Updated
PERM jobs in Niles, IL
- Decisions
- 253
- Approved
- 98.7%
- Median certified wage
- $36,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2017 | 15 | 1 | 3 |
| FY2018 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2020 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 9 | 0 | 6 |
| FY2025 | 112 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
Top sponsors
- SERENITY HOME HEALTHCARE INC. 98
- Shure Incorporated 33
- Bee Sales Company Inc 8
- ELEVATE CARE NORTH BRANCH 7
- BLUEBRIS SYSTEMS, INC. 5
- Chicago Food Corporation 5
- Grand Golf LLC 4
- H MART MIDWEST CORP. 4
- CHANG CORPORATION 4
- CHADE FASHIONS, INC 3
Top occupations
- Nursing Assistants 71
- Home Health Aides 21
- Software Developers, Applications 10
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scienti 8
- Chefs and Head Cooks 8
- Software Developers 7
- Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 6
- Accountants and Auditors 6
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 6
- Software Developers, Systems Software 6
Industries
- Home Health Care Services 100
- Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing (NAICS 33431) 16
- Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing (NAICS 3343) 16
- Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 10
- Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) 10
- Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 7
- Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and Perfume Stores 7
- Custom Computer Programming Services 5
- Food Services and Drinking Places 5
- Jewelry, Watch, Precious Stone, and Precious Metal Merchant Wholesalers 4
Countries of citizenship
- South Korea 52
- India 21
- Poland 13
- China 9
- Mongolia 5
- Romania 2
- St Lucia 1
- Venezuela 1
- Nepal 1
- Nigeria 1
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 36
- High School 33
- Master's 29
- None 16
- Other 3
- Associate's 2
- Doctorate 1
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 43
- F-1 38
- B-2 8
- NOT IN USA 6
- F-2 4
- J-1 1
- L-2 1
- EWI 1
- B-1 1
H-1B in Niles, IL
277 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 252 (91%). 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 23
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 7
- Occupational Therapists 7
- Physical Therapists 6
- Electrical Engineers 6
- Computer Systems Analysts 5
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 5
- Management Analysts 4
- Mechatronics Engineers 3
- Manufacturing Engineers 3
Where Niles, IL sits
- County
- Cook County
- Census places Niles village in it
- Metro area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
103.6 is BEA's price level for the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 112.0. A salary here buys about 97% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Nursing Assistants71 PERM decisions
- Home Health Aides21 PERM decisions
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scienti8 PERM decisions
- Chefs and Head Cooks8 PERM decisions
- Software Developers7 PERM decisions
- Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing Assistants | $46,940 | $40,269 | $43,430 | $46,571 | $49,733 |
| Home Health Aides | — | $35,693 | $37,086 | $38,480 | $39,874 |
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scienti | $75,350 | $49,504 | $67,413 | $85,301 | $103,210 |
| Chefs and Head Cooks | $60,770 | $46,758 | $55,598 | $64,418 | $73,258 |
| Software Developers | $134,380 | $92,789 | $117,083 | $141,398 | $165,693 |
| Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses | $78,070 | $64,896 | $71,136 | $77,355 | $83,595 |
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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