Updated
PERM jobs in Winston-Salem, NC
- Decisions
- 378
- Approved
- 98.0%
- Median certified wage
- $85,883
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 40 | 0 | 13 |
| FY2017 | 26 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2018 | 33 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 20 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2020 | 31 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2021 | 35 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2023 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 34 | 1 | 3 |
| FY2025 | 44 | 0 | 6 |
| FY2026 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 46
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 26
- Internists, General 22
- Data Scientists 14
- Software Developers 13
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 13
- Mechanical Engineers 13
- Computer Occupations, All Other 13
- Computer Systems Analysts 11
- Statisticians 10
Industries
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 67
- Elementary and Secondary Schools 43
- Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing 32
- Commercial Banking 24
- Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services 21
- Electronic Connector Manufacturing 17
- Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing 16
- Janitorial Services 13
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 12
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 10
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 108
- Bachelor's 94
- Other 38
- Doctorate 21
- None 17
- High School 2
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 224
- NOT IN USA 16
- L-1 13
- F-1 8
- TN 5
- E-2 2
- J-2 2
- B-2 1
- EWI 1
- H-4 1
H-1B in Winston-Salem, NC
1,452 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 1,391 (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
- Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools 79
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences 49
- cognizant-technology-solutions-us-corporation 47
- B/E Aerospace, Inc. 42
- Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center 33
- Herbalife International of America, Inc. 29
- TE Connectivity Corporation 28
- Quality Education Academy 20
- ITC INFOTECH (USA), INC. 9
- Truist Bank 9
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 70
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 56
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 53
- Mechanical Engineers 30
- Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 23
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 21
- Manufacturing Engineers 19
- Radiologists 19
- Computer Systems Analysts 15
- Data Scientists 15
Where Winston-Salem, NC sits
- County
- Forsyth County
- Census places Winston-Salem city in it
- Metro area
- Winston-Salem, NC
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Winston-Salem, NC
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
92.0 is BEA's price level for the Winston-Salem, NC metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 71.4. A salary here buys about 109% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education26 PERM decisions
- Data Scientists14 PERM decisions
- Software Developers13 PERM decisions
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners13 PERM decisions
- Mechanical Engineers13 PERM decisions
- Statisticians10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | $56,510 | $45,460 | $49,870 | $54,280 | $58,690 |
| Data Scientists | $101,570 | $62,088 | $84,739 | $107,411 | $130,062 |
| Software Developers | $124,130 | $85,571 | $104,874 | $124,176 | $143,478 |
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $34,150 | $25,938 | $29,411 | $32,885 | $36,358 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $95,600 | $68,578 | $83,554 | $98,530 | $113,506 |
| Statisticians | — | $66,352 | $88,421 | $110,510 | $132,579 |
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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