Updated
PERM jobs in Honolulu, HI
- Decisions
- 728
- Approved
- 91.8%
- Median certified wage
- $64,396
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 59 | 10 | 3 |
| FY2017 | 59 | 9 | 5 |
| FY2018 | 78 | 4 | 6 |
| FY2019 | 82 | 7 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 34 | 7 | 3 |
| FY2021 | 57 | 2 | 5 |
| FY2022 | 41 | 5 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 36 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2024 | 46 | 6 | 8 |
| FY2025 | 72 | 5 | 5 |
| FY2026 | 66 | 0 | 3 |
Top sponsors
- University of Hawaii 89
- Nan, Inc. 50
- Kellermeyer Bergensons Services, LLC 20
- Hawaii Medical Service Association 12
- HANKOOK HAWAII, INC. 10
- THE QUEENS MEDICAL CENTER 10
- Kapi'olani Medical Specialists 9
- KKM, LLC 8
- Hawai'i Pacific University 8
- Phan LLC 8
Top occupations
- Cooks, Restaurant 55
- Civil Engineers 40
- Accountants and Auditors 27
- Software Developers, Applications 26
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary 20
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 20
- Chefs and Head Cooks 19
- General and Operations Managers 18
- Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 16
- Construction Managers 14
Industries
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 97
- Full-Service Restaurants 55
- Commercial and Institutional Building Construction 42
- Food Services and Drinking Places 33
- Engineering Services 21
- Janitorial Services 20
- Offices of Certified Public Accountants 17
- Travel Agencies 16
- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 15
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 14
Countries of citizenship
- South Korea 153
- Japan 146
- India 56
- Canada 35
- Philippines 30
- China 28
- Vietnam 21
- Taiwan 15
- United Kingdom 5
- New Zealand 4
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 171
- Master's 110
- None 105
- Doctorate 72
- Other 38
- High School 37
- Associate's 28
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 231
- F-1 81
- E-2 81
- NOT IN USA 30
- F-2 10
- B-2 7
- TN 7
- L-1 5
- J-1 4
- R-1 3
H-1B in Honolulu, HI
1,664 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 1,472 (88%). 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
- Civil Engineers 65
- Software Developers 46
- Hospitalists 25
- Accountants and Auditors 21
- Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 16
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 16
- General and Operations Managers 15
- Management Analysts 13
- Data Scientists 13
- Computer Systems Analysts 12
Where Honolulu, HI sits
- County
- Honolulu County
- Census places Urban Honolulu CDP in it
- Metro area
- Urban Honolulu, HI
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Urban Honolulu, HI
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
111.0 is BEA's price level for the Urban Honolulu, HI metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 135.5. A salary here buys about 90% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Cooks, Restaurant55 PERM decisions
- Civil Engineers40 PERM decisions
- Accountants and Auditors27 PERM decisions
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary20 PERM decisions
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners20 PERM decisions
- Chefs and Head Cooks19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooks, Restaurant | $42,450 | $34,091 | $39,333 | $44,574 | $49,816 |
| Civil Engineers | $94,600 | $68,162 | $82,098 | $96,034 | $109,970 |
| Accountants and Auditors | $74,990 | $52,790 | $65,749 | $78,728 | $91,686 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $67,880 | $38,830 | $59,403 | $79,977 | $100,550 |
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $36,760 | $29,931 | $34,632 | $39,333 | $44,034 |
| Chefs and Head Cooks | $74,380 | $49,171 | $62,379 | $75,608 | $88,816 |
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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