Updated
PERM jobs in North Charleston, SC
- Decisions
- 443
- Approved
- 98.1%
- Median certified wage
- $21,840
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 73 | 0 | 6 |
| FY2020 | 117 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 28 | 1 | 3 |
| FY2026 | 145 | 0 | 6 |
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Top occupations
- Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food 190
- Fast Food and Counter Workers 81
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 44
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37
- Mechanical Engineers 7
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 5
- Industrial Engineers 5
- First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 5
- Software Developers, Applications 4
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 4
Industries
- Limited-Service Restaurants 271
- Packing and Crating 44
- Janitorial Services 37
- Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 5
- Engineering Services 5
- Landscaping Services 5
- Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing 5
- Water Supply and Irrigation Systems 5
- Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels 4
- Full-Service Restaurants 4
Countries of citizenship
- Brazil 47
- Albania 29
- Nepal 28
- Bangladesh 25
- India 14
- Vietnam 13
- Turkey 11
- Mexico 9
- Philippines 7
- Iran 6
Worker's education
- None 207
- Bachelor's 22
- Master's 15
- Doctorate 5
- High School 4
- Associate's 3
- Other 2
Visa held when filed
- NOT IN USA 80
- F-1 79
- H-1B 27
- F-2 19
- B-2 11
- L-1 10
- B-1 5
- H-2B 5
- E-2 5
- TN 3
H-1B in North Charleston, SC
346 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 325 (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
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators 16
- Mechanical Engineers 15
- Software Developers 12
- Civil Engineers 10
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 9
- Manufacturing Engineers 9
- Aerospace Engineers 7
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 6
- Electrical Engineers 5
- Recreational Therapists 4
Where North Charleston, SC sits
- Counties
- Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties
- Census places North Charleston city in all three
- Metro area
- Charleston-North Charleston, SC
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Charleston-North Charleston, SC
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
101.0 is BEA's price level for the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 119.8. A salary here buys about 99% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Fast Food and Counter Workers81 PERM decisions
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders44 PERM decisions
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners37 PERM decisions
- Mechanical Engineers7 PERM decisions
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers5 PERM decisions
- Industrial Engineers5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,500 | $23,795 | $26,707 | $29,619 | $32,531 |
| Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders | $42,850 | $38,542 | $42,307 | $46,072 | $49,837 |
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $35,240 | $27,102 | $30,784 | $34,445 | $38,126 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $110,820 | $80,350 | $97,053 | $113,776 | $130,478 |
| Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers | $37,720 | $32,573 | $36,005 | $39,437 | $42,869 |
| Industrial Engineers | $110,830 | $83,096 | $99,112 | $115,149 | $131,165 |
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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