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PERM jobs in Huntington Beach, CA
- Decisions
- 217
- Approved
- 93.3%
- Median certified wage
- $62,044
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 24 | 3 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 13 | 2 | 3 |
| FY2018 | 15 | 5 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2021 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 30 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2026 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- Clara Health Care Inc., dba BrightStar Care of Hun 10
- HOANG SWEDEN LLC 9
- SAFRAN CABIN INC. 9
- C&D ZODIAC 7
- BEVERLY GLEN LABORATORIES, INC. 6
- DRIESSEN AIRCRAFT INTERIOR SYSTEMS INC. 5
- Surfline Wavetrak Inc 4
- TITAN INDUSTRIES, INC. 4
- SUSHI ON FIRE 3
- AYCE Sushi HB, Inc 3
Top occupations
- Cooks, Restaurant 18
- Home Health Aides 11
- Mechanical Engineers 11
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 8
- Software Developers, Applications 8
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 7
- Chefs and Head Cooks 7
- Accountants and Auditors 7
- Computer Occupations, All Other 7
- Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 6
Industries
- Aircraft Manufacturing 20
- Full-Service Restaurants 15
- Home Health Care Services 12
- Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels 11
- Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing 10
- Engineering Services 9
- Food Services and Drinking Places 7
- Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and Perfume Stores 5
- Offices of Certified Public Accountants 5
- Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing 4
Countries of citizenship
- India 27
- South Korea 18
- Canada 13
- Mexico 13
- Philippines 12
- Japan 11
- Brazil 10
- China 8
- Thailand 7
- France 7
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 56
- Master's 48
- None 42
- High School 12
- Associate's 7
- Other 3
- Doctorate 3
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 55
- F-1 21
- L-1 14
- E-2 12
- NOT IN USA 9
- B-2 4
- TN 3
- E-3 2
- F-2 1
- O-1 1
H-1B in Huntington Beach, CA
385 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 359 (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 14
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 8
- Electrical Engineers 6
- Manufacturing Engineers 5
- Data Scientists 5
- Commercial and Industrial Designers 4
- General and Operations Managers 4
- Search Marketing Strategists 4
- Accountants and Auditors 4
- Mechanical Engineers 3
Where Huntington Beach, CA sits
- County
- Orange County
- Census places Huntington Beach city in it
- Metro area
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
113.6 is BEA's price level for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 170.4. A salary here buys about 88% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Cooks, Restaurant18 PERM decisions
- Mechanical Engineers11 PERM decisions
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists8 PERM decisions
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks7 PERM decisions
- Chefs and Head Cooks7 PERM decisions
- Accountants and Auditors7 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 | $44,460 | $37,752 | $41,246 | $44,720 | $48,214 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $123,900 | $82,618 | $103,168 | $123,739 | $144,290 |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | $82,990 | $55,370 | $75,546 | $95,722 | $115,898 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | $58,590 | $43,784 | $51,688 | $59,592 | $67,496 |
| Chefs and Head Cooks | $69,990 | $41,101 | $55,120 | $69,118 | $83,138 |
| Accountants and Auditors | $94,360 | $64,314 | $81,931 | $99,570 | $117,187 |
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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