Updated
PERM jobs in Knoxville, TN
- Decisions
- 428
- Approved
- 89.9%
- Median certified wage
- $79,851
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2018 | 29 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2019 | 47 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 20 | 4 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 28 | 2 | 4 |
| FY2024 | 83 | 24 | 3 |
| FY2025 | 59 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2026 | 20 | 9 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- National Healthcare Corporation 93
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE 60
- Pilot Travel Centers LLC 33
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. 25
- Kellermeyer Bergensons Services, LLC 20
- AMERICAS COLLECTIBLES NETWORK, INC. 16
- Rama Papermill LLC 14
- The University of Tennessee 13
- AMERICA'S COLLECTIBLES NETWORK, INC. 12
- Scripps Networks, LLC 8
Top occupations
- Nursing Assistants 93
- Software Developers, Applications 35
- Computer Occupations, All Other 23
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 20
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary 17
- Software Developers 16
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 12
- Software Developers, Systems Software 10
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 8
- Electrical Engineers, R&D (ACWIA Only) 8
Industries
- Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 93
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 76
- Cable and Other Subscription Programming 27
- Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores 21
- Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing 20
- Janitorial Services 20
- Television Broadcasting 14
- Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels 13
- Engineering Services 12
- Electric Power Generation 8
Countries of citizenship
- India 84
- Ghana 19
- Pakistan 17
- China 16
- South Korea 12
- Brazil 12
- Nigeria 11
- Philippines 10
- Canada 8
- Mexico 8
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 103
- Master's 74
- Doctorate 62
- None 42
- Associate's 24
- Other 19
- High School 5
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 168
- NOT IN USA 46
- L-1 19
- F-1 9
- TN 5
- O-1 4
- E-2 3
- B-2 2
- EWI 2
- E-1 2
H-1B in Knoxville, TN
1,853 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 1,711 (92%). 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 UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 245
- avant-healthcare-professionals 95
- Pilot Travel Centers LLC 38
- SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. 19
- CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. 16
- NewStat PLLC 15
- Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. 14
- University Health System, Inc. 14
- Texas Instruments Incorporated 11
- America's Collectibles Network, Inc. 8
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 114
- Registered Nurses 95
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 31
- Hospitalists 30
- Data Scientists 29
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 29
- Electrical Engineers 18
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 16
- Physicists 14
- Computer Systems Analysts 13
Where Knoxville, TN sits
- County
- Knox County
- Census places Knoxville city in it
- Metro area
- Knoxville, TN
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Knoxville, TN
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
92.6 is BEA's price level for the Knoxville, TN metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 82.8. A salary here buys about 108% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Nursing Assistants93 PERM decisions
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners20 PERM decisions
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary17 PERM decisions
- Software Developers16 PERM decisions
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners12 PERM decisions
- Computer and Information Systems Managers8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing Assistants | $38,000 | $32,490 | $34,819 | $37,149 | $39,478 |
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $31,200 | $27,019 | $30,285 | $33,571 | $36,837 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $103,010 | $69,340 | $108,793 | $148,247 | $187,700 |
| Software Developers | $121,750 | $78,333 | $98,301 | $118,248 | $138,216 |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $29,990 | $25,792 | $28,371 | $30,930 | $33,509 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $143,650 | $104,021 | $130,312 | $156,624 | $182,915 |
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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