Updated
PERM jobs in Potomac, MD
- Decisions
- 99
- Approved
- 87.6%
- Median certified wage
- $30,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2020 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- SERENITY GARDENS ASSISTED LIVING LLC 7
- Eden Kosher Homes, LLC 5
- LIBERTY ASSISTED LIVING, INC. 4
- Smislova, Kehnemui & Associates, PA 3
- FOULGERPRATT CONTRACTING LLC 3
- DETSADIK CORP. 3
- Eden Homes of Rouen Lane, LLC 2
- KRISTEN H BILLINGS 2
- Chowdhury Household 2
- luckdee LLC DBA Sisters Thai 2
Top occupations
Industries
- Private Households (NAICS 814110) 37
- Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly 10
- Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly 5
- Full-Service Restaurants 5
- Hair, Nail, and Skin Care Services 4
- Continuing Care Retirement Communities 4
- Engineering Services 3
- Private Households (NAICS 8141) 3
- Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors 3
- Child Care Services 3
Countries of citizenship
- Philippines 17
- Sri Lanka 9
- Nepal 8
- Brazil 5
- El Salvador 5
- Thailand 3
- India 3
- South Korea 3
- China 3
- Russia 3
Worker's education
- None 40
- High School 14
- Bachelor's 11
- Other 5
- Master's 5
- Doctorate 1
- Associate's 1
Visa held when filed
- G-5 10
- B-2 9
- TPS 8
- NOT IN USA 8
- F-1 5
- A1/A2 5
- A-3 4
- H-1B 3
- J-1 1
- B-1 1
H-1B in Potomac, MD
97 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 93 (96%). 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
- Software Developers 5
- Civil Engineers 5
- Computer Programmers 4
- Graphic Designers 3
- Data Scientists 2
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 2
- Business Operations Specialists, All Other 2
- Survey Researchers 1
- General and Operations Managers 1
- Computer Systems Analysts 1
Where Potomac, MD sits
- County
- Montgomery County
- Census places Potomac CDP in it
- Metro area
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
108.9 is BEA's price level for the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 151.1. A salary here buys about 92% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners19 PERM decisions
- Nannies13 PERM decisions
- Cooks, Private Household10 PERM decisions
- Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists4 PERM decisions
- Home Health Aides3 PERM decisions
- Personal Care Aides3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $37,840 | $33,654 | $36,629 | $39,582 | $42,557 |
| Nannies | $37,610 | $33,426 | $36,774 | $40,144 | $43,493 |
| Cooks, Private Household | — | $37,939 | $45,760 | $53,602 | $61,422 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $37,020 | $28,309 | $38,792 | $49,254 | $59,738 |
| Home Health Aides | — | $32,219 | $35,651 | $39,083 | $42,515 |
| Personal Care Aides | — | $32,219 | $35,651 | $39,083 | $42,515 |
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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