Updated
PERM jobs in Jersey City, NJ
- Decisions
- 6,042
- Approved
- 98.2%
- Median certified wage
- $117,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 842 | 21 | 13 |
| FY2017 | 754 | 28 | 20 |
| FY2018 | 815 | 9 | 20 |
| FY2019 | 377 | 10 | 7 |
| FY2020 | 485 | 12 | 13 |
| FY2021 | 491 | 3 | 15 |
| FY2022 | 490 | 7 | 13 |
| FY2023 | 395 | 5 | 9 |
| FY2024 | 256 | 4 | 15 |
| FY2025 | 502 | 3 | 16 |
| FY2026 | 380 | 3 | 9 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 1,998
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 1,153
- Software Developers 477
- Computer Occupations, All Other 292
- Software Developers, Systems Software 195
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 152
- Statisticians 151
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 116
- Accountants and Auditors 109
- Financial Quantitative Analysts 103
Industries
- Other Computer Related Services 1,703
- Offices of Other Holding Companies 922
- Investment Banking and Securities Dealing 696
- Custom Computer Programming Services 569
- Commercial Banking 362
- All Other Insurance Related Activities 138
- Computer Systems Design Services 132
- Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services 126
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 92
- Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services 84
Countries of citizenship
- India 4,175
- China 311
- Canada 63
- Israel 48
- France 46
- United Kingdom 36
- Nepal 30
- South Korea 30
- Russia 30
- Pakistan 22
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 2,649
- Master's 2,071
- Other 210
- None 63
- Doctorate 49
- High School 27
- Associate's 15
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 4,421
- L-1 375
- F-1 46
- E-1 44
- NOT IN USA 31
- E-2 23
- TN 16
- H-4 16
- PAROLEE 16
- B-2 12
H-1B in Jersey City, NJ
32,041 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 30,871 (96%). 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 4,485
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 1,502
- Data Scientists 1,285
- Computer Programmers 519
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 388
- Computer Systems Analysts 370
- Accountants and Auditors 356
- Management Analysts 332
- Operations Research Analysts 305
- Financial Quantitative Analysts 276
Where Jersey City, NJ sits
- County
- Hudson County
- Census places Jersey City city in it
- Metro area
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
112.6 is BEA's price level for the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 148.6. A salary here buys about 89% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers477 PERM decisions
- Computer and Information Systems Managers152 PERM decisions
- Statisticians151 PERM decisions
- Computer Systems Analysts116 PERM decisions
- Accountants and Auditors109 PERM decisions
- Financial Quantitative Analysts103 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | $166,830 | $109,845 | $137,717 | $165,589 | $193,461 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $215,300 | $153,899 | $189,259 | $224,640 | $260,000 |
| Statisticians | $137,510 | $88,421 | $116,958 | $145,475 | $174,013 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $128,340 | $83,616 | $106,267 | $128,939 | $151,590 |
| Accountants and Auditors | $105,650 | $75,046 | $97,053 | $119,059 | $141,066 |
| Financial Quantitative Analysts | $109,580 | $68,411 | $103,334 | $138,278 | $173,202 |
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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