Updated
PERM jobs in Grand Rapids, MI
- Decisions
- 762
- Approved
- 95.3%
- Median certified wage
- $84,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 61 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 42 | 3 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 81 | 3 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 66 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 43 | 2 | 4 |
| FY2021 | 37 | 2 | 3 |
| FY2022 | 42 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2023 | 62 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 55 | 11 | 4 |
| FY2025 | 121 | 0 | 11 |
| FY2026 | 87 | 8 | 3 |
Top sponsors
- Meijer Great Lakes Limited Partnership 94
- Sena Info Technologies, Inc 64
- GDI SERVICES INC. 64
- Dematic Corp. 59
- SPECTRUM HEALTH SYSTEM 37
- Grand Valley State University 26
- INITECH GLOBAL, LLC 26
- VERNUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC 25
- Spectrum Health Primary Care Partners 24
- Kellermeyer Bergensons Services, LLC 20
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 105
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 84
- Software Developers 61
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 37
- Computer Occupations, All Other 36
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 30
- Electrical Engineers 23
- Software Developers, Applications, Non R & D (ACWIA Only) 23
- Software Developers, Systems Software 21
- Industrial Engineers 20
Industries
- Custom Computer Programming Services 108
- Janitorial Services 84
- Conveyor and Conveying Equipment Manufacturing 69
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 58
- Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers 42
- General Merchandise Stores 35
- Other Computer Related Services 33
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 32
- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 23
- Full-Service Restaurants 20
Countries of citizenship
- India 275
- Bangladesh 39
- Canada 31
- China 23
- South Korea 20
- Mexico 16
- Philippines 10
- Pakistan 7
- Nigeria 7
- Syria 6
Worker's education
- Master's 207
- Bachelor's 158
- None 68
- Other 44
- Doctorate 24
- High School 2
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 363
- NOT IN USA 53
- F-1 25
- L-1 20
- TN 11
- E-2 6
- J-1 4
- H-4 4
- TPS 3
- L-2 1
H-1B in Grand Rapids, MI
2,937 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 2,758 (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 369
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 74
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 53
- Data Scientists 48
- Manufacturing Engineers 47
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 39
- Hospitalists 33
- Computer Programmers 29
- Computer Systems Analysts 25
- Mechanical Engineers 20
Where Grand Rapids, MI sits
- County
- Kent County
- Census places Grand Rapids city in it
- Metro area
- Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
95.5 is BEA's price level for the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 86.6. A salary here buys about 105% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners84 PERM decisions
- Software Developers61 PERM decisions
- Computer Systems Analysts30 PERM decisions
- Electrical Engineers23 PERM decisions
- Industrial Engineers20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $35,890 | $29,952 | $33,322 | $36,712 | $40,082 |
| Software Developers | $107,520 | $76,086 | $94,806 | $113,526 | $132,246 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $97,210 | $69,243 | $85,218 | $101,192 | $117,166 |
| Electrical Engineers | $100,080 | $73,736 | $88,587 | $103,438 | $118,290 |
| Industrial Engineers | $98,940 | $72,176 | $85,550 | $98,904 | $112,278 |
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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