Updated
PERM jobs in Winter Haven, FL
- Decisions
- 66
- Approved
- 85.9%
- Median certified wage
- $47,694
- Years
- FY2017 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 17 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- National Staffing Solutions,Inc 25
- COCA-COLA BEVERAGES FLORIDA, LLC 13
- Archer Daniels Midland Company 3
- FOOD PARTNERS, INC. 3
- MD CONSTRUCTION LLC 3
- NEELANDS USA LIMITED, INC. 2
- HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN SERVICES OF FLORIDA, P.A. 2
- Saltzman, Tanis, Pittell, Levin and Jacobson LLC 1
- Wm. G. Roe & Sons, Inc. 1
- American Care of Tampa, Inc. 1
Top occupations
Industries
- Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services 25
- Soft Drink Manufacturing 13
- Other Food Manufacturing 3
- Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers 3
- All Other Specialty Trade Contractors 3
- Offices of Physicians (NAICS 62111) 2
- Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance 2
- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 2
- Offices of Physicians (NAICS 6211) 1
- Citrus (except Orange) Groves 1
Countries of citizenship
- Philippines 22
- Canada 4
- Brazil 4
- United Kingdom 3
- India 2
- Ireland 1
- Netherlands 1
- Peru 1
- South Korea 1
- Venezuela 1
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 27
- High School 7
- None 5
- Other 3
- Master's 1
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 4
- F-1 3
- E-2 2
- TN 2
- L-1 2
- B-2 2
- M-1 1
- NOT IN USA 1
- F-2 1
H-1B in Winter Haven, FL
55 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 47 (85%). 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
- Archer Daniels Midland Company 3
- CENTRAL FLORIDA HEALTH CARE INC 3
- New Beginnings High School, Inc. 3
- Saltzman, Tanis, Pittell, Levin and Jacobson LLC 3
- BASLEE ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS BES INC. 2
- BAYSIDE PHARMACY LLC 2
- Hudson Construction Group 2
- VISANA HOME CARE SERVICES 2
- Alternative Choice Wireless, LLC 1
- Baycare Medical Group 1
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Computer Systems Analysts 4
- Pediatricians, General 3
- Food Scientists and Technologists 2
- Civil Engineers 2
- Database Administrators 2
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 2
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 1
- Chemists 1
- Psychiatrists 1
- Public Relations Specialists 1
Where Winter Haven, FL sits
- County
- Polk County
- Census places Winter Haven city in it
- Metro area
- Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
97.1 is BEA's price level for the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 95.9. A salary here buys about 103% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Physical Therapist Assistants23 PERM decisions
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers8 PERM decisions
- Stockers and Order Fillers5 PERM decisions
- Construction Laborers3 PERM decisions
- Office Clerks, General2 PERM decisions
- General and Operations Managers2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Therapist Assistants | $66,090 | $55,702 | $61,818 | $67,933 | $74,048 |
| Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | $57,090 | $42,078 | $50,024 | $57,949 | $65,894 |
| Stockers and Order Fillers | $39,690 | $32,032 | $37,024 | $41,995 | $46,987 |
| Construction Laborers | $39,470 | $32,635 | $37,336 | $42,058 | $46,758 |
| Office Clerks, General | $43,300 | $32,531 | $38,834 | $45,136 | $51,438 |
| General and Operations Managers | $96,220 | $55,203 | $85,696 | $116,189 | $146,682 |
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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