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PERM occupation, SOC 13-1071, #275 of 1,410 by filings
Human Resources Specialists
- Biggest sponsor
- NETCRACKER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION · 5% of its filings
- Busiest state
- CA · 23% 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
$65,800
all PERM $103,272
Filings
123
#275 of 1,410
Approval
93.4%
field 96.8%
Median days
390
87 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
$65,800above 48%
Approval rate
93.4%ahead of 29%
Median days to decision
390 daysahead of 80%
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
- NETCRACKER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 6 filings
- APPLE INC. 3 filings
- BEST ROYAL US, LLC 3 filings
- AURORA INNOVATION, INC. 2 filings
- ISEE Career Solutions 2 filings
- Iyaho Social Services Inc. 2 filings
How this is counted
The employers with the most applications under this code. 18 of 123 filings, 15% of the total.
Firms filing it
- Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP 15 filings
- Berry Appleman Leiden LLP 3 filings
- Law Office of Tae K Song 3 filings
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak, and Stewart, P.C. 3 filings
- Ellis Porter, PLC 2 filings
- Esani Momin P.C. 2 filings
How this is counted
The law firms named on the most applications under this code. 28 of 123 filings, 23% of the total.
Where the jobs are
- California 28
- Texas 18
- New York 16
- Florida 12
- Massachusetts 8
- New Jersey 8
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 90 of 123 filings.
Where the work is
- New York, NY 11
- Waltham, MA 6
- Mountain View, CA 5
- Austin, TX 4
- Cupertino, CA 3
- Duluth, GA 3
How this is counted
The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 6 cities cover 32 of 123 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
- India 320
- China 159
- South Korea 103
- United Kingdom 53
- Venezuela 44
- Japan 42
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 576
- Master's 469
- None 78
- Other 29
- Associate's 20
- High School 18
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 591
- F-1 142
- L-1 136
- E-2 57
- NOT IN USA 36
- B-2 29
Schools
- CORNELL UNIVERSITY 24
- RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY 21
- NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 17
- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 14
- UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI 13
- PURDUE UNIVERSITY 12
Fields of study
- BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 211
- HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 84
- PSYCHOLOGY 44
- HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 42
- HUMAN RESOURCES 28
- HUMAN RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS 22
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 States912,430 jobs
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJNew York
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAMountain View, Cupertino
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHWaltham
- Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXAustin
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GADuluth
- 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 | $75,940 | ||||
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $89,780 | $61,797 | $79,851 | $97,926 | $115,981 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $112,140 | $74,714 | $98,384 | $122,054 | $145,725 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $90,270 | $61,693 | $79,186 | $96,678 | $114,171 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $75,860 | $52,250 | $66,477 | $80,704 | $94,931 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $75,410 | $50,835 | $65,998 | $81,162 | $96,325 |
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 | $61,797 | $79,851 | $97,926 | $115,981 |
| 2025-26 | $58,157 | $76,232 | $94,328 | $112,403 |
| 2024-25 | $55,910 | $74,194 | $92,477 | $110,760 |
| 2023-24 | $53,394 | $71,448 | $89,523 | $107,578 |
| 2022-23 | $51,917 | $70,034 | $88,130 | $106,246 |
| 2021-22 | $48,984 | $65,790 | $82,576 | $99,382 |
What the job is
Recruit, screen, interview, or place individuals within an organization. May perform other activities in multiple human resources areas.
- 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
- +6.4%
- About 73,700 openings a year (BLS)
- Typical entry
- Bachelor's degree
- BLS
Bright Outlook O*NET OnLine lists this job for rapid growth.
The work, most important first
- Interpret and explain human resources policies, procedures, laws, standards, or regulations.
- Hire employees and process hiring-related paperwork.
- Maintain current knowledge of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action guidelines and laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
- Prepare or maintain employment records related to events, such as hiring, termination, leaves, transfers, or promotions, using human resources management system software.
- Address employee relations issues, such as harassment allegations, work complaints, or other employee concerns.
- Review employment applications and job orders to match applicants with job requirements.
The education workers in it report
- 14%
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
- 7%
Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree
- 47%
Bachelor's Degree
Titles people use for it
HR Coordinator (Human Resources Coordinator), HR Generalist (Human Resources Generalist), Human Resources Specialist (HR Specialist), Recruiter, Corporate Recruiter, Employment Representative, HR Analyst (Human Resources Analyst), Human Resources Representative (HR Rep).
Related jobs: Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping, Human Resources Managers, Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs, First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists, Industrial-Organizational Psychologists.
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 275 of 1,410 by volume: 274 filed at least as many filings, and 1,135 filed no more.
- Just above
- Butchers and Meat Cutters 125 filings
- Just below
- Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists 122 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.
The same job on H-1B
5,665 certified H-1B labor condition applications for this occupation since FY2020, offering a median of $75,899 a year; the middle half ran $62,010 to $102,398. 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 13-1071. 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 123 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 Human Resources Specialists. The measured factors are on the denial risk page, published as separate rates.
- Nothing here is pending
- All 123 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 NETCRACKER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION. 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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