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PERM jobs in Lake Buena Vista, FL

Decisions
198
Approved
100.0%
Median certified wage
$26,390
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 1 0 0
FY2017 0 0 0
FY2018 8 0 0
FY2019 2 0 0
FY2020 30 0 17
FY2021 40 0 0
FY2022 0 0 0
FY2023 0 0 0
FY2024 0 0 0
FY2025 2 0 6
FY2026 92 0 0

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Industries

  • Full-Service Restaurants 180
  • Custom Computer Programming Services 4
  • Amusement and Theme Parks (NAICS 713110) 4
  • Amusement and Theme Parks (NAICS 71311) 3
  • Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices 2
  • Food Services and Drinking Places 2
  • Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures 1
  • General Merchandise Stores 1
  • Human Resources Consulting Services 1

Countries of citizenship

  • Brazil 69
  • Canada 4
  • Vietnam 3
  • Dominican Republic 3
  • Bangladesh 3
  • India 3
  • Ecuador 2
  • Nepal 2
  • Portugal 1
  • Colombia 1

Worker's education

  • None 87
  • Bachelor's 4
  • Doctorate 4
  • Master's 2
  • High School 1

Visa held when filed

  • F-1 53
  • NOT IN USA 20
  • F-2 9
  • H-1B 9
  • E-2 3
  • B-2 2
  • B-1 1
  • L-1 1

H-1B in Lake Buena Vista, FL

145 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 136 (94%). An LCA is the employer's wage attestation before an H-1B petition, so it counts positions offered. It doesn't count people hired.

Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024

  1. Software Developers 9
  2. Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 6
  3. Data Scientists 6
  4. Computer Systems Analysts 4
  5. Computer Network Support Specialists 4
  6. Database Administrators 3
  7. Computer Programmers 3
  8. Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 2
  9. Information Security Analysts 1
  10. Network and Computer Systems Administrators 1

Where Lake Buena Vista, FL sits

County
Orange County
Census places Lake Buena Vista city in it
Metro area
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
Metropolitan statistical area
DOL wage area
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27

101.4 is BEA's price level for the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 123.4. A salary here buys about 99% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.

What these jobs pay in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL BLS May 2025, DOL wage year 2026-27
  • Dishwashers
    85 PERM decisions
  • Food Preparation Workers
    47 PERM decisions
  • Statisticians
    5 PERM decisions
  • Chefs and Head Cooks
    3 PERM decisions
  • Project Management Specialists
    2 PERM decisions
  • Financial Quantitative Analysts
    2 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
Market pay and DOL wage levels for the jobs filed most here
Job BLS median Level I Level II Level III Level IV
Dishwashers $32,220 $28,621 $30,680 $32,739 $34,798
Food Preparation Workers $35,600 $28,787 $31,678 $34,570 $37,461
Statisticians $116,130 $66,955 $93,954 $120,931 $147,930
Chefs and Head Cooks $61,390 $39,520 $53,373 $67,246 $81,099
Project Management Specialists $96,390 $64,230 $82,805 $101,379 $119,954
Financial Quantitative Analysts $59,190 $47,299 $58,864 $70,429 $81,994

Any job in any area, and every wage year since 2021-22, in the wage-level tool.

The jobs filed most in Lake Buena Vista, FL: what employers in the metro report paying everyone in each, and DOL's four prevailing wage levels there. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics; DOL OFLC wage tables

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.

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