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PERM jobs in Fredericksburg, VA

Decisions
180
Approved
82.2%
Median certified wage
$40,350
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 9 5 1
FY2017 8 4 0
FY2018 13 6 0
FY2019 19 4 0
FY2020 11 3 1
FY2021 11 1 0
FY2022 5 4 1
FY2023 6 2 1
FY2024 11 1 7
FY2025 38 0 0
FY2026 8 0 0

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Industries

  • Nail Salons 34
  • Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 11
  • Food Services and Drinking Places 10
  • Full-Service Restaurants 9
  • Residential Building Construction 8
  • Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 8
  • Drywall and Insulation Contractors 7
  • Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels 7
  • Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing 6
  • Used Car Dealers 4

Countries of citizenship

  • Mexico 12
  • El Salvador 12
  • Nepal 10
  • India 10
  • Pakistan 9
  • South Korea 7
  • Vietnam 6
  • Turkey 5
  • Bangladesh 5
  • Egypt 5

Worker's education

  • None 63
  • Bachelor's 18
  • Master's 15
  • High School 13
  • Other 10
  • Doctorate 6
  • Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 27
  • EWI 18
  • F-1 15
  • NOT IN USA 10
  • B-2 6
  • TPS 6
  • E-2 3
  • TN 2
  • B-1 2
  • A1/A2 2

H-1B in Fredericksburg, VA

233 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 209 (90%). An LCA is the employer's wage attestation before an H-1B petition, so it counts positions offered. It doesn't count people hired.

Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024

  1. Software Developers 14
  2. Hospitalists 12
  3. Physical Therapists 8
  4. Manufacturing Engineers 6
  5. Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 6
  6. Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 6
  7. Special Education Teachers, Middle School 5
  8. Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 4
  9. Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 3
  10. Project Management Specialists 3

Where Fredericksburg, VA sits

County
Fredericksburg city
Census places Fredericksburg city in it
Metro area
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Metropolitan statistical area
DOL wage area
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27

108.9 is BEA's price level for the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 151.1. A salary here buys about 92% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.

What these jobs pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV BLS May 2025, DOL wage year 2026-27
  • Manicurists and Pedicurists
    27 PERM decisions
  • Cooks, Restaurant
    16 PERM decisions
  • Food Preparation Workers
    7 PERM decisions
  • Accountants and Auditors
    5 PERM decisions
  • Helpers--Carpenters
    5 PERM decisions
  • Carpenters
    5 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
Market pay and DOL wage levels for the jobs filed most here
Job BLS median Level I Level II Level III Level IV
Manicurists and Pedicurists $42,040 $34,694 $39,104 $43,534 $47,944
Cooks, Restaurant $42,920 $35,235 $38,896 $42,557 $46,218
Food Preparation Workers $37,630 $33,155 $35,901 $38,667 $41,413
Accountants and Auditors $102,140 $72,384 $92,914 $113,422 $133,952
Helpers--Carpenters $44,380 $36,213 $41,184 $46,155 $51,126
Carpenters $60,800 $49,005 $57,866 $66,706 $75,566

Any job in any area, and every wage year since 2021-22, in the wage-level tool.

The jobs filed most in Fredericksburg, VA: what employers in the metro report paying everyone in each, and DOL's four prevailing wage levels there. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics; DOL OFLC wage tables

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.

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