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PERM occupation, SOC 13-2011, #52 of 1,410 by filings
132011.01, Accountants
- Biggest sponsor
- ERNST YOUNG U.S. LLP · 12% of its filings
- Busiest state
- CA · 27% of its filings
- Major group
- Business and financial · SOC 13
Weighing an offer for this job?
Where it falls among certified offers, and the four wage levels DOL sets for it by area.
Median wage
$91,666
all PERM $103,272
Filings
1,207
#52 of 1,410
Approval
95.4%
field 96.8%
Median days
383
94 faster than the field
What it pays
Where its median offer sits among every occupation, then the whole ladder of certified offers by year and by state.
Median offered wage
$91,666above 65%
Approval rate
95.4%ahead of 40%
Median days to decision
383 daysahead of 92%
Each bar counts occupations at that value. More
Who files it
The sponsors and firms with the most PERM filings under this code, the places the work sits, and who the workers were.
Sponsors filing it
- ERNST YOUNG U.S. LLP 150 filings · 98.0% approved
- DELOITTE TOUCHE LLP 66 filings · 100.0% approved
- Deloitte Tax LLP 57 filings · 100.0% approved
- PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS 46 filings · 91.3% approved
- KPMG LLP 39 filings · 100.0% approved
- AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC 37 filings · 100.0% approved
How this is counted
The employers with the most applications under this code. 395 of 1,207 filings, 33% of the total.
Firms filing it
- EY Law LLP 159 filings · 98.1% approved
- Fragomen Del Rey Bernsen Loewy LLP 137 filings · 100.0% approved
- Seyfarth Shaw LLP 127 filings · 100.0% approved
- Berry Appleman Leiden LLP 59 filings · 100.0% approved
- Vialto Partners LLP formerly PwC Law LLP 47 filings · 91.5% approved
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak Stewart, P.C. 23 filings
How this is counted
The law firms named on the most applications under this code. 552 of 1,207 filings, 46% of the total.
Where the jobs are
- California 323
- New York 199
- Texas 112
- Illinois 73
- Florida 65
- Washington 53
How this is counted
The worksite state on the application, which is where the job is and not where the company is headquartered. Volume by state across everyone is on the state map. These 6 states cover 825 of 1,207 filings.
Where the work is
- New York, NY 168
- Chicago, IL 57
- San Francisco, CA 57
- Seattle, WA 47
- San Jose, CA 46
- Houston, TX 39
How this is counted
The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 6 cities cover 414 of 1,207 filings.
- Every sponsor that files it, by state, approval rate, offered wage and time to a decision
- Every filing for it, PERM, wage requests and H-1B, case by case
Who filled these jobs, FY2016 to FY2023
From DOL's old form; the form in use since mid-2023 doesn't carry them. Top six of each.
Country of citizenship
- China 4,547
- India 1,513
- South Korea 1,353
- Canada 597
- Philippines 563
- Mexico 359
Worker's education
- Master's 7,516
- Bachelor's 5,656
- None 188
- Other 185
- Associate's 84
- Doctorate 35
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 9,070
- L-1 1,222
- F-1 1,214
- TN 390
- E-2 230
- B-2 218
Schools
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS 241
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 149
- UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI 114
- FORDHAM UNIVERSITY 111
- BENTLEY UNIVERSITY 109
- THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 95
Fields of study
- ACCOUNTING 4,866
- BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 1,847
- ACCOUNTANCY 1,222
- FINANCE 631
- ECONOMICS 379
- TAXATION 205
The job itself
What O*NET says the work is, what the market pays it by BLS's survey, its outlook, and DOL's wage levels year by year.
- United States1,449,500 jobs
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJNew York
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INChicago
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CASan Francisco
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WASeattle
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CASan Jose
- middle half of pay (BLS)
- median
- 10th to 90th percentile
- DOL's Levels I to IV, left to right
- median PERM offer
| Area | BLS median | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $83,680 | ||||
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $105,650 | $75,046 | $97,053 | $119,059 | $141,066 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $82,360 | $62,920 | $77,376 | $91,853 | $106,309 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $110,730 | $78,146 | $99,362 | $120,557 | $141,773 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $99,370 | $74,610 | $90,709 | $106,808 | $122,907 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $121,700 | $83,429 | $105,872 | $128,294 | $150,738 |
How these figures fit together
BLS surveys employers on what they pay everyone in a job; DOL builds its four levels from the same survey a year later (the July 2026 wage year uses BLS's May 2025 estimates). DOL publishes levels by area, not nationally, so the United States line has none. Levels are hourly in DOL's tables; here they're shown a year at 2,080 hours, as DOL computes them. The metros are the ones holding the most of this job's PERM filings, placed by Census's county files.
The block is the middle half of what employers report paying everyone in this job, citizen or not; the ticks under it are DOL's four prevailing wage levels for that metro, the floors a PERM or H-1B offer is held to. More
DOL's levels for this job in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, year by year
Each July DOL resets the four levels from BLS's newest survey. A determination keeps the figures of the year it was issued in.
| Wage year | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | $75,046 | $97,053 | $119,059 | $141,066 |
| 2025-26 | $73,070 | $97,406 | $121,722 | $146,058 |
| 2024-25 | $71,136 | $94,973 | $118,810 | $142,646 |
| 2023-24 | $67,912 | $90,979 | $114,046 | $137,114 |
| 2022-23 | $66,310 | $87,942 | $109,574 | $131,206 |
| 2021-22 | $64,584 | $85,155 | $105,706 | $126,277 |
What the job is
Examine, analyze, and interpret accounting records to prepare financial statements, give advice, or audit and evaluate statements prepared by others. Install or advise on systems of recording costs or other financial and budgetary data.
- Preparation
- Considerable Preparation Needed
- O*NET Job Zone 4
- DOL's education basis
- Bachelor's degree
- Wage year 2026-27, on DOL's Appendix A list
- Jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +5.0%
- About 115,300 openings a year (BLS)
- Typical entry
- Bachelor's degree
- BLS
Bright Outlook O*NET OnLine lists this job for rapid growth and numerous job openings.
The work, most important first
- Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
- Process invoices for payment.
- Review accounts for discrepancies and reconcile differences.
- Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting, or other tax requirements.
- Prepare adjusting journal entries.
- Inspect account books and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions.
Titles people use for it
Accountant, Auditor, CPA (Certified Public Accountant), Internal Auditor, Accounting Officer, Audit Partner, Cost Accountant, Financial Auditor.
Related jobs: Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, Financial Examiners, Treasurers and Controllers, Tax Preparers, Financial Managers, Budget Analysts.
This section includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database and O*NET OnLine by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. PERM Tracker has modified some of this information (the shares are rounded and only the top tasks are shown); what changed. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.
Against other jobs
Where this sits in the ranking
Ranked 52 of 1,410 by volume: 51 filed at least as many filings, and 1,358 filed no more.
- Just above
- Food Preparation Workers 1,284 filings
- Just below
- Operations Research Analysts 1,183 filings
Other business and financial roles
Occupations sharing this one's SOC major group, which is carried in the first two digits of the code. More
Occupations sharing this one's SOC major group, which is carried in the first two digits of the code. Wages inside a group still swing hard, because the group holds every seniority level and every metro.
- #34 Financial Quantitative Analysts 2,150 filings · 11 denied
- #28 Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 2,424 filings · 72 denied
- #26 Management Analysts 2,468 filings · 43 denied
- #19 Financial and Investment Analysts 2,800 filings · 46 denied
- #87 Financial Risk Specialists 739 filings · 6 denied
- #88 Management Analysts 734 filings · 17 denied
The same job on H-1B
59,976 certified H-1B labor condition applications for this occupation since FY2020, offering a median of $85,280 a year; the middle half ran $68,000 to $111,500. By state and year in the salary explorer.
Notes on these numbers
Reading the wage
A floor, not a salary survey: every level and metro mixed. DOL's four wage levels for this job, by area.
What the median is
The median wage employers committed to in federal filings for this occupation. It mixes every experience level and every metro, and it's a floor: the employer must offer at least the prevailing wage DOL determines for the occupation, level and county. Across all PERM filings the middle half of offered wages runs $45,178 to $141,357, so a figure inside that band is unremarkable whichever occupation it belongs to. The levels page reads DOL's OFLC wage search live.
What these numbers don't say
4 notes
- The code is the identity
- This one is SOC 13-2011. Two SOC codes can carry the same job title, so a title that looks duplicated on the ranking is two different occupations. Match on the code when you're checking a specific filing.
- A median isn’t an offer
- It's the middle of all 1,207 wages committed to for this occupation across the country, entry level and principal alike. The same role's medians swing hard by worksite, which the state map shows directly.
- Approval isn’t about the occupation
- The denial rate moves with what happened in the filing rather than with the job title, so nothing here is a property of 132011.01, Accountants. The measured factors are on the denial risk page, published as separate rates.
- Nothing here is pending
- All 1,207 counted here carry a decision date, because every case in DOL's disclosure files does, so a case still waiting is in none of them. The largest filer of this occupation is ERNST YOUNG U.S. LLP. Where the queue stands today is on the processing times page.
The window these figures cover: DOL's PERM disclosure files for fiscal years 2024 to 2026, through the third quarter of 2026, 373,939 decided cases. Nothing pending is counted here. How each figure is built
Weighing an offer?
Compare it against this median, then check the state map, where the same occupation's medians swing hard by worksite.
Setting one?
All 1,410 occupations sort together on the wages page, and denial rates show how outcome moves with the offered wage.
Filings newer than DOL's last published file can't be attributed to this occupation until DOL publishes them. The live list on the case search page carries them by employer.
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
Employers and firms: Derived from DOL's disclosure files · data through Jun 30, 2026 · rebuilt with each quarterly load
O*NET occupation data: O*NET Database, USDOL/ETA (onetcenter.org) · data through Aug 16, 2026 · twice a year
BLS market pay: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (bls.gov) · data through May 31, 2025 · yearly, each spring
BLS employment projections: BLS Employment Projections (bls.gov) · data through Dec 31, 2025 · yearly, each autumn
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.
Employers and firms: Employers, law firms and occupations ranked from decided cases only.
O*NET occupation data: What O*NET says each occupation is and takes: its description, tasks, Job Zone and the education workers report. A description of the job everywhere, not of any one employer's opening.
BLS market pay: What employers report paying everyone in each job, nationally, by state and by metro, from BLS's yearly survey (May of the year named). Citizens and immigrants alike; not PERM offers.
BLS employment projections: BLS's ten-year projection of each job's employment and yearly openings, and the entry education it calls typical. A projection, not a count.
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. The floors an offer is held to, not what anyone was paid.
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- When it'll likely be decided
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