Updated
PERM jobs in Tampa, FL
- Decisions
- 6,193
- Approved
- 97.7%
- Median certified wage
- $83,200
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 556 | 15 | 10 |
| FY2017 | 470 | 19 | 23 |
| FY2018 | 605 | 16 | 9 |
| FY2019 | 547 | 12 | 5 |
| FY2020 | 485 | 6 | 10 |
| FY2021 | 513 | 13 | 17 |
| FY2022 | 538 | 11 | 14 |
| FY2023 | 583 | 7 | 10 |
| FY2024 | 510 | 12 | 24 |
| FY2025 | 591 | 15 | 19 |
| FY2026 | 505 | 11 | 12 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 2,448
- Software Developers 762
- Computer Occupations, All Other 448
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 359
- Software Developers, Systems Software 117
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 116
- Civil Engineers 111
- Food Preparation Workers 105
- Accountants and Auditors 92
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 87
Industries
- Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services 2,569
- Custom Computer Programming Services 912
- Investment Banking and Securities Dealing 219
- Offices of Other Holding Companies 192
- Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services 132
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 128
- Engineering Services 110
- Other Computer Related Services 102
- Commercial Banking 85
- Food Services and Drinking Places 76
Countries of citizenship
- India 3,504
- Brazil 138
- Mexico 132
- Nepal 122
- China 119
- Canada 93
- Ethiopia 54
- Pakistan 53
- Philippines 43
- United Kingdom 42
Worker's education
- Master's 2,304
- Bachelor's 2,202
- None 235
- Other 65
- High School 48
- Doctorate 47
- Associate's 26
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 3,791
- F-1 441
- L-1 147
- TN 94
- E-2 41
- NOT IN USA 38
- H-4 24
- H-2B 24
- B-2 21
- F-2 16
H-1B in Tampa, FL
22,399 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 21,430 (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 3,093
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 1,128
- Data Scientists 429
- Computer Systems Analysts 383
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 349
- Computer Programmers 334
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 217
- Civil Engineers 204
- Data Warehousing Specialists 157
- Management Analysts 143
Where Tampa, FL sits
- County
- Hillsborough County
- Census places Tampa city in it
- Metro area
- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
100.9 is BEA's price level for the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 125.8. A salary here buys about 99% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers762 PERM decisions
- Computer Systems Analysts116 PERM decisions
- Civil Engineers111 PERM decisions
- Food Preparation Workers105 PERM decisions
- Accountants and Auditors92 PERM decisions
- Computer and Information Systems Managers87 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | $130,450 | $84,448 | $108,909 | $133,390 | $157,851 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $105,080 | $74,693 | $93,184 | $111,675 | $130,166 |
| Civil Engineers | $100,570 | $69,555 | $88,234 | $106,912 | $125,590 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $36,330 | $29,474 | $32,427 | $35,402 | $38,355 |
| Accountants and Auditors | $78,990 | $54,517 | $71,323 | $88,130 | $104,936 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $168,470 | $117,166 | $146,453 | $175,760 | $205,046 |
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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