Updated
PERM jobs in Southfield, MI
- Decisions
- 2,544
- Approved
- 97.3%
- Median certified wage
- $92,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 299 | 14 | 10 |
| FY2017 | 251 | 7 | 12 |
| FY2018 | 331 | 10 | 3 |
| FY2019 | 246 | 5 | 6 |
| FY2020 | 173 | 5 | 3 |
| FY2021 | 216 | 2 | 8 |
| FY2022 | 179 | 2 | 65 |
| FY2023 | 145 | 6 | 13 |
| FY2024 | 174 | 3 | 10 |
| FY2025 | 201 | 7 | 6 |
| FY2026 | 122 | 4 | 6 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 956
- Software Developers 190
- Software Developers, Systems Software 177
- Mechanical Engineers 166
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 145
- Computer Systems Analysts 118
- Computer Occupations, All Other 74
- Electrical Engineers 64
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 63
- Industrial Engineers 43
Industries
- Custom Computer Programming Services 1,148
- Engineering Services 201
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 158
- Janitorial Services 149
- Computer Systems Design Services 138
- Motor Vehicle Seating and Interior Trim Manufacturing 90
- Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 88
- Other Activities Related to Credit Intermediation 47
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 43
- Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 27
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 998
- Master's 970
- None 117
- Other 36
- Doctorate 33
- Associate's 18
- High School 6
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,661
- F-1 135
- L-1 123
- NOT IN USA 103
- TN 65
- E-2 21
- H-4 12
- L-2 5
- E-3 4
- PAROLEE 3
H-1B in Southfield, MI
3,644 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 3,393 (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 409
- Mechanical Engineers 162
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 64
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 47
- Manufacturing Engineers 47
- Architectural and Engineering Managers 38
- Electrical Engineers 36
- Management Analysts 34
- Computer Systems Analysts 31
- Data Scientists 31
Where Southfield, MI sits
- County
- Oakland County
- Census places Southfield city in it
- Metro area
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
100.3 is BEA's price level for the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 94.7. A salary here buys about 100% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers190 PERM decisions
- Mechanical Engineers166 PERM decisions
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners145 PERM decisions
- Electrical Engineers64 PERM decisions
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer63 PERM decisions
- Industrial Engineers43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | $130,760 | $89,877 | $108,950 | $128,003 | $147,077 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $109,470 | $84,864 | $100,672 | $116,459 | $132,267 |
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $36,680 | $31,075 | $34,403 | $37,752 | $41,080 |
| Electrical Engineers | $114,390 | $84,302 | $100,651 | $117,021 | $133,370 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $128,650 | $94,702 | $108,805 | $122,907 | $137,010 |
| Industrial Engineers | $104,110 | $80,850 | $95,534 | $110,219 | $124,904 |
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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