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PERM jobs in Morris Plains, NJ

Decisions
122
Approved
96.6%
Median certified wage
$121,613
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 8 0 0
FY2017 2 0 0
FY2018 8 2 0
FY2019 8 0 0
FY2020 12 1 0
FY2021 7 0 0
FY2022 9 0 1
FY2023 11 0 0
FY2024 14 0 1
FY2025 19 1 0
FY2026 17 0 1

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Top occupations

Industries

  • Health and Welfare Funds 38
  • Custom Computer Programming Services 17
  • Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (NAICS 541710) 11
  • Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (NAICS 54171) 10
  • Engineering Services (NAICS 541330) 10
  • Engineering Services (NAICS 54133) 8
  • Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and Perfume Stores (NAICS 44612) 4
  • Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and Perfume Stores (NAICS 446120) 4
  • Nail Salons 3
  • Masonry Contractors 2

Countries of citizenship

  • India 55
  • China 5
  • South Korea 4
  • Germany 2
  • Iran 2
  • Brazil 2
  • Canada 2
  • Malaysia 1
  • Spain 1
  • Slovakia 1

Worker's education

  • Master's 42
  • Bachelor's 34
  • None 4
  • Associate's 1
  • High School 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 58
  • L-1 13
  • F-1 4
  • B-2 1
  • NOT IN USA 1
  • L-2 1
  • H-4 1
  • O-1 1
  • EWI 1
  • PAROLEE 1

H-1B in Morris Plains, NJ

1,260 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 1,213 (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.

Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024

  1. Software Developers 174
  2. Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 162
  3. Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 45
  4. Computer Systems Analysts 20
  5. Computer Programmers 17
  6. Manufacturing Engineers 17
  7. Data Scientists 16
  8. Operations Research Analysts 13
  9. Data Warehousing Specialists 8
  10. Computer and Information Systems Managers 6

Where Morris Plains, NJ sits

County
Morris County
Census places Morris Plains borough in it
Metro area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
Metropolitan statistical area
DOL wage area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27

112.6 is BEA's price level for the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 148.6. A salary here buys about 89% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.

What these jobs pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ BLS May 2025, DOL wage year 2026-27
  • Software Developers
    25 PERM decisions
  • Project Management Specialists
    7 PERM decisions
  • Industrial Engineers
    6 PERM decisions
  • Industrial Production Managers
    5 PERM decisions
  • Mechatronics Engineers
    3 PERM decisions
  • Computer Systems Analysts
    3 PERM decisions
$100k$150k$200k
  • middle half of pay (BLS)
  • median
  • 10th to 90th percentile
  • DOL's Levels I to IV, left to right
Market pay and DOL wage levels for the jobs filed most here
Job BLS median Level I Level II Level III Level IV
Software Developers $166,830 $109,845 $137,717 $165,589 $193,461
Project Management Specialists $126,660 $82,763 $107,120 $131,498 $155,854
Industrial Engineers $105,840 $82,618 $98,571 $114,546 $130,499
Industrial Production Managers $151,630 $100,755 $127,733 $154,731 $181,709
Mechatronics Engineers $135,300 $89,170 $113,942 $138,715 $163,488
Computer Systems Analysts $128,340 $83,616 $106,267 $128,939 $151,590

Any job in any area, and every wage year since 2021-22, in the wage-level tool.

The jobs filed most in Morris Plains, NJ: what employers in the metro report paying everyone in each, and DOL's four prevailing wage levels there. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics; DOL OFLC wage tables

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.

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