Updated
PERM jobs in Erie, PA
- Decisions
- 252
- Approved
- 96.6%
- Median certified wage
- $99,840
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 24 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2021 | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2023 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 22 | 1 | 7 |
| FY2025 | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2026 | 26 | 1 | 1 |
Top sponsors
- The Pennsylvania State University 43
- Magical Nails LLC 41
- ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY 31
- Apogee Medical Group, Pennsylvania, PC 28
- REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC. 18
- Logistics Plus, Inc. 12
- ST VINCENT MEDICAL EDUCATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE 11
- Allegheny Clinic 9
- Wabtec US Rail, Inc. 9
- GANNON UNIVERSITY 8
Top occupations
- Manicurists and Pedicurists 28
- Internists, General 27
- Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 21
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary 18
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 14
- Software Developers, Applications 14
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 10
- Computer Systems Analysts 10
- Logisticians 6
- Family Medicine Physicians 6
Industries
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (NAICS 611310) 51
- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 45
- Nail Salons 33
- Insurance Carriers 31
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (NAICS 622110) 16
- Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services 12
- Hair, Nail, and Skin Care Services 8
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (NAICS 62211) 6
- Offices of Physicians 6
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (NAICS 61131) 6
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Other 72
- Doctorate 50
- Master's 34
- Bachelor's 18
- None 4
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 148
- NOT IN USA 8
- TN 6
- F-1 2
- O-1 2
- E-2 2
- L-1 2
- A1/A2 1
- H-4 1
H-1B in Erie, PA
1,975 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 1,884 (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
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 303
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 81
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 70
- Computer Systems Analysts 43
- Hospitalists 34
- Data Scientists 34
- Computer Programmers 32
- Management Analysts 24
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators 22
- Mechanical Engineers 19
Where Erie, PA sits
- County
- Erie County
- Census places Erie city in it
- Metro area
- Erie, PA
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Erie, PA
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
91.0 is BEA's price level for the Erie, PA metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 56.8. A salary here buys about 110% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Manicurists and Pedicurists28 PERM decisions
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary18 PERM decisions
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary14 PERM decisions
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary10 PERM decisions
- Logisticians6 PERM decisions
- Family Medicine Physicians6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $28,100 | $19,490 | $25,147 | $30,805 | $36,462 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $106,300 | $56,110 | $83,760 | $111,410 | $139,060 |
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | $105,810 | $69,790 | $92,933 | $116,077 | $139,220 |
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | — | $71,090 | $83,877 | $96,663 | $109,450 |
| Logisticians | $71,380 | $50,461 | $62,150 | $73,819 | $85,509 |
| Family Medicine Physicians | $277,880 | $146,245 | $203,382 | $260,541 | $317,678 |
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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