Updated
PERM jobs in Joliet, IL
- Decisions
- 207
- Approved
- 87.3%
- Median certified wage
- $42,453
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 95 | 7 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 37 | 8 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 14 | 9 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- Cadence Premier Global Inc 101
- PIT STOP TRUCK TRAILER SERVICES, LLC 49
- J&K of Joliet, INC 12
- Cadence Soccer Futsal Club, LLC 3
- Tepa Landscaping, Inc 3
- CHICAGO TRUCK AND TRAILER REPAIR SHOP LLC 2
- Pit Stop Truck and Trailer Service 2
- Willett, Hofmann Associates, Inc. 2
- PIT STOP CORNER CAFE LLC 2
- AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC 2
Top occupations
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 106
- Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 48
- Fast Food and Counter Workers 12
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 5
- Coaches and Scouts 3
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 2
- Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 2
- Civil Engineers 2
- Industrial Production Managers 2
- Cooks, Fast Food 2
Industries
- Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services 101
- Automotive Mechanical and Electrical Repair and Maintenance 39
- Limited-Service Restaurants 14
- Automotive Repair and Maintenance 13
- General Freight Trucking 4
- Landscaping Services 3
- General Automotive Repair 2
- Engineering Services 2
- Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers 2
- Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 2
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- High School 72
- None 53
- Bachelor's 39
- Master's 15
- Other 3
- Associate's 3
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 8
- F-1 7
- NOT IN USA 7
- B-2 2
- E-2 1
- P-1 1
- TPS 1
- J-1 1
- TN 1
- L-1 1
H-1B in Joliet, IL
130 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 127 (98%). 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
- Grandison Management, Inc. 8
- Amazon.com Services LLC 7
- THE STEPPING STONES GROUP LLC 4
- Ibase Operations Corp. 3
- Saturn Agriculture Incorporated 3
- Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet, LLC 3
- Willett, Hofmann & Associates, Inc. 3
- CJ Logistics America, LLC 2
- Germane Nephrology Associates, S.C. 2
- Guardian Healthcare Providers, Inc. 2
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Physical Therapists 8
- Logistics Analysts 6
- Data Scientists 5
- Supply Chain Managers 4
- Software Developers 4
- Civil Engineers 4
- Occupational Therapists 3
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 2
- General and Operations Managers 2
- Hospitalists 2
Where Joliet, IL sits
- Counties
- Kendall and Will counties
- Census places Joliet city in both
- Metro area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
103.6 is BEA's price level for the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 112.0. A salary here buys about 97% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers106 PERM decisions
- Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists48 PERM decisions
- Fast Food and Counter Workers12 PERM decisions
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers5 PERM decisions
- Coaches and Scouts3 PERM decisions
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | $62,300 | $45,802 | $55,432 | $65,083 | $74,714 |
| Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists | $65,680 | $49,670 | $60,466 | $71,282 | $82,077 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $34,630 | $30,472 | $32,573 | $34,674 | $36,774 |
| Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers | $45,280 | $35,651 | $40,851 | $46,030 | $51,230 |
| Coaches and Scouts | $50,350 | $34,010 | $51,923 | $69,837 | $87,750 |
| Maintenance and Repair Workers, General | $58,020 | $40,019 | $49,421 | $58,822 | $68,224 |
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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