Updated
PERM jobs in Gainesville, GA
- Decisions
- 1,681
- Approved
- 70.1%
- Median certified wage
- $20,010
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 121 | 2 | 21 |
| FY2017 | 165 | 6 | 26 |
| FY2018 | 194 | 160 | 52 |
| FY2019 | 119 | 122 | 26 |
| FY2020 | 140 | 33 | 18 |
| FY2021 | 49 | 77 | 3 |
| FY2022 | 115 | 19 | 2 |
| FY2023 | 42 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 85 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 24 | 17 | 2 |
| FY2026 | 18 | 21 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- MARJAC POULTRY, INC 660
- VICTORY PROCESSING, LLC 294
- Vital Foods LLC 208
- Koch Foods of Gainesville, LLC 175
- FIELDALE FARMS CORPORATION 114
- PRIME PAK FOODS, INC. 56
- LOS CARRILLO II, INC. 16
- GRMORALES CONTRACTOR LLC 15
- Southern Gunite, LP 15
- IMS Gear Georgia, LLC 11
Top occupations
- Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 1,250
- Butchers and Meat Cutters 174
- Packers and Packagers, Hand 57
- Slaughterers and Meat Packers 21
- Food Preparation Workers 14
- Industrial Engineers 10
- Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 10
- Mechanical Engineers 9
- Nursing Assistants 6
- General and Operations Managers 6
Industries
- Poultry Processing 1,243
- Broilers and Other Meat Type Chicken Production 268
- Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) 16
- Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors 14
- Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services 13
- Grocery and Convenience Retailers 11
- Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 9
- Automobile Manufacturing 7
- Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 6
- All Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing 4
Countries of citizenship
- Vietnam 426
- South Korea 407
- Mexico 216
- El Salvador 144
- Venezuela 90
- Brazil 57
- Colombia 38
- Honduras 37
- Cambodia 23
- India 19
Worker's education
- None 1,285
- High School 107
- Bachelor's 86
- Other 43
- Associate's 29
- Master's 26
- Doctorate 7
Visa held when filed
- F-1 187
- NOT IN USA 178
- B-2 72
- E-2 46
- F-2 37
- H-1B 26
- H-2B 16
- TPS 11
- L-1 8
- J-1 4
H-1B in Gainesville, GA
206 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 187 (91%). 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 9
- Data Scientists 7
- Manufacturing Engineers 6
- Computer Systems Analysts 5
- Hospitalists 4
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 4
- General and Operations Managers 3
- Cardiologists 3
- Management Analysts 2
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary 2
Where Gainesville, GA sits
- County
- Hall County
- Census places Gainesville city in it
- Metro area
- Gainesville, GA
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Gainesville, GA
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
96.8 is BEA's price level for the Gainesville, GA metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 93.5. A salary here buys about 103% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers1,250 PERM decisions
- Butchers and Meat Cutters174 PERM decisions
- Packers and Packagers, Hand57 PERM decisions
- Slaughterers and Meat Packers21 PERM decisions
- Food Preparation Workers14 PERM decisions
- Industrial Engineers10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers | $39,420 | $37,502 | $39,229 | $40,955 | $42,682 |
| Butchers and Meat Cutters | $38,020 | $30,243 | $34,570 | $38,917 | $43,243 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $34,400 | $28,600 | $31,096 | $33,592 | $36,088 |
| Slaughterers and Meat Packers | $35,680 | $35,027 | $36,462 | $37,898 | $39,333 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $34,950 | $27,373 | $30,805 | $34,216 | $37,648 |
| Industrial Engineers | $96,650 | $73,674 | $86,299 | $98,904 | $111,530 |
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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