Updated
PERM jobs in Long Beach, CA
- Decisions
- 733
- Approved
- 87.2%
- Median certified wage
- $79,200
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 69 | 6 | 2 |
| FY2017 | 55 | 5 | 5 |
| FY2018 | 97 | 12 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 63 | 11 | 4 |
| FY2020 | 51 | 11 | 2 |
| FY2021 | 49 | 10 | 3 |
| FY2022 | 35 | 6 | 2 |
| FY2023 | 44 | 3 | 4 |
| FY2024 | 44 | 12 | 3 |
| FY2025 | 48 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2026 | 60 | 12 | 2 |
Top sponsors
- Pacific Commodities Inc. 86
- Molina Healthcare, Inc. 48
- California State University, Long Beach 36
- ERP Integrated Solutions, LLC 24
- EPSON AMERICA, INC. 21
- MERCEDESBENZ RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT 19
- Compulink Management Center, Inc. 19
- Pacific Palms Healthcare , LLC 17
- TURBO AIR, INC. 17
- COMPULINK MANAGEMENT CENTER, INC. DBA LASERFICHE 16
Top occupations
Industries
- Custom Computer Programming Services 87
- Plastics Bottle Manufacturing 76
- HMO Medical Centers 48
- Engineering Services 42
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 39
- Full-Service Restaurants 23
- Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing 21
- Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 18
- Limited-Service Restaurants 15
- Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 14
Countries of citizenship
- India 118
- Vietnam 87
- China 69
- South Korea 62
- Philippines 47
- Canada 24
- Mexico 21
- Taiwan 18
- Japan 15
- Germany 14
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 194
- Master's 175
- High School 82
- None 69
- Doctorate 37
- Associate's 21
- Other 17
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 204
- F-1 106
- NOT IN USA 83
- L-1 22
- E-2 17
- B-2 16
- TN 9
- EWI 6
- F-2 4
- J-1 3
H-1B in Long Beach, CA
2,630 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 2,464 (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.
Employers, certified LCAs since FY2024
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY 56
- infosys-ltd 47
- California State University, Long Beach 31
- cognizant-technology-solutions-us-corporation 28
- Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc. 23
- P2S LP 16
- ERP Integrated Solutions, LLC 15
- V-Soft Solutions Inc. 14
- Rocket Lab USA, Inc. 13
- Outsourced Licensee Network 12
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 121
- Software Developers 92
- Mechanical Engineers 80
- Electrical Engineers 32
- Search Marketing Strategists 31
- Data Scientists 27
- Computer Systems Analysts 25
- Civil Engineers 22
- Aerospace Engineers 15
- Accountants and Auditors 14
Where Long Beach, CA sits
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Census places Long Beach city in it
- Metro area
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
113.6 is BEA's price level for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 170.4. A salary here buys about 88% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Team Assemblers86 PERM decisions
- Mechanical Engineers23 PERM decisions
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists19 PERM decisions
- Electrical Engineers18 PERM decisions
- Cooks, Restaurant18 PERM decisions
- Civil Engineers16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Assemblers | — | $37,794 | $43,326 | $48,880 | $54,413 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $123,900 | $82,618 | $103,168 | $123,739 | $144,290 |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | $82,990 | $55,370 | $75,546 | $95,722 | $115,898 |
| Electrical Engineers | $139,780 | $89,794 | $117,645 | $145,475 | $173,326 |
| Cooks, Restaurant | $44,460 | $37,752 | $41,246 | $44,720 | $48,214 |
| Civil Engineers | $108,640 | $77,979 | $98,946 | $119,912 | $140,878 |
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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