Updated
PERM jobs in Gastonia, NC
- Decisions
- 927
- Approved
- 86.0%
- Median certified wage
- $17,202
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 290 | 2 | 39 |
| FY2017 | 204 | 30 | 92 |
| FY2018 | 129 | 78 | 3 |
| FY2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- Defender Services, Inc. 845
- Gaston Family Health Services, Inc 26
- Conitex-Sonoco U.S.A., Inc. 5
- Silver Life Helpers LLC 4
- MANN+HUMMEL Filtration Technology US LLC 4
- Thong Thai Inc 4
- Piedmont Community Charter School 3
- BEVERLY KNIT INC. 3
- Cynergy Systems Inc. 3
- SUMPTUOUS INC. 3
Top occupations
- Packers and Packagers, Hand 577
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 268
- Medical Assistants 25
- Industrial Engineers 5
- Personal Care Aides 5
- Mechanical Engineering Technicians 5
- Cooks, Restaurant 4
- General and Operations Managers 3
- Architectural and Civil Drafters 3
- Manicurists and Pedicurists 3
Industries
- Janitorial Services 845
- Offices of Physicians 26
- Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities 4
- Converted Paper Product Manufacturing 4
- Industrial and Commercial Fan and Blower and Air Purification Equipment Manufacturing 4
- Knit Fabric Mills 4
- Food Services and Drinking Places 4
- Commercial and Institutional Building Construction 3
- Nail Salons 3
- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 3
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- None 855
- Bachelor's 12
- Master's 9
- Other 6
- High School 2
- Doctorate 1
Visa held when filed
- NOT IN USA 790
- F-1 34
- H-1B 16
- E-2 7
- F-2 6
- B-2 3
- L-1 2
- TN 1
- B-1 1
H-1B in Gastonia, NC
160 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 149 (93%). 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 25
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 9
- Manufacturing Engineers 7
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 5
- Mechanical Engineers 5
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 4
- Data Scientists 3
- Neurologists 3
- Pharmacists 3
- Architectural and Engineering Managers 3
Where Gastonia, NC sits
- County
- Gaston County
- Census places Gastonia city in it
- Metro area
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
97.3 is BEA's price level for the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 97.6. A salary here buys about 103% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Packers and Packagers, Hand577 PERM decisions
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners268 PERM decisions
- Medical Assistants25 PERM decisions
- Industrial Engineers5 PERM decisions
- Mechanical Engineering Technicians5 PERM decisions
- Cooks, Restaurant4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $37,030 | $29,016 | $32,822 | $36,650 | $40,456 |
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $35,600 | $27,602 | $31,242 | $34,861 | $38,501 |
| Medical Assistants | $46,520 | $37,898 | $41,995 | $46,072 | $50,170 |
| Industrial Engineers | $102,090 | $77,293 | $91,520 | $105,747 | $119,974 |
| Mechanical Engineering Technicians | $63,770 | $50,502 | $60,278 | $70,054 | $79,830 |
| Cooks, Restaurant | $37,030 | $29,203 | $33,134 | $37,066 | $40,997 |
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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