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PERM jobs in Hialeah, FL

Decisions
510
Approved
77.4%
Median certified wage
$50,440
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 35 2 0
FY2017 25 2 3
FY2018 31 2 2
FY2019 31 60 24
FY2020 27 15 1
FY2021 29 5 2
FY2022 27 3 0
FY2023 18 6 2
FY2024 31 4 5
FY2025 68 3 4
FY2026 37 3 3

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Top occupations

Industries

  • General Warehousing and Storage 65
  • Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services 13
  • Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 10
  • Freight Transportation Arrangement 9
  • Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors 8
  • Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 8
  • Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities 6
  • Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 6
  • Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores 6
  • Painting and Wall Covering Contractors 5

Countries of citizenship

  • Venezuela 231
  • Colombia 38
  • Brazil 16
  • Italy 14
  • Spain 11
  • Argentina 10
  • South Korea 8
  • Mexico 6
  • China 4
  • Canada 4

Worker's education

  • High School 156
  • Bachelor's 121
  • None 60
  • Master's 29
  • Associate's 10
  • Other 8

Visa held when filed

  • B-2 127
  • E-2 31
  • F-1 29
  • H-1B 27
  • NOT IN USA 19
  • F-2 12
  • B-1 10
  • TPS 5
  • L-1 5
  • E-1 3

H-1B in Hialeah, FL

245 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 222 (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.

Where Hialeah, FL sits

County
Miami-Dade County
Census places Hialeah 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.

What these jobs pay in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL BLS May 2025, DOL wage year 2026-27
  • Packers and Packagers, Hand
    65 PERM decisions
  • Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
    33 PERM decisions
  • Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
    22 PERM decisions
  • Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
    17 PERM decisions
  • General and Operations Managers
    16 PERM decisions
  • Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scienti
    14 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
Packers and Packagers, Hand $27,970 $27,518 $29,682 $31,824 $33,987
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive $47,450 $35,984 $42,245 $48,485 $54,746
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists $78,990 $46,613 $64,251 $81,890 $99,528
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks $50,300 $38,917 $46,030 $53,123 $60,237
General and Operations Managers $105,640 $57,595 $94,224 $130,874 $167,502
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scienti $62,400 $40,518 $58,469 $76,398 $94,349

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

The jobs filed most in Hialeah, FL: 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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