Updated
PERM jobs in Memphis, TN
- Decisions
- 3,125
- Approved
- 77.4%
- Median certified wage
- $72,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 186 | 6 | 6 |
| FY2017 | 129 | 8 | 7 |
| FY2018 | 127 | 7 | 7 |
| FY2019 | 103 | 3 | 6 |
| FY2020 | 337 | 13 | 20 |
| FY2021 | 172 | 262 | 16 |
| FY2022 | 144 | 357 | 4 |
| FY2023 | 153 | 3 | 6 |
| FY2024 | 308 | 2 | 12 |
| FY2025 | 190 | 0 | 17 |
| FY2026 | 436 | 6 | 72 |
Top sponsors
- PRESTIGIOUS PLACEMENT, INC 1,333
- AutoZone, Inc. 144
- FedEx Corporate Services, Inc. 119
- SAI TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. 93
- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center 82
- The University of Memphis 72
- International Paper 70
- ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL 61
- Conch Technologies, Inc. 58
- ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 41
Top occupations
- Order Picker Shp, Rcving, and Traffic Clerks 398
- Stock Clerks and Order Fillers 360
- Team Assemblers 313
- Software Developers, Applications 301
- Computer Systems Analysts 111
- Software Developers 103
- Stockers and Order Fillers 90
- Economists 53
- Computer Occupations, All Other 46
- Software Developers, Systems Software 42
Industries
- General Warehousing and Storage 1,332
- Custom Computer Programming Services 206
- Couriers and Express Delivery Services 192
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 162
- Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores 143
- Janitorial Services 73
- Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals 59
- Paper (except Newsprint) Mills 46
- Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores 44
- All Other Business Support Services 41
Countries of citizenship
- India 788
- Bangladesh 600
- Philippines 158
- Mexico 88
- China 71
- Pakistan 55
- Canada 43
- Iran 42
- South Korea 40
- Brazil 32
Worker's education
- None 989
- Master's 648
- Bachelor's 349
- Doctorate 113
- Other 79
- High School 12
- Associate's 7
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 970
- NOT IN USA 899
- L-1 62
- F-1 45
- TN 20
- B-2 17
- E-2 9
- F-2 6
- H-4 6
- L-2 4
H-1B in Memphis, TN
8,743 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 8,342 (95%). 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 789
- Biochemists and Biophysicists 508
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 288
- Data Scientists 228
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 125
- Molecular and Cellular Biologists 125
- Manufacturing Engineers 122
- Hospitalists 108
- Statisticians 84
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 74
Where Memphis, TN sits
- County
- Shelby County
- Census places Memphis city in it
- Metro area
- Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
92.2 is BEA's price level for the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 79.8. A salary here buys about 108% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Order Picker Shp, Rcving, and Traffic Clerks398 PERM decisions
- Team Assemblers313 PERM decisions
- Software Developers103 PERM decisions
- Stockers and Order Fillers90 PERM decisions
- Economists53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order Picker Shp, Rcving, and Traffic Clerks | $45,800 | $35,526 | $40,747 | $45,989 | $51,210 |
| Team Assemblers | — | $32,552 | $36,275 | $40,019 | $43,742 |
| Software Developers | $125,580 | $83,678 | $103,043 | $122,408 | $141,773 |
| Stockers and Order Fillers | $37,280 | $31,886 | $35,610 | $39,312 | $43,035 |
| Economists | — | $85,613 | $104,624 | $123,614 | $142,626 |
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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