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PERM occupation, SOC 49-9071, #470 of 1,410 by filings
Facilities and Ground Support Mechanic
- Biggest sponsor
- DynaMist Irrigation Company · 23% of its filings
- Busiest state
- TX · 25% of its filings
- Major group
- Installation, maintenance and repair · SOC 49
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
$34,944
all PERM $103,272
Filings
48
#470 of 1,410
Approval
74.5%
field 96.8%
Median days
387
90 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
$34,944above 17%
Approval rate
74.5%ahead of 3%
Median days to decision
387 daysahead of 84%
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
- DynaMist Irrigation Company 11 filings
- Star Marianas Air 7 filings
- Alvarado Real Estate Group Inc 2 filings
- GRANDE CENTER FOR POST ACUTE AND NURSING CARE LLC 2 filings
- GREEN MOUNTAIN BOAT LINES LTD 2 filings
- RAMIRO D CASTILLO 2 filings
How this is counted
The employers with the most applications under this code. 26 of 48 filings, 54% of the total.
Firms filing it
- Action International, Inc. 11 filings
- Bejasa Law Office, P.C. 2 filings
- Farmer Law PC 2 filings
- Garvish Immigration Law Group, LLC 2 filings
- JDD ASSOCIATES LLC 2 filings
- William Velie Attorney at Law, PLLC 2 filings
How this is counted
The law firms named on the most applications under this code. 21 of 48 filings, 44% of the total.
Where the jobs are
- Texas 12
- Northern Mariana Islands 7
- Florida 6
- California 3
- New Jersey 3
- Alabama 2
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 33 of 48 filings.
Where the work is
- Wylie, TX 11
- Tinian, MP 7
- Alden, IA 2
- Beverly Hills, CA 2
- Burlington, VT 2
- Dover, NJ 2
How this is counted
The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 6 cities cover 26 of 48 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
- Mexico 104
- South Korea 56
- El Salvador 44
- Philippines 33
- Brazil 29
- Venezuela 19
Worker's education
- None 301
- High School 104
- Bachelor's 20
- Associate's 14
- Other 10
- Master's 3
Visa held when filed
- NOT IN USA 64
- EWI 55
- B-2 41
- H-2B 29
- TPS 24
- F-1 21
Schools
- N/A 15
- NA 6
- COLEGIO SAN FRANCISCO DE SALES 2
- DONG SEOUL COLLEGE 2
- ESCUELA RURAL MIXTA LOS HANITOS 2
- INSTITUTO DE ACCION CIVICA MILITAR 2
Fields of study
- HIGH SCHOOL 24
- N/A 23
- NA 9
- HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA 8
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 8
- GENERAL EDUCATION 7
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 States1,529,700 jobs
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXWylie
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CABeverly Hills
- Burlington-South Burlington, VTBurlington
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJDover
- 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 | $49,590 | ||||
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $48,860 | $36,733 | $44,491 | $52,270 | $60,029 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $56,520 | $42,016 | $50,170 | $58,302 | $66,456 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | $58,170 | $46,779 | $53,061 | $59,342 | $65,624 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $59,550 | $41,870 | $51,314 | $60,778 | $70,221 |
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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, 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 | $36,733 | $44,491 | $52,270 | $60,029 |
| 2025-26 | $34,778 | $42,328 | $49,899 | $57,450 |
| 2024-25 | $31,595 | $38,938 | $46,259 | $53,602 |
| 2023-24 | $29,078 | $36,587 | $44,075 | $51,584 |
| 2022-23 | $28,080 | $34,944 | $41,829 | $48,693 |
| 2021-22 | $28,974 | $36,462 | $43,971 | $51,459 |
What the job is
Perform work involving the skills of two or more maintenance or craft occupations to keep machines, mechanical equipment, or the structure of a building in repair. Duties may involve pipe fitting; HVAC maintenance; insulating; welding; machining; carpentry; repairing electrical or mechanical equipment; installing, aligning, and balancing new equipment; and repairing buildings, floors, or stairs.
- Preparation
- Medium Preparation Needed
- O*NET Job Zone 3
- DOL's education basis
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Wage year 2026-27
- Jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +4.2%
- About 148,700 openings a year (BLS)
- Typical entry
- High school diploma or equivalent
- BLS
Bright Outlook O*NET OnLine lists this job for numerous job openings.
The work, most important first
- Perform routine maintenance, such as inspecting drives, motors, or belts, checking fluid levels, replacing filters, or doing other preventive maintenance actions.
- Inspect, operate, or test machinery or equipment to diagnose machine malfunctions.
- Adjust functional parts of devices or control instruments, using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, or straightedges.
- Repair machines, equipment, or structures, using tools such as hammers, hoists, saws, drills, wrenches, or equipment such as precision measuring instruments or electrical or electronic testing devices.
- Order parts, supplies, or equipment from catalogs or suppliers.
- Diagnose mechanical problems and determine how to correct them, checking blueprints, repair manuals, or parts catalogs, as necessary.
The education workers in it report
- 25%
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
- 63%
Post-Secondary Certificate
- 7%
Some College Courses
Titles people use for it
Facilities Technician, Maintenance Engineer, Maintenance Mechanic, Maintenance Technician, Building Mechanic, Equipment Engineering Technician, Maintenance Journeyman, Maintenance Man.
Related jobs: Millwrights, Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters, Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, Industrial Machinery Mechanics, Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines.
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 470 of 1,410 by volume: 469 filed at least as many filings, and 940 filed no more.
- Just above
- Special Education Teachers, Middle School 48 filings
- Just below
- Credit Analysts 48 filings
Other installation, maintenance and repair 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.
- #467 Medical Equipment Repairers 48 filings · 1 denied
- #454 Maintenance Workers, Machinery 51 filings · 1 denied
- #421 Automotive Specialty Technician 61 filings · 14 denied
- #522 Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 35 filings · 6 denied
- #412 Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 62 filings · 2 denied
- #528 Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers 33 filings · 3 denied
The same job on H-1B
12 certified H-1B labor condition applications for this occupation since FY2020, offering a median of $56,160 a year; the middle half ran $41,694 to $56,680. 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 49-9071. 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 48 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 Facilities and Ground Support Mechanic. The measured factors are on the denial risk page, published as separate rates.
- Nothing here is pending
- All 48 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 DynaMist Irrigation Company. 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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