Updated
PERM jobs in La Porte, TX
- Decisions
- 95
- Approved
- 100.0%
- Median certified wage
- $50,398
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2021 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 19 | 0 | 1 |
Top sponsors
- FRONTIER LOGISTICS, L.P 44
- SULZER TURBO SERVICES HOUSTON INC. 5
- Packwell Inc. 4
- HOERBIGER SERVICE INC 3
- Austin Industrial, Inc. 3
- BRASKEM AMERICA, INC. 3
- TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS & REFINING USA, INC. 2
- AMPAC Fine Chemicals Texas LLC 1
- Purunchon, Inc. 1
- THUYTRANG LLC 1
Top occupations
Industries
- Packing and Crating 44
- Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4
- Engineering Services 4
- Petroleum Refineries 3
- Plastics Packaging Materials and Unlaminated Film and Sheet Manufacturing 3
- Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing 3
- Pump and Compressor Manufacturing 2
- Turbine and Turbine Generator Set Units Manufacturing 2
- Testing Laboratories and Services 2
- Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores 2
Countries of citizenship
- Vietnam 13
- Mexico 7
- Brazil 6
- India 5
- Philippines 4
- United Kingdom 3
- Pakistan 3
- Venezuela 2
- South Korea 2
- China 2
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 20
- Master's 13
- None 7
- Associate's 5
- High School 4
- Other 3
- Doctorate 3
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 16
- L-1 10
- F-1 8
- E-2 3
- TN 2
- L-2 1
- PAROLEE 1
- E-3 1
- O-1 1
- B-2 1
H-1B in La Porte, TX
69 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 60 (87%). 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
- Mechanical Engineers 4
- Civil Engineers 3
- Manufacturing Engineers 3
- Software Developers 2
- Sales Engineers 2
- Dentists, General 1
- Computer Systems Analysts 1
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 1
- Logistics Analysts 1
- Chemical Engineers 1
Where La Porte, TX sits
- County
- Harris County
- Census places La Porte city in it
- Metro area
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
98.6 is BEA's price level for the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 104.5. A salary here buys about 101% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders42 PERM decisions
- Mechanical Engineers9 PERM decisions
- Industrial Engineers4 PERM decisions
- Sales Managers3 PERM decisions
- General and Operations Managers2 PERM decisions
- Chemical Engineers2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders | $37,770 | $28,850 | $35,256 | $41,683 | $48,090 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $125,350 | $86,029 | $109,408 | $132,808 | $156,187 |
| Industrial Engineers | $111,690 | $78,416 | $100,693 | $122,970 | $145,246 |
| Sales Managers | $135,880 | $78,541 | $116,002 | $153,462 | $190,923 |
| General and Operations Managers | $119,600 | $59,446 | $102,669 | $145,891 | $189,114 |
| Chemical Engineers | $138,120 | $108,160 | $131,830 | $155,522 | $179,192 |
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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