Updated
PERM jobs in Los Angeles, CA
- Decisions
- 11,635
- Approved
- 94.4%
- Median certified wage
- $72,291
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 1,324 | 112 | 59 |
| FY2017 | 978 | 75 | 56 |
| FY2018 | 1,256 | 72 | 59 |
| FY2019 | 900 | 58 | 48 |
| FY2020 | 791 | 37 | 41 |
| FY2021 | 831 | 31 | 40 |
| FY2022 | 807 | 52 | 40 |
| FY2023 | 662 | 68 | 71 |
| FY2024 | 860 | 55 | 74 |
| FY2025 | 1,085 | 25 | 71 |
| FY2026 | 921 | 35 | 41 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Accountants and Auditors 882
- Software Developers, Applications 549
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 469
- Management Analysts 306
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 272
- Fashion Designers 254
- Computer Occupations, All Other 247
- Computer Systems Analysts 245
- Graphic Designers 229
- Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 223
Industries
- Offices of Certified Public Accountants 594
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 489
- Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers 463
- Other Computer Related Services 417
- Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services 337
- Architectural Services 288
- Full-Service Restaurants 282
- Custom Computer Programming Services 237
- Women's, Children's, and Infants' Clothing and Accessories Merchant Wholesalers 235
- Engineering Services 219
Countries of citizenship
- South Korea 3,026
- India 1,331
- China 895
- Philippines 582
- Canada 414
- Japan 330
- United Kingdom 191
- Mexico 168
- Brazil 162
- France 137
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 3,474
- Master's 2,825
- None 1,454
- High School 528
- Doctorate 383
- Other 306
- Associate's 272
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 3,469
- F-1 1,974
- B-2 434
- L-1 410
- NOT IN USA 369
- E-2 338
- J-1 223
- TN 174
- O-1 128
- E-3 95
H-1B in Los Angeles, CA
26,999 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 25,341 (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
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 1,250
- Accountants and Auditors 935
- Data Scientists 542
- Financial and Investment Analysts 440
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 393
- Search Marketing Strategists 360
- Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 290
- Management Analysts 269
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 236
- Civil Engineers 211
Where Los Angeles, CA sits
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Census places Los Angeles 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.
- Accountants and Auditors882 PERM decisions
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists469 PERM decisions
- Management Analysts306 PERM decisions
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks272 PERM decisions
- Fashion Designers254 PERM decisions
- Graphic Designers229 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accountants and Auditors | $94,360 | $64,314 | $81,931 | $99,570 | $117,187 |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | $82,990 | $55,370 | $75,546 | $95,722 | $115,898 |
| Management Analysts | $104,930 | $68,515 | $94,973 | $121,430 | $147,888 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | $58,590 | $43,784 | $51,688 | $59,592 | $67,496 |
| Fashion Designers | — | $43,950 | $67,475 | $91,000 | $114,525 |
| Graphic Designers | $72,400 | $48,880 | $65,187 | $81,515 | $97,822 |
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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