Updated
PERM jobs in Farmington Hills, MI
- Decisions
- 3,943
- Approved
- 97.2%
- Median certified wage
- $94,609
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 535 | 14 | 11 |
| FY2017 | 364 | 12 | 11 |
| FY2018 | 401 | 14 | 5 |
| FY2019 | 302 | 14 | 6 |
| FY2020 | 248 | 4 | 7 |
| FY2021 | 435 | 5 | 11 |
| FY2022 | 305 | 2 | 17 |
| FY2023 | 302 | 6 | 17 |
| FY2024 | 258 | 16 | 22 |
| FY2025 | 325 | 6 | 15 |
| FY2026 | 236 | 13 | 4 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 1,529
- Mechanical Engineers 408
- Software Developers 403
- Software Developers, Systems Software 261
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 178
- Computer Occupations, All Other 135
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 126
- Electrical Engineers 107
- Database Administrators 99
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 86
Industries
- Custom Computer Programming Services 2,078
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services (NAICS 54151) 473
- Automobile Manufacturing 214
- Engineering Services 169
- Other Computer Related Services 108
- Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 90
- Electric Lamp Bulb and Part Manufacturing 74
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services (NAICS 5415) 55
- Motor Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Equipment Manufacturing 48
- Software Publishers 41
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 2,011
- Bachelor's 1,209
- Doctorate 30
- Other 25
- None 20
- Associate's 5
- High School 2
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 2,696
- F-1 124
- L-1 120
- TN 66
- E-2 28
- E-3 17
- H-4 16
- NOT IN USA 10
- PAROLEE 6
- TPS 4
H-1B in Farmington Hills, MI
7,246 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 6,810 (94%). 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 964
- Mechanical Engineers 309
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 162
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 112
- Electrical Engineers 82
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 78
- Mechatronics Engineers 71
- Data Scientists 70
- Manufacturing Engineers 51
- Architectural and Engineering Managers 51
Where Farmington Hills, MI sits
- County
- Oakland County
- Census places Farmington Hills city in it
- Metro area
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
100.3 is BEA's price level for the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 94.7. A salary here buys about 100% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Mechanical Engineers408 PERM decisions
- Software Developers403 PERM decisions
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer126 PERM decisions
- Electrical Engineers107 PERM decisions
- Computer Systems Analysts86 PERM decisions
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineers | $109,470 | $84,864 | $100,672 | $116,459 | $132,267 |
| Software Developers | $130,760 | $89,877 | $108,950 | $128,003 | $147,077 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $128,650 | $94,702 | $108,805 | $122,907 | $137,010 |
| Electrical Engineers | $114,390 | $84,302 | $100,651 | $117,021 | $133,370 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $103,670 | $75,421 | $92,726 | $110,053 | $127,358 |
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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