Updated
PERM jobs in Midland, TX
- Decisions
- 224
- Approved
- 87.9%
- Median certified wage
- $98,738
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| FY2018 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 18 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2020 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 13 | 11 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 16 | 2 | 3 |
| FY2024 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 55 | 1 | 5 |
| FY2026 | 20 | 2 | 4 |
Top sponsors
- Proctek Texas, Inc. 15
- TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER 12
- Nava Control Solutions, LLC 12
- JAVY ENTERPRISES LLC 11
- TRICORE SALES, INC. 8
- CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY 8
- MIDLAND COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE SERVICES 5
- LD Consultants LLC 4
- Liberty Oilfield Services, LLC 4
- Terracon Consultants, Inc. 4
Top occupations
- Mechatronics Engineers 16
- Petroleum Engineers 14
- Manicurists and Pedicurists 11
- Internists, General 9
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 8
- Accountants and Auditors 8
- Electrical Engineers 8
- First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 8
- Software Developers, Applications 8
- General and Operations Managers 7
Industries
- Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations 28
- Engineering Services 22
- Oil and Gas Extraction (NAICS 2111) 15
- Computer Systems Design Services 12
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 11
- Nail Salons 11
- Drilling Oil and Gas Wells 11
- Oil and Gas Extraction (NAICS 211111) 7
- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 7
- Oil and Gas Field Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 6
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 44
- Master's 27
- Other 26
- None 24
- Doctorate 6
- High School 5
- Associate's 3
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 68
- L-1 22
- TN 13
- F-1 9
- NOT IN USA 4
- B-2 3
- B-1 3
- PAROLEE 1
- L-2 1
- E-2 1
H-1B in Midland, TX
644 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 581 (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
- Manufacturing Engineers 18
- Mechanical Engineers 17
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 17
- Petroleum Engineers 14
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 14
- Software Developers 14
- Civil Engineers 13
- Database Administrators 13
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 9
- Mechatronics Engineers 9
Where Midland, TX sits
- Counties
- Martin and Midland counties
- Census places Midland city in both
- Metro area
- Midland, TX
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Midland, TX
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
95.8 is BEA's price level for the Midland, TX metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 101.5. A salary here buys about 104% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Mechatronics Engineers16 PERM decisions
- Petroleum Engineers14 PERM decisions
- Manicurists and Pedicurists11 PERM decisions
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers8 PERM decisions
- Accountants and Auditors8 PERM decisions
- Electrical Engineers8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechatronics Engineers | $104,840 | $98,779 | $109,387 | $120,016 | $130,624 |
| Petroleum Engineers | $172,070 | $107,453 | $145,621 | $183,768 | $221,936 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | — | $24,565 | $30,035 | $35,485 | $40,955 |
| Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers | $61,410 | $45,614 | $55,453 | $65,291 | $75,130 |
| Accountants and Auditors | $100,890 | $67,746 | $89,669 | $111,613 | $133,536 |
| Electrical Engineers | $127,420 | $70,470 | $105,810 | $141,149 | $176,488 |
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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