Updated
PERM jobs in Lemont, IL
- Decisions
- 79
- Approved
- 96.2%
- Median certified wage
- $65,520
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- PROFIT LOGISTIC 25
- UChicago Argonne, LLC 24
- Art Logistics Inc 4
- CITGO PETROLEUM 3
- AS Transportation Inc. 2
- Green APU, LLC 2
- DR HOME HEALTHCARE LLC 2
- Home Bound Healthcare 2
- Jack & John Truck - Trailer Repair Co 1
- LEMONT MUSIC ACADEMY LLC 1
Top occupations
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 32
- Nuclear Engineers 6
- Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 3
- Self-Enrichment Education Teachers 3
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 3
- Physicists 3
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer, Non-R&D 2
- Mechanical Engineers 2
- Mechanical Engineers, R&D (ACWIA Only) 2
- Cooks, Restaurant 2
Industries
- General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload 27
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (NAICS 541710) 19
- General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance 4
- Home Health Care Services 4
- General Freight Trucking 4
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (NAICS 54171) 3
- Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations 3
- Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 2
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) 1
- General Automotive Repair 1
Countries of citizenship
- Macedonia 24
- Poland 10
- South Korea 6
- India 4
- Philippines 4
- Italy 4
- France 3
- Serbia 2
- Lithuania 2
- China 2
Worker's education
- None 33
- Doctorate 14
- Master's 10
- Bachelor's 8
- High School 4
- Other 1
- Associate's 1
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 29
- NOT IN USA 26
- F-1 5
- J-1 3
- B-2 1
H-1B in Lemont, IL
781 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 692 (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
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Physicists 53
- Computer and Information Research Scientists 46
- Mechanical Engineers, R&D 31
- Materials Scientists 28
- Environmental Engineers 17
- Chemists 16
- Chemical Engineers 15
- Nuclear Engineers 13
- Electrical Engineers, R&D 11
- Civil Engineers, R&D 10
Where Lemont, IL sits
- Counties
- Cook, DuPage and Will counties
- Census places Lemont village in all three
- Metro area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
103.6 is BEA's price level for the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 112.0. A salary here buys about 97% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers32 PERM decisions
- Nuclear Engineers6 PERM decisions
- Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists3 PERM decisions
- Self-Enrichment Education Teachers3 PERM decisions
- Computer and Information Systems Managers3 PERM decisions
- Physicists3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | $62,300 | $45,802 | $55,432 | $65,083 | $74,714 |
| Nuclear Engineers | $134,510 | $105,602 | $123,531 | $141,440 | $159,370 |
| Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists | $65,680 | $49,670 | $60,466 | $71,282 | $82,077 |
| Self-Enrichment Education Teachers | $45,020 | $33,675 | $42,682 | $51,709 | $60,715 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $173,760 | $124,842 | $154,690 | $184,517 | $214,365 |
| Physicists | $137,140 | $83,616 | $111,155 | $138,674 | $166,213 |
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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