Updated
PERM jobs in Savannah, GA
- Decisions
- 1,100
- Approved
- 90.9%
- Median certified wage
- $64,172
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 104 | 2 | 3 |
| FY2017 | 46 | 8 | 3 |
| FY2018 | 48 | 3 | 2 |
| FY2019 | 39 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2020 | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2021 | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2022 | 59 | 56 | 5 |
| FY2023 | 121 | 20 | 2 |
| FY2024 | 174 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 164 | 0 | 7 |
| FY2026 | 167 | 4 | 3 |
Top sponsors
- SAVANNAH CHATHAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM 616
- Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation 187
- ROGER WOOD FOODS, INC. 50
- Savannah College of Art and Design, Inc. 48
- KMSB Enterprices LLC 45
- CTS Technical Services, Inc. 16
- La Cosecha XX, LLC 10
- St Joseph/Candler Health System Inc 9
- Hi-Tek Professionals, Inc. 7
- SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY 7
Top occupations
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 280
- Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 147
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 111
- Aerospace Engineers 82
- Slaughterers and Meat Packers 50
- Helpers--Production Workers 48
- Mechanical Engineers 44
- Industrial Engineers 27
- Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 26
- Electrical Engineers 22
Industries
- Elementary and Secondary Schools 616
- Aircraft Manufacturing 165
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 54
- Meat Processed from Carcasses 50
- Office Administrative Services 49
- Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing 21
- All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 15
- Full-Service Restaurants 13
- Engineering Services 11
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 9
Countries of citizenship
- Jamaica 319
- India 98
- Canada 64
- South Korea 59
- Mexico 43
- Brazil 16
- China 15
- Philippines 9
- Australia 8
- Colombia 6
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 522
- Master's 134
- Doctorate 25
- None 17
- High School 16
- Other 12
- Associate's 6
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 542
- TN 55
- NOT IN USA 24
- L-1 18
- F-1 17
- E-2 8
- J-1 8
- E-3 6
- F-2 5
- O-1 2
H-1B in Savannah, GA
2,195 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 2,164 (99%). 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
- SAVANNAH CHATHAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM 543
- Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation 168
- Savannah College of Art and Design, Inc. 79
- Hi-Tek Professionals, Inc. 10
- NHS U.S., LLC 10
- ST. JOSEPH'S/CANDLER HEALTH INC 8
- Johnson Matthey Process Technologies, Inc. 6
- Daechang Seat Savannah Corporation 4
- Konecranes, Inc. 4
- Great Dane LLC 3
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 255
- Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 124
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 106
- Mechanical Engineers 73
- Aerospace Engineers 43
- Manufacturing Engineers 29
- Special Education Teachers, Elementary School 29
- Electrical Engineers 27
- Software Developers 27
- Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 24
Where Savannah, GA sits
- County
- Chatham County
- Census places Savannah city in it
- Metro area
- Savannah, GA
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Savannah, GA
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
95.2 is BEA's price level for the Savannah, GA metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 86.0. A salary here buys about 105% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education280 PERM decisions
- Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education147 PERM decisions
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education111 PERM decisions
- Aerospace Engineers82 PERM decisions
- Slaughterers and Meat Packers50 PERM decisions
- Helpers--Production Workers48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | $63,710 | $53,260 | $60,147 | $67,033 | $73,920 |
| Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | $62,970 | $48,920 | $56,650 | $64,380 | $72,110 |
| Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | $63,960 | $54,420 | $62,537 | $70,653 | $78,770 |
| Aerospace Engineers | — | $91,936 | $115,939 | $139,922 | $163,925 |
| Slaughterers and Meat Packers | — | $31,616 | $34,091 | $36,587 | $39,062 |
| Helpers--Production Workers | $41,080 | $30,722 | $35,214 | $39,707 | $44,200 |
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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