Updated
PERM jobs in Philadelphia, PA
- Decisions
- 3,976
- Approved
- 94.7%
- Median certified wage
- $102,877
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 314 | 16 | 16 |
| FY2017 | 249 | 13 | 8 |
| FY2018 | 336 | 10 | 7 |
| FY2019 | 281 | 13 | 7 |
| FY2020 | 289 | 8 | 9 |
| FY2021 | 368 | 7 | 6 |
| FY2022 | 292 | 6 | 107 |
| FY2023 | 347 | 7 | 10 |
| FY2024 | 328 | 109 | 19 |
| FY2025 | 394 | 5 | 11 |
| FY2026 | 372 | 6 | 6 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 513
- Computer Occupations, All Other 269
- Software Developers 246
- Software Developers, Systems Software 204
- Computer Systems Analysts 198
- Accountants and Auditors 160
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 144
- Helpers--Production Workers 117
- Fast Food and Counter Workers 103
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 89
Industries
- Cable and Other Subscription Programming 800
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 296
- Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services 209
- Limited-Service Restaurants 198
- Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers 197
- Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services 167
- Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers 113
- Custom Computer Programming Services 113
- Offices of Certified Public Accountants 110
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 104
Countries of citizenship
- India 1,562
- China 269
- Nepal 140
- South Korea 116
- Bangladesh 85
- Brazil 73
- Canada 67
- Pakistan 54
- Vietnam 47
- Philippines 39
Worker's education
- Master's 1,131
- Bachelor's 1,010
- None 522
- Doctorate 187
- Other 181
- High School 80
- Associate's 12
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 2,168
- F-1 348
- NOT IN USA 161
- L-1 101
- B-2 63
- J-1 19
- TN 18
- F-2 17
- E-2 12
- H-4 11
H-1B in Philadelphia, PA
22,475 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 21,071 (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
- TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 808
- Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 562
- Deloitte Consulting LLP 449
- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 319
- Ernst & Young U.S. LLP 312
- Accenture LLP 183
- Temple University--A Commonwealth University 180
- Thomas Jefferson University 138
- TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED 120
- infosys-ltd 92
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 1,303
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 530
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 436
- Data Scientists 351
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 297
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 275
- Accountants and Auditors 243
- Computer Systems Analysts 219
- Operations Research Analysts 211
- Hospitalists 184
Where Philadelphia, PA sits
- County
- Philadelphia County
- Census places Philadelphia city in it
- Metro area
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
102.6 is BEA's price level for the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 113.1. A salary here buys about 98% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers246 PERM decisions
- Accountants and Auditors160 PERM decisions
- Computer and Information Systems Managers144 PERM decisions
- Helpers--Production Workers117 PERM decisions
- Fast Food and Counter Workers103 PERM decisions
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand89 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | $133,040 | $91,874 | $113,859 | $135,824 | $157,810 |
| Accountants and Auditors | $85,990 | $63,461 | $79,706 | $95,930 | $112,174 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $173,470 | $121,909 | $152,610 | $183,290 | $213,990 |
| Helpers--Production Workers | $40,580 | $33,550 | $37,939 | $42,328 | $46,717 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $32,220 | $26,770 | $29,307 | $31,845 | $34,382 |
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | $43,460 | $34,403 | $39,146 | $43,888 | $48,630 |
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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