Updated
PERM jobs in Minneapolis, MN
- Decisions
- 3,288
- Approved
- 98.3%
- Median certified wage
- $107,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 232 | 9 | 4 |
| FY2017 | 181 | 9 | 7 |
| FY2018 | 269 | 3 | 12 |
| FY2019 | 215 | 4 | 5 |
| FY2020 | 209 | 4 | 3 |
| FY2021 | 226 | 4 | 17 |
| FY2022 | 360 | 5 | 15 |
| FY2023 | 341 | 4 | 22 |
| FY2024 | 350 | 5 | 28 |
| FY2025 | 441 | 4 | 22 |
| FY2026 | 268 | 2 | 8 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 691
- Software Developers 325
- Computer and Information Research Scientists 222
- Computer Occupations, All Other 190
- Computer Systems Analysts 163
- Project Management Specialists 146
- Software Developers, Systems Software 106
- Statisticians 96
- Accountants and Auditors 80
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 52
Industries
- Commercial Banking (NAICS 522110) 489
- Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services 209
- Monetary Authorities-Central Bank 202
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 192
- Investment Advice 181
- General Merchandise Stores 171
- Commercial Banking (NAICS 52211) 124
- Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing 116
- Custom Computer Programming Services 110
- All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers 82
Countries of citizenship
- India 1,711
- China 163
- Canada 63
- South Korea 43
- Nepal 40
- Mexico 36
- Brazil 26
- Philippines 26
- Iran 18
- Taiwan 16
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 1,082
- Master's 1,045
- Doctorate 149
- None 79
- Other 74
- High School 25
- Associate's 9
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 2,096
- L-1 75
- F-1 73
- NOT IN USA 47
- TN 26
- E-2 8
- E-3 7
- H-4 7
- J-1 7
- TPS 5
H-1B in Minneapolis, MN
11,979 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 11,320 (94%). 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
- University of Minnesota 417
- Target Enterprise, Inc. 342
- AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC. 192
- Ernst & Young U.S. LLP 162
- TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED 160
- cognizant-technology-solutions-us-corporation 141
- U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 100
- Amazon.com Services LLC 77
- University of Minnesota Physicians 68
- Special School District No. 1 66
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 1,089
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 496
- Data Scientists 238
- Accountants and Auditors 133
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 115
- Management Analysts 102
- Computer Systems Analysts 101
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 97
- Computer Programmers 78
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 73
Where Minneapolis, MN sits
- County
- Hennepin County
- Census places Minneapolis city in it
- Metro area
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
104.8 is BEA's price level for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 111.8. A salary here buys about 95% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers325 PERM decisions
- Project Management Specialists146 PERM decisions
- Statisticians96 PERM decisions
- Accountants and Auditors80 PERM decisions
- Computer and Information Systems Managers52 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 | $130,920 | $91,624 | $110,926 | $130,208 | $149,510 |
| Project Management Specialists | $97,860 | $71,427 | $86,923 | $102,440 | $117,936 |
| Statisticians | — | $70,491 | $92,976 | $115,482 | $137,966 |
| Accountants and Auditors | $86,500 | $64,147 | $80,350 | $96,533 | $112,736 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $178,080 | $133,058 | $162,718 | $192,379 | $222,040 |
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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