Updated
PERM jobs in Watford City, ND
- Decisions
- 56
- Approved
- 100.0%
- Median certified wage
- $27,851
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2021 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- NEW LEAF HOSPITALITY 40
- WATFORD CONVENIENCE LLC 3
- McKenzie County Healthcare System 2
- McKenzie County Healthcare Systems 2
- HELENA AGRIENTERPRISES, LLC 1
- ROUND TABLE CONSULTANTS, LLC 1
- Jarvis and Kadie Sorenson 1
- Galileo Technologies Corporation 1
- ESSENTIAL SERVICES, LLC 1
- PRISCILA J. JELSING DDS, PC 1
Top occupations
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 22
- Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 18
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 4
- First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers 1
- First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 1
- Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 1
- Electrical Engineers 1
- Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 1
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 1
- Nannies 1
Industries
- Office Administrative Services 40
- Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations 3
- Medical Laboratories 2
- Convenience Stores 2
- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 2
- Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 1
- Beef Cattle Ranching and Farming 1
- Industrial Machinery Manufacturing 1
- Residential Remodelers 1
- Offices of Dentists 1
Countries of citizenship
- South Africa 28
- Philippines 7
- Mexico 5
- Canada 3
- Vietnam 3
- Ireland 2
- Tunisia 2
- Spain 1
- Venezuela 1
- Brazil 1
Worker's education
- None 49
- Bachelor's 4
- Doctorate 1
Visa held when filed
- NOT IN USA 41
- H-2A 2
- F-1 2
- H-1B 2
- E-2 1
- H-2B 1
- B-2 1
- TN 1
- L-1 1
Where Watford City, ND sits
- County
- McKenzie County
- Census places Watford City city in it
- Metro area
- Outside any metro area
- DOL wage area
- West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners22 PERM decisions
- Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks18 PERM decisions
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists4 PERM decisions
- First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers1 PERM decisions
- First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers1 PERM decisions
- Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $34,520 | $29,328 | $32,406 | $35,485 | $38,563 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | $34,530 | $31,075 | $32,718 | $34,362 | $36,005 |
| Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists | — | $48,256 | $58,365 | $68,453 | $78,562 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers | — | $42,245 | $52,437 | $62,629 | $72,821 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers | $100,980 | $64,355 | $85,738 | $107,120 | $128,502 |
| Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals | $40,210 | $36,483 | $40,186 | $43,888 | $47,590 |
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 · 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
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.
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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