Updated
PERM jobs in Shakopee, MN
- Decisions
- 87
- Approved
- 100.0%
- Median certified wage
- $92,020
- Years
- FY2016 to FY2025
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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- SEAGATE US LLC 38
- McLean Robertson Racing 12
- ENTRUST DATACARD CORPORATION 12
- OPEN SYSTEMS INC 4
- LADC LLC 3
- Rahr Corporation 3
- Entrust Corporation 2
- COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS 2
- ELITE INFOSYSTEMS INC 2
- TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 17
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 16
- Nonfarm Animal Caretakers 12
- Software Developers, Systems Software 12
- Electrical Engineers 4
- Mechanical Engineers 4
- Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers 3
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 3
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 2
- Sales Engineers 2
Industries
- Computer Storage Device Manufacturing 36
- Racetracks 12
- Other Electronic Component Manufacturing 10
- Malt Manufacturing 4
- Software Publishers (NAICS 511210) 4
- Limousine Service 3
- Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing 2
- Software Publishers (NAICS 513210) 2
- Other Telecommunications 2
- Computer Facilities Management Services 2
Countries of citizenship
- India 34
- Mexico 13
- China 9
- South Korea 4
- Cambodia 3
- Canada 3
- Nepal 2
- Costa Rica 2
- Dominican Republic 1
- Brazil 1
Worker's education
- Master's 35
- Bachelor's 20
- None 17
- Doctorate 9
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 55
- L-1 8
- F-1 1
- TN 1
- B-1 1
H-1B in Shakopee, MN
273 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 255 (93%). 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 23
- Special Education Teachers, All Other 13
- Computer Systems Analysts 10
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 8
- Data Scientists 7
- Manufacturing Engineers 6
- Mechanical Engineers 5
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 4
- Supply Chain Managers 3
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 3
Where Shakopee, MN sits
- County
- Scott County
- Census places Shakopee city in it
- Metro area
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
104.8 is BEA's price level for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 111.8. A salary here buys about 95% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer16 PERM decisions
- Nonfarm Animal Caretakers12 PERM decisions
- Electrical Engineers4 PERM decisions
- Mechanical Engineers4 PERM decisions
- Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers3 PERM decisions
- Computer Systems Analysts2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $116,630 | $84,822 | $105,040 | $125,258 | $145,475 |
| Nonfarm Animal Caretakers | $36,780 | $31,907 | $35,610 | $39,291 | $42,994 |
| Electrical Engineers | $117,230 | $85,155 | $103,022 | $120,910 | $138,778 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $101,180 | $77,688 | $93,434 | $109,158 | $124,904 |
| Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers | $46,260 | $35,443 | $40,768 | $46,072 | $51,397 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $112,090 | $84,282 | $99,445 | $114,629 | $129,792 |
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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