Updated
PERM jobs in Jacksonville, FL
- Decisions
- 2,466
- Approved
- 95.2%
- Median certified wage
- $96,600
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 187 | 9 | 4 |
| FY2017 | 192 | 16 | 7 |
| FY2018 | 224 | 8 | 6 |
| FY2019 | 158 | 11 | 5 |
| FY2020 | 164 | 14 | 7 |
| FY2021 | 200 | 6 | 7 |
| FY2022 | 225 | 8 | 20 |
| FY2023 | 317 | 8 | 7 |
| FY2024 | 170 | 8 | 10 |
| FY2025 | 231 | 8 | 17 |
| FY2026 | 175 | 16 | 21 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 651
- Software Developers 232
- Packers and Packagers, Hand 167
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 150
- Computer Occupations, All Other 77
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 69
- Software Developers, Systems Software 56
- Food Preparation Workers 50
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 40
- Accountants and Auditors 34
Industries
- Custom Computer Programming Services 447
- Human Resources Consulting Services 209
- Employment Placement Agencies 171
- Investment Banking and Securities Dealing 169
- Computer Systems Design Services 98
- Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers 79
- Commercial Banking 75
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 70
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 65
- Full-Service Restaurants 65
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 775
- Master's 751
- Other 140
- None 139
- High School 91
- Doctorate 40
- Associate's 27
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,305
- NOT IN USA 175
- L-1 121
- F-1 97
- B-2 49
- TN 31
- E-2 23
- F-2 11
- B-1 10
- E-3 8
H-1B in Jacksonville, FL
12,106 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 11,522 (95%). 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 1,704
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 460
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 275
- Data Scientists 170
- Hospitalists 152
- Computer Programmers 111
- Computer Systems Analysts 109
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators 89
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 79
- Accountants and Auditors 79
Where Jacksonville, FL sits
- County
- Duval County
- Census places Jacksonville city in it
- Metro area
- Jacksonville, FL
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Jacksonville, FL
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
99.5 is BEA's price level for the Jacksonville, FL metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 109.8. A salary here buys about 101% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers232 PERM decisions
- Packers and Packagers, Hand167 PERM decisions
- Computer and Information Systems Managers69 PERM decisions
- Food Preparation Workers50 PERM decisions
- Computer Systems Analysts40 PERM decisions
- Accountants and Auditors34 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
| Job | BLS median | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | $130,330 | $88,400 | $109,346 | $130,312 | $151,258 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $29,750 | $27,414 | $30,326 | $33,238 | $36,150 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $169,010 | $114,774 | $143,832 | $172,910 | $201,968 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $36,730 | $29,744 | $32,635 | $35,526 | $38,418 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $102,230 | $69,930 | $88,379 | $106,850 | $125,299 |
| Accountants and Auditors | $79,960 | $56,992 | $72,488 | $87,984 | $103,480 |
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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