Updated
PERM jobs in Wichita, KS
- Decisions
- 629
- Approved
- 88.4%
- Median certified wage
- $60,570
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 54 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 27 | 6 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 47 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2021 | 54 | 4 | 3 |
| FY2022 | 55 | 24 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 26 | 27 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 65 | 7 | 4 |
| FY2025 | 109 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2026 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY 82
- Groendyke Transport, Inc. 67
- GBW, LLC 66
- MBM Management, Inc. 34
- Beran Concrete, Inc. 29
- Hospitalist Medicine Physicians of Texas, PLLC 24
- Genesis Health Clubs Management, Inc. 22
- NetApp, Inc. 19
- Quik Tek Machining LLC 18
- VIA CHRISTI CLINIC, PA 14
Top occupations
- Fast Food and Counter Workers 100
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 67
- Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 51
- Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 29
- Internists, General 27
- Software Developers, Applications 22
- Coaches and Scouts 20
- Mechanical Engineers, R&D (ACWIA Only) 20
- Software Developers, Systems Software 20
- Helpers--Production Workers 18
Industries
- Limited-Service Restaurants 100
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 89
- Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance 67
- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 60
- Other Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors 29
- Aircraft Manufacturing 26
- Custom Computer Programming Services 24
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 22
- Machine Shops 18
- Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers 16
Countries of citizenship
- India 87
- South Africa 71
- Mexico 38
- Nepal 34
- Pakistan 19
- Canada 19
- Sri Lanka 18
- Malaysia 16
- China 13
- Jordan 12
Worker's education
- None 146
- Bachelor's 95
- Other 93
- Master's 88
- Doctorate 34
- High School 5
- Associate's 4
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 258
- NOT IN USA 107
- F-1 40
- L-1 11
- F-2 6
- P-1 5
- B-1 3
- E-2 3
- TPS 2
- E-3 2
H-1B in Wichita, KS
1,581 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 1,512 (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 80
- Manufacturing Engineers 67
- Mechanical Engineers 54
- Hospitalists 32
- Aerospace Engineers 28
- Mechanical Engineers, R&D 27
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 21
- Data Scientists 20
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 17
- Computer Systems Analysts 13
Where Wichita, KS sits
- County
- Sedgwick County
- Census places Wichita city in it
- Metro area
- Wichita, KS
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Wichita, KS
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
88.9 is BEA's price level for the Wichita, KS metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 66.2. A salary here buys about 112% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Fast Food and Counter Workers100 PERM decisions
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers67 PERM decisions
- Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers29 PERM decisions
- Coaches and Scouts20 PERM decisions
- Helpers--Production Workers18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,420 | $21,528 | $23,920 | $26,312 | $28,704 |
| Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | $57,930 | $42,661 | $50,315 | $57,990 | $65,645 |
| Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers | $48,780 | $41,163 | $47,549 | $53,914 | $60,299 |
| Coaches and Scouts | $28,330 | $15,080 | $28,320 | $41,560 | $54,800 |
| Helpers--Production Workers | $41,840 | $31,762 | $36,275 | $40,789 | $45,302 |
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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