Updated
PERM jobs in Raleigh, NC
- Decisions
- 3,022
- Approved
- 97.1%
- Median certified wage
- $98,500
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 221 | 26 | 17 |
| FY2017 | 196 | 10 | 12 |
| FY2018 | 314 | 4 | 3 |
| FY2019 | 199 | 6 | 2 |
| FY2020 | 171 | 8 | 4 |
| FY2021 | 263 | 3 | 9 |
| FY2022 | 195 | 5 | 16 |
| FY2023 | 283 | 4 | 11 |
| FY2024 | 283 | 6 | 5 |
| FY2025 | 392 | 6 | 13 |
| FY2026 | 312 | 6 | 17 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 444
- Software Developers 212
- Computer Systems Analysts 157
- Computer Occupations, All Other 141
- Software Developers, Systems Software 133
- Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters 127
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 112
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 109
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 85
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 81
Industries
- Custom Computer Programming Services 330
- Computer Systems Design Services 277
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 160
- Masonry Contractors 155
- Commercial Banking 132
- Limited-Service Restaurants 115
- Radio Broadcasting Stations 104
- Engineering Services 101
- Janitorial Services 90
- Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing 66
Countries of citizenship
- India 1,173
- Mexico 229
- South Korea 120
- China 114
- Canada 54
- Brazil 52
- Colombia 31
- Ecuador 28
- Nepal 26
- United Kingdom 25
Worker's education
- Master's 913
- Bachelor's 623
- None 490
- Doctorate 124
- Other 40
- High School 19
- Associate's 6
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,448
- NOT IN USA 178
- L-1 144
- F-1 89
- H-2B 45
- TN 16
- B-2 13
- EWI 13
- TPS 12
- H-4 9
H-1B in Raleigh, NC
13,703 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 13,201 (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 1,555
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 1,179
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 264
- Data Scientists 253
- Computer Systems Analysts 235
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 214
- Electrical Engineers 169
- Computer Programmers 130
- Civil Engineers 128
- Management Analysts 114
Where Raleigh, NC sits
- Counties
- Durham and Wake counties
- Census places Raleigh city in both
- Metro area
- Raleigh-Cary, NC
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Raleigh-Cary, NC
- For Wake County, at the city's center. Its counties sit in two wage areas
98.2 is BEA's price level for the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 103.5. A salary here buys about 102% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers212 PERM decisions
- Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters127 PERM decisions
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners112 PERM decisions
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers109 PERM decisions
- Computer and Information Systems Managers85 PERM decisions
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer81 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 | $132,770 | $89,398 | $112,902 | $136,406 | $159,910 |
| Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters | — | $35,214 | $38,397 | $41,600 | $44,782 |
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $34,980 | $26,915 | $30,909 | $34,882 | $38,875 |
| Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers | $38,500 | $35,006 | $38,147 | $41,267 | $44,408 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $173,960 | $124,342 | $155,230 | $186,139 | $217,027 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $162,800 | $99,507 | $121,264 | $143,000 | $164,757 |
Any job in any area, and every wage year since 2021-22, in the wage-level tool.
The jobs filed most in Raleigh, NC: what employers in the metro report paying everyone in each, and DOL's four prevailing wage levels there. More
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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