Updated
PERM jobs in Portage, MI
- Decisions
- 104
- Approved
- 94.1%
- Median certified wage
- $106,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- Stryker Corporation 67
- STRYKER MEDICAL, A DIVISION OF STRYKER CORPORATION 9
- MANN+HUMMEL USA INC. 6
- WL Molding of Michigan, LLC 3
- Clinical Psychology Services, PLLC 2
- Viva nail spa llc 2
- Bronson Healthcare Group, Inc. 2
- Zhang Financial, LLC 2
- WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 1
- The Skillman Corporation 1
Top occupations
- Software Developers 12
- Industrial Engineers 9
- Software Developers, Systems Software 9
- Mechanical Engineers 8
- Computer Occupations, All Other 7
- Computer Systems Analysts 6
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 5
- Biomedical Engineers 4
- Architectural and Engineering Managers 4
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 3
Industries
- Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing 50
- Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing (NAICS 33911) 22
- Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing (NAICS 3391) 6
- Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 4
- Nail Salons 2
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 2
- Plastics Product Manufacturing 2
- Other Individual and Family Services 1
- Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) 1
- Motor Vehicle Supplies and New Parts Merchant Wholesalers 1
Countries of citizenship
- India 46
- Canada 4
- Pakistan 3
- Japan 2
- China 2
- Mexico 2
- Turkey 1
- Jordan 1
- Bangladesh 1
- Iran 1
Worker's education
- Master's 44
- Bachelor's 20
- Doctorate 3
- None 2
- Other 1
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 59
- F-1 4
- L-1 2
- H-4 2
- NOT IN USA 1
H-1B in Portage, MI
501 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 475 (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
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 34
- Software Developers 26
- Electrical Engineers 13
- Manufacturing Engineers 13
- Computer Systems Analysts 10
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 5
- Mechanical Engineers 5
- Data Scientists 4
- Search Marketing Strategists 4
- Dentists, General 3
Where Portage, MI sits
- County
- Kalamazoo County
- Census places Portage city in it
- Metro area
- Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
94.8 is BEA's price level for the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 81.6. A salary here buys about 105% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers12 PERM decisions
- Industrial Engineers9 PERM decisions
- Mechanical Engineers8 PERM decisions
- Computer Systems Analysts6 PERM decisions
- Computer and Information Systems Managers5 PERM decisions
- Biomedical Engineers4 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 | $118,100 | $79,082 | $97,427 | $115,773 | $134,118 |
| Industrial Engineers | $97,250 | $71,053 | $84,344 | $97,635 | $110,926 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $101,830 | $74,339 | $91,021 | $107,702 | $124,384 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $93,740 | $70,886 | $83,595 | $96,325 | $109,034 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $137,390 | $97,136 | $123,115 | $149,074 | $175,053 |
| Biomedical Engineers | — | $73,216 | $88,504 | $103,771 | $119,059 |
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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