Updated
PERM jobs in Kansas City, MO
- Decisions
- 1,564
- Approved
- 97.7%
- Median certified wage
- $66,997
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 96 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 65 | 1 | 3 |
| FY2018 | 168 | 3 | 5 |
| FY2019 | 255 | 4 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 152 | 1 | 8 |
| FY2021 | 109 | 1 | 4 |
| FY2022 | 131 | 3 | 21 |
| FY2023 | 66 | 8 | 9 |
| FY2024 | 144 | 2 | 5 |
| FY2025 | 144 | 4 | 11 |
| FY2026 | 130 | 5 | 2 |
Top sponsors
- CERNER CORPORATION 482
- HRB Professional Resources, LLC 94
- MM Management Systems, LLC 77
- Oracle America, Inc. 61
- UMB Bank NA 52
- THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI 46
- BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. 40
- THE CHILDRENS MERCY HOSPITAL 39
- Jim's Management Co., Inc. 37
- FRONTIER SCHOOLS INC. 36
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 636
- Software Developers 111
- Cooks, Fast Food 111
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 37
- Computer Occupations, All Other 34
- Electrical Engineers 31
- Computer Systems Analysts 31
- Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 28
- Civil Engineers 23
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 20
Industries
- Computer Systems Design Services 491
- Tax Preparation Services 94
- Limited-Service Restaurants 78
- Elementary and Secondary Schools 69
- Engineering Services 60
- Software Publishers 57
- Commercial Banking 54
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 45
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 43
- Custom Computer Programming Services 38
Countries of citizenship
- India 798
- Nepal 57
- China 51
- Mexico 27
- Canada 27
- South Korea 25
- Pakistan 23
- Turkey 23
- South Africa 21
- Vietnam 18
Worker's education
- Master's 732
- Bachelor's 263
- None 108
- Other 90
- Doctorate 36
- High School 20
- Associate's 3
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,024
- F-1 79
- NOT IN USA 35
- L-1 23
- J-1 11
- TN 9
- E-2 7
- F-2 7
- H-1B1 3
- P-1 3
H-1B in Kansas City, MO
5,019 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 4,750 (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
- the-childrens-mercy-hospital 93
- HRB Professional Resources, LLC 89
- The Curators of the University of Missouri/University of Missouri-Columbia 76
- Oracle America, Inc. 62
- BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. 60
- Frontier Schools, Inc. 49
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research 41
- TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED 40
- Academie Lafayette 39
- Ernst & Young U.S. LLP 32
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 399
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 80
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 56
- Data Scientists 55
- Electrical Engineers 51
- Civil Engineers 49
- Hospitalists 49
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 45
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 39
- Computer Systems Analysts 38
Where Kansas City, MO sits
- Counties
- Cass, Clay, Jackson and Platte counties
- Census places Kansas City city in all four
- Metro area
- Kansas City, MO-KS
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Kansas City, MO-KS
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
92.5 is BEA's price level for the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 86.6. A salary here buys about 108% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers111 PERM decisions
- Cooks, Fast Food111 PERM decisions
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education37 PERM decisions
- Electrical Engineers31 PERM decisions
- Civil Engineers23 PERM decisions
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary20 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 | $124,990 | $82,160 | $101,962 | $121,742 | $141,544 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $30,170 | $29,203 | $30,222 | $31,221 | $32,240 |
| Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | $61,200 | $48,930 | $55,847 | $62,763 | $69,680 |
| Electrical Engineers | $110,740 | $82,243 | $100,069 | $117,894 | $135,720 |
| Civil Engineers | $98,860 | $70,990 | $87,464 | $103,917 | $120,390 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | $98,940 | $57,960 | $92,127 | $126,293 | $160,460 |
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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