Updated
PERM jobs in Normal, IL
- Decisions
- 301
- Approved
- 100.0%
- Median certified wage
- $108,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2021 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 37 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 37 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 93 | 0 | 4 |
| FY2026 | 55 | 0 | 2 |
Top sponsors
- RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE, LLC 187
- Illinois State University 80
- Techie Brains Incorporated 27
- Rivian, LLC 1
- Allied Health Group Ltd 1
- Everyones Family Dental St. Charles 1
- ADVOCATE HEALTH CARE 1
- RR DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY 1
- RR DONNELLEY 1
- HEARTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT 540 1
Top occupations
- Industrial Engineers 106
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary 18
- Mechanical Engineers 16
- Industrial Production Managers 15
- Software Developers, Applications 13
- Computer Occupations, All Other 11
- Electrical Engineers 9
- Software Developers, Systems Software 9
- Mechatronics Engineers 8
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 6
Industries
- Automobile Manufacturing 169
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (NAICS 611310) 75
- Custom Computer Programming Services 27
- Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle Manufacturing (NAICS 336110) 16
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (NAICS 61131) 5
- Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle Manufacturing (NAICS 33611) 2
- Books Printing 2
- Automobile Dealers 1
- Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists 1
- Offices of Dentists 1
Countries of citizenship
- India 88
- China 8
- Turkey 5
- South Korea 5
- Australia 4
- Canada 4
- Mexico 3
- Bangladesh 3
- Chile 2
- Taiwan 2
Worker's education
- Master's 75
- Doctorate 46
- Bachelor's 17
- Other 2
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 124
- F-1 9
- TN 2
- O-1 2
- J-1 1
- H-1B1 1
- E-3 1
H-1B in Normal, IL
1,649 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 1,579 (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.
Employers, certified LCAs since FY2024
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Manufacturing Engineers 257
- Mechanical Engineers 109
- Software Developers 104
- Mechatronics Engineers 60
- Electrical Engineers 45
- Data Scientists 31
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 23
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15
- Computer Programmers 11
- Logistics Analysts 11
Where Normal, IL sits
- County
- McLean County
- Census places Normal town in it
- Metro area
- Bloomington, IL
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Bloomington, IL
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
93.5 is BEA's price level for the Bloomington, IL metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 74.7. A salary here buys about 107% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Industrial Engineers106 PERM decisions
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary18 PERM decisions
- Mechanical Engineers16 PERM decisions
- Industrial Production Managers15 PERM decisions
- Electrical Engineers9 PERM decisions
- Mechatronics Engineers8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Engineers | $98,950 | $69,347 | $82,846 | $96,346 | $109,845 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $148,290 | $53,380 | $84,420 | $115,460 | $146,500 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $100,500 | $71,032 | $87,256 | $103,459 | $119,683 |
| Industrial Production Managers | $118,390 | $89,378 | $107,702 | $126,027 | $144,352 |
| Electrical Engineers | $98,920 | $73,528 | $88,462 | $103,376 | $118,310 |
| Mechatronics Engineers | $99,930 | $67,101 | $85,426 | $103,730 | $122,054 |
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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