Updated
PERM jobs in Lewiston, ME
- Decisions
- 91
- Approved
- 85.6%
- Median certified wage
- $30,701
- Years
- FY2016 to FY2025
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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 40 | 10 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- St. Mary's Regional Medical Center 66
- BATES COLLEGE 10
- SOUND PHYSICIANS OF NEW YORK PLLC 5
- MODULA INC. 3
- Apothecary Rx, Inc dba The Medine Shoppe 1
- CENTRAL MAINE DENTAL, PC 1
- MVK HOUSING RENTAL LLC DBA COMMUNITY EVENT CENTER 1
- Community Clinical Services 1
- CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER 1
- Compounding Solutions 1
Top occupations
- Nursing Assistants (SOC 31-1014) 50
- Nursing Assistants (SOC 31-1131) 11
- Internists, General 5
- Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 4
- Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 3
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 2
- Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary 2
- First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 2
- Surgeons 2
- Pharmacists 1
Industries
- Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 50
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (NAICS 6221) 12
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 10
- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 5
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (NAICS 62211) 4
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (NAICS 622110) 3
- Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers 2
- Pharmacies and Drug Stores 1
- Offices of Dentists 1
- Caterers 1
Countries of citizenship
- Philippines 30
- Kenya 20
- Italy 3
- Canada 3
- Taiwan 2
- China 2
- Ivory Coast 1
- Greece 1
- Angola 1
- Hong Kong 1
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 27
- High School 22
- Other 14
- Doctorate 7
- Master's 3
- Associate's 3
- None 1
Visa held when filed
- NOT IN USA 50
- H-1B 16
- E-2 3
- F-1 2
- B-2 1
- L-2 1
H-1B in Lewiston, ME
87 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 79 (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
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- General Internal Medicine Physicians 6
- Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 5
- Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary 2
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 2
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators 2
- Data Scientists 2
- Family Medicine Physicians 2
- Electrical Engineers 1
- Hospitalists 1
- Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Where Lewiston, ME sits
- County
- Androscoggin County
- Census places Lewiston city in it
- Metro area
- Lewiston-Auburn, ME
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Lewiston-Auburn, ME
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
94.7 is BEA's price level for the Lewiston-Auburn, ME metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 69.0. A salary here buys about 106% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Nursing Assistants11 PERM decisions
- Economics Teachers, Postsecondary3 PERM decisions
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary2 PERM decisions
- Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary2 PERM decisions
- First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers2 PERM decisions
- Pharmacists1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing Assistants | $48,570 | $43,992 | $47,050 | $50,128 | $53,186 |
| Economics Teachers, Postsecondary | — | $82,000 | $101,290 | $120,580 | $139,870 |
| Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary | — | $60,030 | $75,303 | $90,577 | $105,850 |
| Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary | — | $72,950 | $96,463 | $119,977 | $143,490 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers | $78,900 | $54,746 | $67,267 | $79,789 | $92,310 |
| Pharmacists | $142,840 | $111,654 | $126,006 | $140,379 | $154,731 |
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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