Updated
PERM jobs in Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Decisions
- 1,518
- Approved
- 92.7%
- Median certified wage
- $73,983
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 114 | 4 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 148 | 4 | 5 |
| FY2018 | 137 | 14 | 6 |
| FY2019 | 109 | 9 | 4 |
| FY2020 | 83 | 27 | 9 |
| FY2021 | 117 | 11 | 2 |
| FY2022 | 69 | 3 | 3 |
| FY2023 | 67 | 7 | 3 |
| FY2024 | 139 | 8 | 9 |
| FY2025 | 227 | 7 | 13 |
| FY2026 | 138 | 12 | 9 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 164
- Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 95
- Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 65
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 53
- Accountants and Auditors 41
- Computer Systems Analysts 40
- Marketing Managers 40
- Computer Occupations, All Other 34
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 32
- Civil Engineers 28
Industries
- Custom Computer Programming Services 155
- Car Washes 121
- Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation 65
- Engineering Services 49
- All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 44
- Investment Banking and Securities Dealing 37
- Software Publishers (NAICS 511210) 33
- Credit Card Issuing 31
- Other Support Activities for Air Transportation 28
- Software Publishers (NAICS 51121) 23
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 377
- Master's 287
- None 219
- High School 99
- Other 34
- Associate's 28
- Doctorate 14
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 392
- L-1 131
- F-1 72
- E-2 65
- B-2 59
- NOT IN USA 46
- TN 31
- F-2 13
- B-1 12
- E-1 8
H-1B in Fort Lauderdale, FL
2,108 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 1,984 (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 167
- Civil Engineers 66
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 46
- Data Scientists 41
- Search Marketing Strategists 29
- Accountants and Auditors 26
- Financial and Investment Analysts 26
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 24
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 22
- Computer Systems Analysts 21
Where Fort Lauderdale, FL sits
- County
- Broward County
- Census places Fort Lauderdale city in it
- Metro area
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
114.2 is BEA's price level for the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 155.6. A salary here buys about 88% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment95 PERM decisions
- Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers65 PERM decisions
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists53 PERM decisions
- Accountants and Auditors41 PERM decisions
- Marketing Managers40 PERM decisions
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment | $34,310 | $29,182 | $32,406 | $35,610 | $38,834 |
| Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | $216,070 | $138,960 | $199,073 | $259,187 | $319,300 |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | $78,990 | $46,613 | $64,251 | $81,890 | $99,528 |
| Accountants and Auditors | $80,920 | $55,723 | $72,883 | $90,064 | $107,224 |
| Marketing Managers | $135,870 | $88,691 | $122,096 | $155,501 | $188,906 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | $47,450 | $35,984 | $42,245 | $48,485 | $54,746 |
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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