Updated
PERM jobs in Salem, OR
- Decisions
- 738
- Approved
- 83.3%
- Median certified wage
- $42,869
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 11 | 79 | 9 |
| FY2019 | 158 | 27 | 69 |
| FY2020 | 200 | 0 | 5 |
| FY2021 | 75 | 0 | 7 |
| FY2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 56 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- MAY TRUCKING COMPANY 607
- RESER'S FINE FOODS, INC. 45
- Marion County School District 24J 8
- SALEM PULMONARY ASSC. P.C. 7
- WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY 5
- KCDO Corporation 4
- WILLAMETTE FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER 4
- Yan Yan Chinese Cuisine Inc 3
- OREGON HEALTH SCIENCE UNIVERSITY 3
- Salem Health 3
Top occupations
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 607
- Helpers--Production Workers 45
- Cooks, Restaurant 22
- Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 8
- Internists, General 7
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 5
- Software Developers, Applications 4
- Pediatricians, General 3
- Software Developers 2
- Computer Systems Analysts 2
Industries
- General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload 425
- General Freight Trucking, Local 153
- Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing 45
- Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance 28
- Food Services and Drinking Places 15
- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 12
- Elementary and Secondary Schools 8
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 8
- Full-Service Restaurants 6
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 5
Countries of citizenship
- Zimbabwe 193
- South Africa 185
- Mexico 59
- Poland 43
- Albania 17
- China 16
- Kosovo 11
- Colombia 11
- Ukraine 11
- Spain 10
Worker's education
- None 625
- Other 23
- Bachelor's 10
- Doctorate 6
- Master's 4
- High School 2
Visa held when filed
- NOT IN USA 604
- H-1B 26
- J-1 7
- F-1 4
- E-2 3
- H-2A 2
- B-2 1
- EWI 1
- L-1 1
H-1B in Salem, OR
568 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 541 (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
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 77
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 20
- Hospitalists 14
- Computer Systems Analysts 10
- Mechatronics Engineers 6
- Database Administrators 5
- Logistics Analysts 4
- Manufacturing Engineers 4
- Data Warehousing Specialists 4
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators 4
Where Salem, OR sits
- Counties
- Marion and Polk counties
- Census places Salem city in both
- Metro area
- Salem, OR
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Salem, OR
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
103.6 is BEA's price level for the Salem, OR metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 110.3. A salary here buys about 96% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers607 PERM decisions
- Helpers--Production Workers45 PERM decisions
- Cooks, Restaurant22 PERM decisions
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education5 PERM decisions
- Software Developers2 PERM decisions
- Computer Systems Analysts2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | $60,580 | $47,882 | $54,642 | $61,422 | $68,182 |
| Helpers--Production Workers | $45,310 | $38,418 | $41,808 | $45,198 | $48,589 |
| Cooks, Restaurant | $39,170 | $34,445 | $37,960 | $41,475 | $44,990 |
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | $74,810 | $50,280 | $60,863 | $71,447 | $82,030 |
| Software Developers | $131,620 | $90,688 | $111,030 | $131,373 | $151,715 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $109,970 | $84,677 | $97,448 | $110,198 | $122,970 |
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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