Updated
PERM jobs in Methuen, MA
- Decisions
- 151
- Approved
- 97.9%
- Median certified wage
- $31,200
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2018 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2024 | 102 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- Jessicas Brick Oven 123
- Globus Medical, Inc. 5
- China Bar Grill Restaurant, Inc. 4
- MKS INSTRUMENTS 4
- YD FOOD INC. 2
- Dr. Dental of Massachusetts PC 1
- E&C Finishing, LLC. 1
- ROBSON RENOVATION, INC 1
- Steward Holy Family Hospital, Inc 1
- 42 North Dental 1
Top occupations
Industries
- Bread and Bakery Product Manufacturing 123
- Food Services and Drinking Places (NAICS 722110) 4
- Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing 4
- Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing 3
- Offices of Dentists (NAICS 621210) 3
- Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing 2
- Food Services and Drinking Places (NAICS 7221) 2
- Masonry Contractors 2
- Offices of Dentists (NAICS 62121) 1
- Finish Carpentry Contractors 1
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- High School 105
- None 9
- Other 4
- Master's 3
- Doctorate 2
- Bachelor's 1
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 7
- NOT IN USA 5
- F-1 2
- B-1 1
- B-2 1
H-1B in Methuen, MA
74 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 71 (96%). 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
- Mechatronics Engineers 7
- Software Developers 6
- Dentists, General 4
- Architectural and Engineering Managers 3
- Electrical Engineers 3
- Manufacturing Engineers 2
- Physical Therapists 1
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 1
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 1
- Accountants and Auditors 1
Where Methuen, MA sits
- County
- Essex County
- The nearest county, since Census lists the place in no current one
- Metro area
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
108.3 is BEA's price level for the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 148.4. A salary here buys about 92% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Helpers--Production Workers123 PERM decisions
- Cooks, Restaurant5 PERM decisions
- Dentists, General4 PERM decisions
- Mechatronics Engineers3 PERM decisions
- Stonemasons3 PERM decisions
- Sales Engineers2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helpers--Production Workers | $43,240 | $35,818 | $40,331 | $44,824 | $49,338 |
| Cooks, Restaurant | $45,830 | $37,544 | $41,683 | $45,843 | $49,982 |
| Dentists, General | $181,150 | $131,269 | $175,781 | $220,293 | $264,805 |
| Mechatronics Engineers | $133,940 | $92,976 | $115,107 | $137,259 | $159,390 |
| Stonemasons | $72,540 | $52,270 | $65,146 | $78,000 | $90,875 |
| Sales Engineers | $136,620 | $88,608 | $113,464 | $138,299 | $163,155 |
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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