Updated
PERM jobs in Pasadena, TX
- Decisions
- 199
- Approved
- 90.8%
- Median certified wage
- $63,835
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2021 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
Top sponsors
- CURB PLANET, INC. 23
- MUY PIZZA HOUSTON, LLC 23
- AIM Insurance Group LLC 8
- TECHCORR USA MANAGEMENT LLC 7
- Horizon Tire Inc 6
- BRASKEM AMERICA, INC. 5
- C & Y Global Inc. 5
- PINNACLEAIS ENGINEERING LLC 5
- Kuraray America, Inc. 4
- Sulzer EMS Inc. 4
Top occupations
- Construction Laborers 23
- Mechanical Engineers 18
- Cooks, Fast Food 16
- First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 15
- Accountants and Auditors 11
- Chemical Engineers 7
- Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food 7
- Industrial Engineers 5
- Sales Engineers 5
- Industrial Production Managers 5
Industries
- All Other Specialty Trade Contractors 23
- Engineering Services 23
- Food Services and Drinking Places 23
- Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores 10
- Insurance Agencies and Brokerages 9
- Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing 9
- Tire Dealers 6
- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 5
- Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers 4
- Basic Chemical Manufacturing 3
Countries of citizenship
- Pakistan 38
- India 19
- Canada 12
- China 12
- Brazil 11
- South Korea 9
- Vietnam 9
- Mexico 7
- Venezuela 6
- Iran 5
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 55
- None 40
- Master's 32
- High School 25
- Other 7
- Associate's 2
- Doctorate 2
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 48
- L-1 20
- NOT IN USA 12
- B-2 12
- F-1 9
- TN 5
- E-2 4
- PAROLEE 2
- F-2 1
- A1/A2 1
H-1B in Pasadena, TX
240 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 220 (92%). 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 7
- Software Developers 6
- Sales Engineers 5
- Veterinarians 5
- Electrical Engineers 4
- Data Scientists 3
- Operations Research Analysts 3
- Medical and Health Services Managers 3
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 2
- Nurse Practitioners 2
Where Pasadena, TX sits
- County
- Harris County
- Census places Pasadena city in it
- Metro area
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
98.6 is BEA's price level for the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 104.5. A salary here buys about 101% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Construction Laborers23 PERM decisions
- Mechanical Engineers18 PERM decisions
- Cooks, Fast Food16 PERM decisions
- First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers15 PERM decisions
- Accountants and Auditors11 PERM decisions
- Chemical Engineers7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Laborers | $41,350 | $34,840 | $39,333 | $43,805 | $48,298 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $125,350 | $86,029 | $109,408 | $132,808 | $156,187 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $23,090 | $21,237 | $23,795 | $26,333 | $28,891 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers | $46,970 | $31,990 | $41,267 | $50,544 | $59,821 |
| Accountants and Auditors | $85,090 | $62,587 | $79,040 | $95,472 | $111,925 |
| Chemical Engineers | $138,120 | $108,160 | $131,830 | $155,522 | $179,192 |
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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