Updated
PERM jobs in Richmond, VA
- Decisions
- 1,947
- Approved
- 96.2%
- Median certified wage
- $97,500
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 253 | 12 | 7 |
| FY2017 | 162 | 7 | 7 |
| FY2018 | 167 | 8 | 5 |
| FY2019 | 233 | 15 | 6 |
| FY2020 | 146 | 6 | 8 |
| FY2021 | 161 | 4 | 4 |
| FY2022 | 159 | 4 | 9 |
| FY2023 | 105 | 12 | 5 |
| FY2024 | 124 | 1 | 7 |
| FY2025 | 156 | 1 | 3 |
| FY2026 | 145 | 2 | 3 |
Top sponsors
- Capital One Services, LLC 447
- ANTHEM, INC. 146
- Virginia Commonwealth University 52
- BNBL II, Inc. 43
- American Infosys, Inc. 41
- Precious Time LLC 40
- VCU Health System Authority 35
- Elevance Health, Inc. 35
- CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC 34
- Deloitte Consulting LLP 30
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 623
- Computer Systems Analysts 110
- Software Developers 92
- Computer Occupations, All Other 89
- Operations Research Analysts 82
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 47
- Nannies 41
- Statisticians 36
- Software Developers, Systems Software 25
- Economists 24
Industries
- Credit Card Issuing 447
- Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers 182
- Custom Computer Programming Services 150
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 71
- Commercial Banking 54
- Used Car Dealers 42
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 42
- Child Care Services 40
- Computer Systems Design Services 35
- Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services 32
Countries of citizenship
- India 1,061
- China 64
- South Korea 44
- Canada 43
- El Salvador 33
- Mexico 31
- Brazil 29
- United Kingdom 22
- Pakistan 20
- Nepal 19
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 647
- Master's 570
- None 201
- Doctorate 79
- Other 72
- High School 34
- Associate's 7
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,243
- L-1 65
- F-1 36
- B-2 34
- NOT IN USA 26
- TPS 25
- EWI 24
- E-2 20
- TN 10
- H-2B 7
H-1B in Richmond, VA
11,202 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 10,789 (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
- Capital One Services, LLC 330
- Virginia Commonwealth University 194
- Elevance Health, Inc. 150
- UST Global Inc 139
- cognizant-technology-solutions-us-corporation 117
- VCU Health System Authority 89
- COMPUNNEL SOFTWARE GROUP, INC 80
- Capital One, National Association 76
- Ernst & Young U.S. LLP 52
- CAPGEMINI AMERICA INC 48
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 1,560
- Data Scientists 360
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 346
- Computer Systems Analysts 169
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 140
- Computer Programmers 111
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 60
- Data Warehousing Specialists 59
- Hospitalists 58
- Database Administrators 55
Where Richmond, VA sits
- County
- Richmond city
- Census places Richmond city in it
- Metro area
- Richmond, VA
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Richmond, VA
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
97.9 is BEA's price level for the Richmond, VA metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 99.1. A salary here buys about 102% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers92 PERM decisions
- Operations Research Analysts82 PERM decisions
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners47 PERM decisions
- Nannies41 PERM decisions
- Statisticians36 PERM decisions
- Economists24 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 | $132,120 | $94,162 | $116,646 | $139,110 | $161,595 |
| Operations Research Analysts | $109,650 | $60,237 | $82,909 | $105,560 | $128,232 |
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $34,200 | $28,704 | $31,949 | $35,194 | $38,438 |
| Nannies | $33,570 | $28,662 | $30,930 | $33,218 | $35,485 |
| Statisticians | $81,620 | $54,517 | $68,973 | $83,408 | $97,864 |
| Economists | $112,330 | $84,822 | $110,864 | $136,885 | $162,926 |
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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