Updated
PERM jobs in Madison, WI
- Decisions
- 1,666
- Approved
- 97.2%
- Median certified wage
- $89,300
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 118 | 4 | 5 |
| FY2017 | 77 | 9 | 2 |
| FY2018 | 103 | 3 | 2 |
| FY2019 | 92 | 0 | 9 |
| FY2020 | 104 | 6 | 6 |
| FY2021 | 152 | 5 | 6 |
| FY2022 | 114 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2023 | 111 | 8 | 38 |
| FY2024 | 330 | 2 | 8 |
| FY2025 | 119 | 3 | 16 |
| FY2026 | 200 | 1 | 9 |
Top sponsors
- Badger Bus Lines, Inc. 410
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINMADISON 158
- American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I 131
- AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 125
- ISR Info Way, Inc 83
- Symphony Corporation 81
- Univ of WI System 65
- Mitra Midwest Operations, LLC 49
- Genome International Corporation 32
- Fetch Rewards, Inc. 32
Top occupations
- Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 362
- Software Developers, Applications 336
- Software Developers 115
- Computer Systems Analysts 54
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 49
- Fast Food and Counter Workers 49
- Computer Occupations, All Other 36
- Software Developers, Systems Software 36
- Data Scientists 27
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 23
Industries
- School and Employee Bus Transportation (NAICS 485410) 320
- Custom Computer Programming Services 258
- Direct Life Insurance Carriers 231
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (NAICS 611310) 194
- School and Employee Bus Transportation (NAICS 4854) 84
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (NAICS 61131) 61
- Limited-Service Restaurants 52
- Insurance Carriers 41
- Computer Systems Design Services 40
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 26
Countries of citizenship
- India 569
- Colombia 109
- China 96
- Vietnam 57
- Philippines 44
- Bangladesh 44
- Canada 37
- Mexico 30
- Nepal 24
- South Korea 21
Worker's education
- Master's 378
- Bachelor's 258
- None 219
- Doctorate 210
- High School 136
- Other 45
- Associate's 5
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 771
- NOT IN USA 147
- F-1 79
- B-2 14
- J-1 7
- TN 7
- L-1 6
- H-4 6
- E-2 5
- F-2 4
H-1B in Madison, WI
6,909 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 6,186 (90%). 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 698
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 138
- Data Scientists 99
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 84
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 68
- Molecular and Cellular Biologists 63
- Biological Technicians 51
- Computer Programmers 42
- Computer Systems Analysts 41
- Chemists 38
Where Madison, WI sits
- County
- Dane County
- Census places Madison city in it
- Metro area
- Madison, WI
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Madison, WI
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
97.3 is BEA's price level for the Madison, WI metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 99.7. A salary here buys about 103% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment362 PERM decisions
- Software Developers115 PERM decisions
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary49 PERM decisions
- Fast Food and Counter Workers49 PERM decisions
- Data Scientists27 PERM decisions
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment | $35,950 | $28,059 | $32,490 | $36,941 | $41,371 |
| Software Developers | $130,630 | $88,109 | $108,451 | $128,814 | $149,157 |
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | $137,840 | $91,130 | $116,917 | $142,703 | $168,490 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $29,820 | $25,106 | $28,018 | $30,950 | $33,862 |
| Data Scientists | — | $81,432 | $102,960 | $124,509 | $146,037 |
| Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary | $132,100 | $63,050 | $96,003 | $128,957 | $161,910 |
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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