Mexico 58
- India 53
- South Korea 47
- Vietnam 26
- China 24
- Iran 14
- Pakistan 10
- Canada 9
- Jordan 6
- Turkey 5
Worker's education
- None 149
- Master's 53
- Other 40
- Bachelor's 34
- Doctorate 18
- High School 1
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 111
- H-2B 23
- NOT IN USA 17
- F-1 16
- E-2 9
- TN 4
- L-1 2
- B-1 1
- B-2 1
- F-2 1
H-1B in Corpus Christi, TX
570 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 525 (92%). 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
- Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 49
- Childrens Physician Services of South Texas 18
- DRISCOLL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL 12
- Hospitalist and Emergency Services of Texas, PA 12
- HHA Hospital Medicine of Texas, PLLC 9
- Amistad Community Health Center, Inc. 5
- Ardurra Group, Inc. 5
- Global Energy Services Alliance INC 5
- Kent Engineers and Constructors Inc. 5
- Riverwalk Education Foundation 5
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Hospitalists 32
- Software Developers 22
- Data Scientists 12
- Civil Engineers 12
- Mechanical Engineers 9
- General Internal Medicine Physicians 8
- Manufacturing Engineers 7
- Construction Managers 7
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 6
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 6
Where Corpus Christi, TX sits
- Counties
- Aransas, Kleberg, Nueces and San Patricio counties
- Census places Corpus Christi city in all four
- Metro area
- Corpus Christi, TX
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Corpus Christi, TX
- For Nueces County, at the city's center. Its counties sit in two wage areas
92.7 is BEA's price level for the Corpus Christi, TX metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 84.9. A salary here buys about 108% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Cooks, Fast Food61 PERM decisions
- Helpers--Roofers42 PERM decisions
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education14 PERM decisions
- Cooks, Restaurant13 PERM decisions
- Software Developers10 PERM decisions
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooks, Fast Food | $29,230 | $22,880 | $26,582 | $30,264 | $33,966 |
| Helpers--Roofers | — | $32,427 | $36,130 | $39,811 | $43,514 |
| Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | $63,020 | $57,170 | $61,413 | $65,657 | $69,900 |
| Cooks, Restaurant | $30,670 | $24,253 | $27,664 | $31,096 | $34,507 |
| Software Developers | $123,580 | $84,240 | $105,706 | $127,150 | $148,616 |
| Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary | — | $47,000 | $58,390 | $69,780 | $81,170 |
Any job in any area, and every wage year since 2021-22, in the wage-level tool.
The jobs filed most in Corpus Christi, TX: what employers in the metro report paying everyone in each, and DOL's four prevailing wage levels there. More
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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