Updated
PERM jobs in Wisconsin Dells, WI
- Decisions
- 825
- Approved
- 93.3%
- Median certified wage
- $22,880
- Years
- FY2018 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 59 | 0 | 19 |
| FY2023 | 229 | 38 | 5 |
| FY2024 | 23 | 7 | 10 |
| FY2025 | 303 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 109 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- Chula Vista Inc 374
- WILDERNESS RESORTS WATERPARKS INC 230
- WILDERNESS HOTEL & RESORT, INC. 174
- DRM, Inc. 20
- AMERICAN ME CORP. DBA TSHIRT FACTORY 16
- American Me Corp 3
- Vacationland Vendors 2
- Wisconsin Dells T's LLC 1
- Festival Fun Parks LLC 1
- Wisconsin Dells Clothing Company LLC 1
Top occupations
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 562
- Amusement and Recreation Attendants 138
- Cooks, Short Order 26
- Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food 20
- Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 14
- First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 11
- Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 5
- Stockers and Order Fillers 4
- Retail Salespersons 3
- General and Operations Managers 2
Industries
- Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels 774
- Limited-Service Restaurants 21
- Clothing Stores 20
- Truck Trailer Manufacturing 4
- Amusement Arcades 2
- Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers 1
- Amusement and Theme Parks 1
- General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance 1
- Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores 1
Countries of citizenship
- Colombia 109
- Philippines 95
- Vietnam 32
- Bangladesh 22
- Nepal 18
- Pakistan 15
- Israel 7
- Peru 6
- Ecuador 5
- Brazil 5
Worker's education
- High School 326
- None 28
- Bachelor's 10
- Other 6
- Doctorate 2
- Associate's 2
- Master's 2
Visa held when filed
- F-1 37
- B-2 6
- H-2B 5
- E-2 3
- F-2 3
- J-1 2
- NOT IN USA 1
- U-1 1
- H-2A 1
- H-1B 1
Where Wisconsin Dells, WI sits
- Counties
- Adams, Columbia, Juneau and Sauk counties
- Census places Wisconsin Dells city in all four
- Metro area
- Baraboo, WI
- Micropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area
- For Sauk County, at the city's center. Its counties sit in four wage areas
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners562 PERM decisions
- Amusement and Recreation Attendants138 PERM decisions
- Cooks, Short Order26 PERM decisions
- Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers14 PERM decisions
- First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers11 PERM decisions
- Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $35,280 | $29,432 | $32,531 | $35,630 | $38,730 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $30,180 | $22,693 | $26,832 | $30,971 | $35,110 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $32,850 | $24,648 | $28,413 | $32,178 | $35,942 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $30,560 | $24,981 | $27,539 | $30,077 | $32,635 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers | $47,950 | $35,818 | $43,846 | $51,875 | $59,904 |
| Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers | $36,950 | $27,789 | $32,864 | $37,918 | $42,994 |
Any job in any area, and every wage year since 2021-22, in the wage-level tool.
The jobs filed most in Wisconsin Dells, WI: what employers in the metro report paying everyone in each, and DOL's four prevailing wage levels there. More
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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