Updated
PERM jobs in Milwaukee, WI
- Decisions
- 1,490
- Approved
- 97.2%
- Median certified wage
- $104,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 178 | 6 | 12 |
| FY2017 | 98 | 6 | 6 |
| FY2018 | 164 | 7 | 8 |
| FY2019 | 81 | 2 | 5 |
| FY2020 | 95 | 4 | 2 |
| FY2021 | 123 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2022 | 69 | 1 | 10 |
| FY2023 | 103 | 7 | 3 |
| FY2024 | 129 | 0 | 12 |
| FY2025 | 140 | 5 | 10 |
| FY2026 | 197 | 2 | 2 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Systems Software 210
- Software Developers, Applications 208
- Software Developers 160
- Computer Occupations, All Other 58
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 57
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 49
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 33
- Internists, General 31
- Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 30
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 29
Industries
- Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (NAICS 541690) 217
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (NAICS 611310) 158
- Insurance Carriers 154
- Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services 118
- Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing 88
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 74
- Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (NAICS 54169) 45
- Relay and Industrial Control Manufacturing 40
- Custom Computer Programming Services 40
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (NAICS 6113) 37
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 430
- Master's 394
- Other 118
- Doctorate 95
- None 45
- High School 14
- Associate's 3
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 911
- L-1 49
- F-1 35
- TN 10
- B-2 7
- E-2 5
- P-1 5
- NOT IN USA 5
- B-1 4
- H-4 3
H-1B in Milwaukee, WI
6,627 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 6,298 (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
- Milwaukee Board of School Directors 594
- Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. 275
- infosys-ltd 190
- LTIMindtree Limited 114
- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company 110
- Marquette University 72
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 46
- Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc. 44
- Ernst & Young U.S. LLP 38
- JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC. 34
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 302
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 250
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 160
- Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 140
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 117
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 108
- Hospitalists 102
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 86
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 73
- Computer Systems Analysts 68
Where Milwaukee, WI sits
- Counties
- Milwaukee, Washington and Waukesha counties
- Census places Milwaukee city in all three
- Metro area
- Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
96.9 is BEA's price level for the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 97.1. A salary here buys about 103% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers160 PERM decisions
- Computer Systems Analysts49 PERM decisions
- Computer and Information Systems Managers33 PERM decisions
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | $123,730 | $84,677 | $102,586 | $120,494 | $138,403 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $102,120 | $78,998 | $92,123 | $105,269 | $118,394 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $161,220 | $113,006 | $140,899 | $168,792 | $196,685 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | $82,340 | $67,980 | $83,587 | $99,193 | $114,800 |
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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