Updated
PERM jobs in Rochester, NY
- Decisions
- 1,064
- Approved
- 97.5%
- Median certified wage
- $95,160
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 87 | 2 | 7 |
| FY2017 | 100 | 8 | 10 |
| FY2018 | 132 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2019 | 73 | 1 | 4 |
| FY2020 | 68 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 89 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2022 | 62 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2023 | 56 | 3 | 2 |
| FY2024 | 142 | 1 | 7 |
| FY2025 | 93 | 1 | 4 |
| FY2026 | 86 | 8 | 10 |
Top sponsors
- Avani Technology Solutions, Inc. 131
- Rochester General Hospital 105
- University of Rochester 98
- Rochester Institute of Technology 78
- Hospitality Syracuse Inc. 76
- INDOTRONIX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 71
- MUY HAMBURGER PARTNERS, LLC 54
- Excellus Health Plan, Inc. 26
- The Unity Hospital of Rochester 26
- Mindex Technologies, Inc. 23
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 255
- Software Developers 65
- Internists, General 58
- Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food 54
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary 36
- Electrical Engineers 25
- General Internal Medicine Physicians 22
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 20
- Computer Occupations, All Other 20
- Computer Systems Analysts 19
Industries
- Custom Computer Programming Services 259
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 179
- Limited-Service Restaurants 130
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 128
- Computer Systems Design Services 25
- Engineering Services 22
- Payroll Services 18
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 17
- Architectural Services 15
- Electric Power Distribution 13
Countries of citizenship
- India 384
- Canada 47
- China 44
- South Korea 34
- Vietnam 30
- Mexico 16
- Pakistan 15
- Philippines 15
- Spain 13
- Taiwan 10
Worker's education
- Master's 269
- Bachelor's 213
- Other 108
- Doctorate 94
- None 67
- High School 7
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 605
- NOT IN USA 69
- F-1 19
- TN 12
- L-1 12
- E-2 10
- O-1 5
- J-1 4
- B-2 3
- H-2B 1
H-1B in Rochester, NY
3,562 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 3,367 (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
- University of Rochester 394
- Rochester General Hospital 180
- Rochester Institute of Technology 121
- cognizant-technology-solutions-us-corporation 85
- The Unity Hospital of Rochester 83
- Avani Technology Solutions, Inc. 63
- Mindex Technologies, Inc. 33
- TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED 18
- Paychex North America Inc. 17
- Grandison Management, Inc. 16
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 238
- Registered Nurses 169
- Hospitalists 126
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 119
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 66
- Data Scientists 61
- General Internal Medicine Physicians 43
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 35
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 31
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 31
Where Rochester, NY sits
- County
- Monroe County
- Census places Rochester city in it
- Metro area
- Rochester, NY
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Rochester, NY
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
97.0 is BEA's price level for the Rochester, NY metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 87.5. A salary here buys about 103% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers65 PERM decisions
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary36 PERM decisions
- Electrical Engineers25 PERM decisions
- General Internal Medicine Physicians22 PERM decisions
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary20 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 | $122,770 | $85,114 | $104,270 | $123,427 | $142,584 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $102,320 | $60,880 | $93,197 | $125,513 | $157,830 |
| Electrical Engineers | $108,160 | $82,638 | $99,154 | $115,648 | $132,163 |
| General Internal Medicine Physicians | $78,990 | $68,598 | $116,314 | $164,008 | $211,723 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | — | $73,860 | $121,353 | $168,847 | $216,340 |
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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