Updated
PERM jobs in Richfield, MN
- Decisions
- 546
- Approved
- 99.3%
- Median certified wage
- $113,776
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 53 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 48 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2021 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 59 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2023 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 56 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 139 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2026 | 26 | 1 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- BEST BUY CO., INC. 412
- U.S. Bank National Association 96
- Group Health Plan, Inc. 18
- BEST BUY ENTERPRISE SERVICES, INC. 5
- Prudent Accountants Inc. 2
- POPULUS GROUP, LLC 2
- HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC. 1
- I Thai Lawyer PLLC 1
- Cedar Point Dentistry P.A. 1
- PRESBYTERIAN FRONTIER FELLOWSHIP 1
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 214
- Software Developers 113
- Computer Occupations, All Other 48
- Computer Systems Analysts 33
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 21
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15
- Project Management Specialists 14
- Statisticians 13
- Software Developers, Systems Software 8
- Data Scientists 7
Industries
- Electronics and Appliance Retailers 145
- Electronics and Appliance Stores (NAICS 44314) 121
- Electronics and Appliance Stores (NAICS 443112) 108
- Monetary Authorities-Central Bank 94
- Electronics Stores 41
- HMO Medical Centers 18
- Commercial Banking 2
- Offices of Certified Public Accountants 2
- Offices of Dentists 2
- Temporary Help Services 2
Countries of citizenship
- India 348
- China 8
- Canada 3
- Mexico 2
- South Korea 2
- Philippines 2
- Pakistan 2
- Nigeria 1
- Mongolia 1
- Ukraine 1
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 217
- Master's 147
- Other 10
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 361
- H-4 3
- F-1 3
- TN 2
- L-1 1
- E-3 1
H-1B in Richfield, MN
3,371 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 3,225 (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 270
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 136
- Computer Systems Analysts 95
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 72
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 51
- Computer Programmers 46
- Data Scientists 30
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators 17
- Project Management Specialists 8
- Information Security Analysts 7
Where Richfield, MN sits
- County
- Hennepin County
- Census places Richfield city in it
- Metro area
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
104.8 is BEA's price level for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 111.8. A salary here buys about 95% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers113 PERM decisions
- Computer and Information Systems Managers21 PERM decisions
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers15 PERM decisions
- Project Management Specialists14 PERM decisions
- Statisticians13 PERM decisions
- Data Scientists7 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 | $130,920 | $91,624 | $110,926 | $130,208 | $149,510 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $178,080 | $133,058 | $162,718 | $192,379 | $222,040 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | $102,130 | $74,298 | $90,147 | $105,997 | $121,846 |
| Project Management Specialists | $97,860 | $71,427 | $86,923 | $102,440 | $117,936 |
| Statisticians | — | $70,491 | $92,976 | $115,482 | $137,966 |
| Data Scientists | $129,780 | $79,893 | $104,478 | $129,085 | $153,670 |
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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