Updated
PERM jobs in Murfreesboro, TN
- Decisions
- 628
- Approved
- 15.1%
- Median certified wage
- $59,369
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2021 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 14 | 247 | 2 |
| FY2023 | 4 | 272 | 2 |
| FY2024 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 31 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Nursing Assistants (SOC 31-1014) 531
- Nursing Assistants (SOC 31-1131) 27
- Industrial Engineers 6
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 5
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4
- Construction Laborers 4
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary 3
- Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 3
- Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 3
- Mechanical Engineers 3
Industries
- Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 559
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 35
- Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing (NAICS 336399) 12
- Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing (NAICS 33639) 4
- Site Preparation Contractors 4
- Automatic Environmental Control Manufacturing for Residential, Commercial, and Appliance Use 2
- Landscaping Services 1
- Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance 1
- Other Activities Related to Real Estate 1
- Offices of Certified Public Accountants 1
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 465
- Associate's 59
- High School 23
- Doctorate 23
- Master's 15
- None 4
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 33
- NOT IN USA 15
- E-2 3
- L-1 3
- TN 2
- F-1 1
H-1B in Murfreesboro, TN
325 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 315 (97%). 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
- Software Developers 40
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary 12
- Manufacturing Engineers 11
- Computer Systems Analysts 8
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 8
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 8
- Information Security Analysts 7
- Data Scientists 5
- Statisticians 5
- Data Warehousing Specialists 4
Where Murfreesboro, TN sits
- County
- Rutherford County
- Census places Murfreesboro city in it
- Metro area
- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
96.3 is BEA's price level for the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 104.6. A salary here buys about 104% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Nursing Assistants27 PERM decisions
- Industrial Engineers6 PERM decisions
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary5 PERM decisions
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary4 PERM decisions
- Construction Laborers4 PERM decisions
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing Assistants | $39,510 | $35,131 | $38,126 | $41,142 | $44,138 |
| Industrial Engineers | $102,540 | $78,686 | $92,414 | $106,122 | $119,850 |
| Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary | $78,810 | $61,690 | $79,880 | $98,070 | $116,260 |
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | $105,640 | $65,750 | $87,173 | $108,597 | $130,020 |
| Construction Laborers | $46,190 | $36,379 | $41,517 | $46,654 | $51,792 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $80,660 | $55,220 | $76,293 | $97,367 | $118,440 |
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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