Updated
PERM jobs in La Crosse, WI
- Decisions
- 186
- Approved
- 97.5%
- Median certified wage
- $31,200
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 93 | 0 | 20 |
| FY2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2026 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- Bethany Lutheran Homes, Inc. 65
- APTIV 30
- Chileda Institute Inc. 20
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE 16
- University of Wisconsin System 12
- Mayo Clinic 12
- Trane Technologies Company LLC 10
- Gundersen Lutheran Administrative Services, Inc. 8
- Univ of WI System 3
- Dairyland Power Cooperative 2
Top occupations
- Home Health Aides 30
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary 12
- Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 10
- Mechanical Engineers 7
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4
- Internists, General 4
- Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 4
- Personal Care Aides 3
- Electrical Engineers 3
- Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 2
Industries
- Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 65
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (NAICS 611310) 41
- Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities 30
- Technical and Trade Schools 20
- Industrial Machinery Manufacturing 12
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 8
- Limited-Service Restaurants 3
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (NAICS 61131) 2
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 2
- Electric Power Distribution 2
Countries of citizenship
- Philippines 30
- India 27
- South Korea 6
- Canada 5
- China 4
- Taiwan 2
- Turkey 2
- Colombia 1
- Sri Lanka 1
- Hungary 1
Worker's education
- None 30
- Doctorate 29
- Other 15
- Master's 8
- Bachelor's 3
- Associate's 3
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 52
- F-1 1
- B-1 1
- J-1 1
H-1B in La Crosse, WI
280 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 248 (89%). 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
- Univ of WI System/La Crosse 23
- Mayo Clinic 20
- Trane Technologies Company LLC 19
- Gundersen Lutheran Administrative Services, Inc. 15
- cognizant-technology-solutions-us-corporation 9
- International Quality Homecare Corporation 3
- Chart Industries, Inc. 2
- Dairyland Power Cooperative 2
- Kwik Trip, Inc. 2
- SAP America, Inc. 2
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Hospitalists 17
- Mechanical Engineers 15
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 7
- Manufacturing Engineers 5
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4
- Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 4
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 3
- General Internal Medicine Physicians 3
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary 3
- Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 3
Where La Crosse, WI sits
- County
- La Crosse County
- Census places La Crosse city in it
- Metro area
- La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
91.8 is BEA's price level for the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 69.4. A salary here buys about 109% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Home Health Aides30 PERM decisions
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary12 PERM decisions
- Mechanical Engineers7 PERM decisions
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary4 PERM decisions
- Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary4 PERM decisions
- Personal Care Aides3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Health Aides | — | $30,368 | $33,384 | $36,400 | $39,416 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $81,790 | $63,300 | $78,240 | $93,180 | $108,120 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $102,280 | $79,165 | $93,205 | $107,266 | $121,306 |
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | — | $65,910 | $79,240 | $92,570 | $105,900 |
| Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary | — | $67,840 | $73,770 | $79,700 | $85,630 |
| Personal Care Aides | — | $30,368 | $33,384 | $36,400 | $39,416 |
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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