Updated
PERM jobs in Salt Lake City, UT
- Decisions
- 2,287
- Approved
- 94.6%
- Median certified wage
- $85,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 174 | 5 | 4 |
| FY2017 | 98 | 8 | 6 |
| FY2018 | 179 | 4 | 4 |
| FY2019 | 135 | 17 | 3 |
| FY2020 | 109 | 8 | 7 |
| FY2021 | 158 | 17 | 6 |
| FY2022 | 157 | 9 | 7 |
| FY2023 | 160 | 32 | 12 |
| FY2024 | 232 | 10 | 29 |
| FY2025 | 377 | 5 | 16 |
| FY2026 | 288 | 4 | 7 |
Top sponsors
- ARUP Laboratories 266
- University of Utah 232
- Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC 203
- Goldman Sachs Services LLC 164
- FMR LLC 40
- Stadler US Inc. 37
- Zions Bancorporation, N.A. 35
- Progrexion ASG, Inc. 34
- FatPipe Technologies Inc 33
- ZIONS BANK ZMSC 33
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 289
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 244
- Software Developers 144
- Accountants and Auditors 72
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 65
- Software Developers, Systems Software 60
- Financial Analysts 50
- Computer Occupations, All Other 50
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 37
- Data Scientists 35
Industries
- Medical Laboratories 269
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 261
- Investment Banking and Securities Dealing 220
- Investment Banking and Securities Intermediation 154
- Custom Computer Programming Services 91
- Commercial Banking 77
- Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing 40
- Marketing Consulting Services 37
- Software Publishers 36
- Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing 34
Countries of citizenship
- India 626
- China 132
- Brazil 94
- Philippines 76
- Vietnam 71
- South Korea 48
- Mexico 46
- Canada 42
- Nepal 28
- Iran 28
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 560
- Master's 540
- None 138
- Doctorate 116
- Other 83
- High School 51
- Associate's 28
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,068
- F-1 108
- L-1 62
- NOT IN USA 38
- F-2 20
- B-2 16
- TN 12
- J-1 10
- O-1 7
- L-2 5
H-1B in Salt Lake City, UT
9,851 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 9,414 (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 846
- Data Scientists 286
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 264
- Accountants and Auditors 245
- Financial Risk Specialists 229
- Financial Quantitative Analysts 160
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 156
- Financial and Investment Analysts 134
- Operations Research Analysts 123
- Financial Examiners 91
Where Salt Lake City, UT sits
- County
- Salt Lake County
- Census places Salt Lake City city in it
- Metro area
- Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
100.9 is BEA's price level for the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 123.3. A salary here buys about 99% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists244 PERM decisions
- Software Developers144 PERM decisions
- Accountants and Auditors72 PERM decisions
- Financial Analysts50 PERM decisions
- Computer Systems Analysts37 PERM decisions
- Data Scientists35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists | — | $38,938 | $47,507 | $56,077 | $64,646 |
| Software Developers | $129,600 | $87,173 | $109,179 | $131,186 | $153,192 |
| Accountants and Auditors | $82,100 | $57,616 | $74,090 | $90,542 | $107,016 |
| Financial Analysts | $91,100 | $61,838 | $80,662 | $99,486 | $118,310 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $98,400 | $70,408 | $84,677 | $98,966 | $113,235 |
| Data Scientists | $114,990 | $70,512 | $93,704 | $116,917 | $140,109 |
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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