PERM Occupations · A-Z index · P
Occupations beginning with P
86 of the 1,014 occupations with a page here, 8.5% of them. The busiest is Project Management Specialists with 8,526 filings; the smallest carry 5. Every name is DOL's own spelling from the disclosure files.
All 86, alphabetically
The number beside each name is how many PERM cases DOL's current disclosure window records for it. Opening one gives that occupation's certifications, denials, median days and where it sits against the field.
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 214
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 25
- Packers and Packagers, Hand 2,625
- Packers and Packagers, Hand 497
- Painter Helper 22
- Painters, Construction and Maintenance 95
- Painters, Construction and Maintenance 24
- Paralegals and Legal Assistants 463
- Paralegals and Legal Assistants 93
- Paramedics 5
- Parts Salespersons 6
- Patient Representatives 17
- Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators 23
- Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 41
- Pediatricians, General 202
- Pediatricians, General 8
- Penetration Testers 11
- Personal Care Aides 2,630
- Personal Care Aides 128
- Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other 8
- Personal Financial Advisors 79
- Personal Financial Advisors 15
- Personal Service Managers, All Other 5
- Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation 16
- Petroleum Engineers 48
- Petroleum Engineers 12
- Pharmacist 42
- Pharmacists 143
- Pharmacy Aides 5
- Pharmacy Technicians 20
- Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary 84
- Phlebotomists 5
- Photographers 20
- Photographers 5
- Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators 6
- Photonics Engineers 120
- Photonics Technicians 5
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians 11
- Physical Therapist Aides 7
- Physical Therapist Assistants 93
- Physical Therapist Assistnats 7
- Physician Assistants 21
- Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 66
- Physicians, All Other 502
- Physicians, All Other 26
- Physicians, Pathologists 29
- Physicists 58
- Physicists 11
- Physics Teachers, Postsecondary 58
- Physics Teachers, Postsecondary 20
- Plasterers and Stucco Masons 9
- Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 107
- Podiatrists 6
- Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary 126
- Political Scientists 15
- Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 26
- Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 11
- Precision Agriculture Technicians 6
- Preschool Teachers 66
- Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 143
- Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials 12
- Printing Press Operators 20
- Procurement Clerks 111
- Procurement Clerks 36
- Producers 20
- Producers and Directors 70
- Production Assembler 21
- Production Workers, All Other 18
- Production, Planning and Expediting Clerks 9
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 56
- Project Management Specialists 8,526
- Property Manager 14
- Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 106
- Prosthodontists 9
- Psychiatrists 94
- Psychiatrists 7
- Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary 107
- Public Relations and Fundraising Managers 8
- Public Relations Managers 60
- Public Relations Specialist 72
- Public Relations Specialists 316
- Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers 12
- Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products 186
- Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products 43
- Purchasing Managers 243
- Purchasing Managers 76
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