Updated
PERM jobs in Pittsburgh, PA
- Decisions
- 2,973
- Approved
- 97.8%
- Median certified wage
- $103,085
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 276 | 7 | 5 |
| FY2017 | 214 | 12 | 3 |
| FY2018 | 247 | 9 | 15 |
| FY2019 | 249 | 6 | 9 |
| FY2020 | 225 | 3 | 8 |
| FY2021 | 288 | 2 | 5 |
| FY2022 | 270 | 6 | 14 |
| FY2023 | 253 | 4 | 8 |
| FY2024 | 276 | 6 | 21 |
| FY2025 | 290 | 2 | 17 |
| FY2026 | 212 | 5 | 6 |
Top sponsors
- University of Pittsburgh Physicians 150
- Duolingo, Inc. 123
- GOOGLE LLC 122
- HM HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC. 110
- Galax-Esystems Corporation 104
- University of Pittsburgh 96
- The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 73
- Carnegie Mellon University 66
- SDLC MANAGEMENT INC. 63
- Motional AD, Inc. 61
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 731
- Software Developers 226
- Software Developers, Systems Software 198
- Computer Systems Analysts 168
- Computer Occupations, All Other 139
- Internists, General 88
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 72
- Mechatronics Engineers 63
- Statisticians 61
- Management Analysts 54
Industries
- Custom Computer Programming Services 457
- Computer Systems Design Services 190
- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 179
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 154
- Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers 154
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services (NAICS 54151) 117
- Other Computer Related Services 116
- Commercial Banking 71
- Employment Services 62
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services (NAICS 5415) 60
Countries of citizenship
- India 1,312
- China 323
- Mexico 88
- Canada 87
- Pakistan 44
- South Korea 38
- Taiwan 27
- Brazil 25
- Turkey 21
- Philippines 20
Worker's education
- Master's 1,167
- Bachelor's 739
- Other 197
- Doctorate 171
- None 87
- Associate's 11
- High School 10
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,935
- F-1 143
- L-1 90
- H-2B 40
- NOT IN USA 31
- TN 21
- E-2 13
- O-1 11
- H-4 10
- J-1 9
H-1B in Pittsburgh, PA
19,848 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 18,866 (95%). 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
- University of Pittsburgh 750
- Carnegie Mellon University 288
- CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. 253
- UPMC Medical Education 251
- TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED 218
- University of Pittsburgh Physicians 197
- The Bank of New York Mellon 175
- Google LLC 151
- Duolingo, Inc. 109
- The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 105
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 2,011
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 579
- Data Scientists 378
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 340
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 239
- Computer Systems Analysts 221
- Computer Programmers 169
- Hospitalists 142
- Mechatronics Engineers 123
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 118
Where Pittsburgh, PA sits
- County
- Allegheny County
- Census places Pittsburgh city in it
- Metro area
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Pittsburgh, PA
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
94.7 is BEA's price level for the Pittsburgh, PA metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 72.0. A salary here buys about 106% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers226 PERM decisions
- Computer and Information Systems Managers72 PERM decisions
- Mechatronics Engineers63 PERM decisions
- Statisticians61 PERM decisions
- Management Analysts54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | $124,500 | $81,702 | $103,958 | $126,194 | $148,450 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $159,090 | $108,181 | $135,554 | $162,906 | $190,278 |
| Mechatronics Engineers | $112,420 | $71,302 | $91,936 | $112,570 | $133,203 |
| Statisticians | $75,230 | $58,822 | $73,424 | $88,005 | $102,606 |
| Management Analysts | $85,990 | $57,138 | $77,043 | $96,970 | $116,875 |
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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