Updated
PERM jobs in Saco, ME
- Decisions
- 46
- Approved
- 95.6%
- Median certified wage
- $32,032
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 25 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- Cape Seafood LLC 27
- WENDCO OF MAINE, LLC 9
- Little Treasures Childcare Center 2
- Qaisi Homecare Inc. 2
- Maine Seafood Ventures, LLC 1
- Shaw’s Supermarkets Inc. 1
- LITTLE TREASURES CHILDCARE 1
- New England Integrated Living Support, LLC 1
- Gentle Dental P.C. 1
- Zajac, LLC 1
Top occupations
Industries
- Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (NAICS 311710) 27
- Limited-Service Restaurants 9
- Home Health Care Services 3
- Child Care Services (NAICS 624410) 2
- Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (NAICS 3117) 1
- Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) 1
- Child Care Services (NAICS 62441) 1
- Offices of Dentists 1
- Engineering Services 1
Countries of citizenship
- Brazil 11
- Nepal 5
- Georgia 3
- Bangladesh 2
- Colombia 2
- Thailand 2
- Pakistan 1
- Angola 1
- Indonesia 1
- Rwanda 1
Worker's education
- None 31
- Bachelor's 2
- Other 2
- High School 1
Visa held when filed
- F-1 16
- NOT IN USA 6
- F-2 4
- B-2 2
- CW-1 1
- M-1 1
- TPS 1
- B-1 1
- H-1B 1
Where Saco, ME sits
- County
- York County
- Census places Saco city in it
- Metro area
- Portland-South Portland, ME
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Portland-South Portland, ME
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
101.9 is BEA's price level for the Portland-South Portland, ME metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 105.2. A salary here buys about 98% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Helpers--Production Workers27 PERM decisions
- Fast Food and Counter Workers5 PERM decisions
- Nannies2 PERM decisions
- Home Health Aides2 PERM decisions
- Industrial Engineers1 PERM decisions
- Pharmacists1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helpers--Production Workers | $43,870 | $37,398 | $40,768 | $44,158 | $47,528 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $35,300 | $32,490 | $34,507 | $36,504 | $38,522 |
| Nannies | $36,620 | $34,195 | $35,984 | $37,773 | $39,562 |
| Home Health Aides | — | $35,589 | $37,960 | $40,352 | $42,723 |
| Industrial Engineers | $101,030 | $82,680 | $98,301 | $113,942 | $129,563 |
| Pharmacists | $140,620 | $107,515 | $122,366 | $137,238 | $152,090 |
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 · 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
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.
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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