Updated
PERM jobs in Valdosta, GA
- Decisions
- 2,019
- Approved
- 99.7%
- Median certified wage
- $19,635
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 51 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2023 | 177 | 1 | 3 |
| FY2024 | 322 | 0 | 20 |
| FY2025 | 1,396 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2026 | 12 | 2 | 1 |
Top sponsors
- South Georgia Pecan Company 1,924
- PruittHealth 30
- VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY 21
- Apogee Medical Group, Georgia, Inc. 14
- South Georgia Medical Center Inc. 6
- ALERT-TECH SYSTEMS INC 3
- Saft America, Inc. 3
- VALDOSTA ISLAMIC CENTER CORPORATION 2
- Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County 2
- Kim&Lee Empire, Inc. 2
Top occupations
- Packers and Packagers, Hand 1,840
- Nursing Assistants 30
- Internists, General 8
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary 6
- Family Medicine Physicians 4
- Physicians, All Other 4
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 3
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 3
- Cooks, Restaurant 3
- Education Teachers, Postsecondary 2
Industries
- Postharvest Crop Activities (except Cotton Ginning) 1,923
- Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 30
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (NAICS 611310) 17
- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 12
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 8
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (NAICS 61131) 4
- Security Systems Services 3
- Battery Manufacturing 3
- Offices of Physicians 2
- Religious Organizations 2
Countries of citizenship
- Vietnam 435
- South Korea 17
- Ghana 9
- Nigeria 8
- Zimbabwe 7
- India 6
- Kenya 4
- China 4
- Cameroon 3
- Bangladesh 3
Worker's education
- None 454
- Bachelor's 27
- Doctorate 17
- Other 13
- Associate's 5
- High School 4
- Master's 1
Visa held when filed
- NOT IN USA 345
- F-1 104
- H-1B 31
- B-2 24
- J-1 2
- F-2 2
- E-2 2
- TN 1
- O-1 1
H-1B in Valdosta, GA
163 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 149 (91%). 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
- South Georgia Medical Center Inc. 19
- VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY 19
- Apogee Medical Group, Georgia, Inc. 14
- Arglass V-F1, LLC 6
- Compass Behavioral & Developmental Consultants LLC 3
- Albaugh, LLC 1
- Archer Daniels Midland Company 1
- Arglass Yamamura SE, LLC 1
- Bree's Creative Learning Childcare Center 1
- Burritos Mexican Grill LLC 1
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Hospitalists 17
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 8
- General Internal Medicine Physicians 5
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 3
- Mental Health Counselors 3
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary 3
- Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary 3
- Manufacturing Engineers 2
- Mechanical Engineers 2
- Mechatronics Engineers 2
Where Valdosta, GA sits
- County
- Lowndes County
- Census places Valdosta city in it
- Metro area
- Valdosta, GA
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Valdosta, GA
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
88.3 is BEA's price level for the Valdosta, GA metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 58.8. A salary here buys about 113% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Packers and Packagers, Hand1,840 PERM decisions
- Nursing Assistants30 PERM decisions
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary6 PERM decisions
- Family Medicine Physicians4 PERM decisions
- Physicians, All Other4 PERM decisions
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $27,250 | $24,419 | $26,603 | $28,787 | $30,971 |
| Nursing Assistants | $34,040 | $28,246 | $31,075 | $33,925 | $36,754 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | — | $32,900 | $54,197 | $75,493 | $96,790 |
| Family Medicine Physicians | $246,190 | $100,214 | $183,144 | $266,074 | $349,003 |
| Physicians, All Other | $204,720 | $94,598 | $158,579 | $222,539 | $286,520 |
| Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists | — | $35,235 | $45,178 | $55,099 | $65,042 |
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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