Updated
PERM jobs in Lawrence, KS
- Decisions
- 404
- Approved
- 97.7%
- Median certified wage
- $23,660
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 16 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2018 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 58 | 1 | 9 |
| FY2021 | 69 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 21 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 18 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2025 | 104 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
Top sponsors
- Dobski & Associates, Inc. 155
- University of Kansas 119
- KD Family Management, LLC 53
- Lawrence Landscape, Inc. 15
- EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE 12
- COMPUTERIZED ASSESSMENTS AND LEARNING, LLC 8
- Plastikon Healthcare, LLC 3
- Ainstein AI Inc. 3
- ARRIS GLOBAL SERVICES, INC. 3
- ARRIS Technology, Inc. 3
Top occupations
- Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food 116
- Fast Food and Counter Workers 92
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary 16
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 15
- Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 11
- Software Developers, Applications, Non R & D (ACWIA Only) 11
- Software Developers, Applications 9
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 7
- Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 6
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 6
Industries
- Limited-Service Restaurants 208
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 119
- Landscaping Services 17
- Educational Support Services 17
- Telecommunications 6
- Engineering Services 4
- In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing 3
- Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities 3
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 2
- Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores 2
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- None 135
- Doctorate 73
- Master's 44
- Bachelor's 18
- High School 3
- Associate's 2
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 123
- F-1 62
- NOT IN USA 60
- F-2 10
- J-1 5
- B-2 4
- O-1 2
- B-1 2
- E-3 1
- P-1 1
H-1B in Lawrence, KS
594 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 543 (91%). 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 Kansas 128
- The Lawrence Memorial Hospital 22
- Plastikon Healthcare, LLC 6
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 4
- Schlumberger Technology Corporation 4
- KanREN Inc. 3
- Ainstein AI Inc 2
- Alarm.com Incorporated 2
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc. 2
- City of Lawrence, Kansas 2
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 22
- Registered Nurses 17
- Biochemists and Biophysicists 12
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary 12
- Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 9
- Software Developers, Non R&D 7
- Social Science Research Assistants 6
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 6
- Electrical Engineers 5
- Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 5
Where Lawrence, KS sits
- County
- Douglas County
- Census places Lawrence city in it
- Metro area
- Lawrence, KS
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Lawrence, KS
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
90.2 is BEA's price level for the Lawrence, KS metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 71.6. A salary here buys about 111% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Fast Food and Counter Workers92 PERM decisions
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary16 PERM decisions
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers15 PERM decisions
- Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary11 PERM decisions
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary7 PERM decisions
- Communications Teachers, Postsecondary6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,320 | $23,046 | $25,501 | $27,934 | $30,389 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $169,130 | $100,120 | $151,397 | $202,673 | $253,950 |
| Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers | $38,440 | $31,325 | $35,714 | $40,082 | $44,470 |
| Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary | — | $50,130 | $63,523 | $76,917 | $90,310 |
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | $170,660 | $119,900 | $142,387 | $164,873 | $187,360 |
| Communications Teachers, Postsecondary | $109,350 | $65,180 | $87,533 | $109,887 | $132,240 |
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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