Updated October 16, 2026

PERM occupation, SOC 39-9011.01, #56 of 1,410 by filings

Nannies

17 H-1B LCAs

Biggest sponsor: Keri Wright · 0% of its filings
Busiest state: NY · 15% of its filings
Major group: Personal care and service · SOC 39

Weighing an offer for this job?

Where it falls among certified offers, and the four wage levels DOL sets for it by area.

Compare my offer DOL's wage levels for this job

Median wage

$33,966

all PERM $103,272

Filings

1,135

#56 of 1,410

Approval

94.2%

field 96.8%

Median days

487

10 slower 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.

Position in the field 535 occupations with 30+ decided

Median offered wage

$33,966above 16%

$18k $500k

Approval rate

94.2%ahead of 33%

49% 100%

Median days to decision

487 daysahead of 13%

323d 536d

Each bar counts occupations at that value. More

Each bar counts occupations at that value. PERM runs two labour markets through one process, which is why the wage axis is two humps rather than a bell. The line marks this one.

DOL PERM disclosure files

The wage ladder, year by year Nannies, certified offers

5th to 95th
25th to 75th
Median
10th and 90th

FY2024

$31,200 median · 153 certified cases
FY2025

$33,280 median · 491 certified cases
FY2026

$36,400 median · 369 certified cases

$20k$30k$40k$50k

10th: $29,926; +38.3% since FY2024
Median: $36,400; +16.7% since FY2024
90th: $43,014; +15.3% since FY2024
95th: $45,822; +16.7% since FY2024

These years are not measuring the same group of filings. The count moves by 3.2 times between the largest year and the smallest, so a change in the ladder is at least partly a change in which employers filed rather than a change in what the work pays. Read the shape, not the difference.

Offered wage percentiles by fiscal year, with the number of certified cases behind each row.
Fiscal year	Cases	5th	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	95th
FY2024	153	$20,742	$21,640	$28,122	$31,200	$34,320	$37,302	$39,270
FY2025	491	$24,180	$26,624	$29,744	$33,280	$38,438	$42,099	$42,957
FY2026	369	$27,747	$29,926	$32,656	$36,400	$40,893	$43,014	$45,822

A median answers whether pay moved. More

A median answers whether pay moved. The whole ladder answers which part of it moved, and those are not the same question: a distribution can hold its middle while its top stretches away.

DOL PERM disclosure files, certified cases only

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

How this is counted

The employers with the most applications under this code. 14 of 1,135 filings, 1% of the total.

Firms filing it

JTA Law PLLC 269 filings · 96.6% approved
Immigration and Nationality Law Group PLLC 177 filings · 99.4% approved
Garvish Immigration Law Group, LLC 50 filings · 100.0% approved
IMIGRA FOUNDATION LTD 44 filings · 95.1% approved
The Ram Law Firm P.A. 15 filings
Salvador Law, P.A. 14 filings

How this is counted

The law firms named on the most applications under this code. 569 of 1,135 filings, 50% of the total.

Where the jobs are

New York 167
California 147
Florida 92
Virginia 75
Massachusetts 69
New Jersey 69

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 619 of 1,135 filings.

Where the work is

New York, NY 43
Brooklyn, NY 21
Washington, DC 20
Denver, CO 17
Atlanta, GA 16
Chicago, IL 15

How this is counted

The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 6 cities cover 132 of 1,135 filings.

Newspapers it advertised in

The Washington Post

95 cases
New York Post

38 cases
Chicago Sun-Times

36 cases
The Denver Post

34 cases
The Seattle Times

34 cases
The Star-Ledger

29 cases

How this is counted

The newspaper or professional journal named for each case's two print ads, one count per paper per case, however the filer spelled it.

Additional steps it used

Local or ethnic newspapers

4 cases
Job search websites

3 cases
Radio or TV ads

3 cases
Campus placement offices

1 cases
The employer's website

1 cases
On-campus recruiting

1 cases

How this is counted

The steps a professional job needs beyond the job order and the ads, by the number of cases that name each.

How long before filing it began

Under 30 days

0.0%
30 to 59 days

0.8%
60 to 89 days

37%
90 to 119 days

19%
120 to 149 days

15%
150 to 180 days

26%
Over 180 days

1.4%

How this is counted

Days from the first recruitment step to the filing. 20 C.F.R. § 656.17(e) puts the job order and ads 30 to 180 days before filing.

Where every PERM employer recruits

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

Brazil 21
Philippines 7
Poland 4
Colombia 3
Ecuador 3
Venezuela 2

Worker's education

High School 25
None 14
Bachelor's 7
Associate's 4
Master's 1

Visa held when filed

F-1 7
J-1 7
B-2 6
G-5 2
B-1 1
NOT IN USA 1

Schools

INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCAO, CINCIA E TECNOLOGIA 3
PARTICULAR EDUCATIONAL UNIT SAN JUAN BOSCO 2
11680000 1
BALTIMORE CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE 1
BINICUIL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL 1
COLEGIO DE BACHILLERES DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA PLANTEL 1 1

Fields of study

HIGH SCHOOL 11
GENERAL 3
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 2
MARKETING 2
NOT APPLICABLE 2
CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION 1

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.

What the job pays outside PERM BLS May 2025, DOL wage year 2026-27

United States
518,910 jobs
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
New York, Brooklyn
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Washington
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
Denver
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
Atlanta
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Chicago

$30k$40k$50k

middle half of pay (BLS)
median
10th to 90th percentile
DOL's Levels I to IV, left to right
median PERM offer

Market pay and DOL wage levels, by area
Area	BLS median	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
United States	$34,980
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$37,870	$34,861	$37,419	$39,998	$42,557
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$37,610	$33,426	$36,774	$40,144	$43,493
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$44,320	$36,962	$40,352	$43,722	$47,112
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$28,840	$24,357	$27,019	$29,702	$32,365
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$36,610	$32,261	$34,736	$37,190	$39,666

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

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics; DOL OFLC wage tables

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.

DOL wage levels by wage year, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
Wage year	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
2026-27	$34,861	$37,419	$39,998	$42,557
2025-26	$33,010	$35,672	$38,355	$41,018
2024-25	$30,971	$34,278	$37,586	$40,893
2023-24	$29,682	$32,656	$35,651	$38,626
2022-23	$28,122	$31,054	$33,966	$36,899
2021-22	$25,854	$28,829	$31,803	$34,778

Every area and both wage tables in the wage-level tool.

What the job is

Attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and childcare institutions. Perform a variety of tasks, such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play.

Preparation: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed; O*NET Job Zone 1-2
DOL's education basis: High school diploma or equivalent; Wage year 2026-27
Jobs, 2025 to 2035: -2.0%; About 150,300 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

Maintain a safe play environment.
Observe and monitor children's play activities.
Communicate with children's parents or guardians about daily activities, behaviors, and related issues.
Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts.
Care for children in institutional setting, such as group homes, nursery schools, private businesses, or schools for people with disabilities.
Sanitize toys and play equipment.

The education workers in it report

Less than a High School Diploma

14%
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)

39%
Post-Secondary Certificate

6%
Some College Courses

10%
Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree

23%
Bachelor's Degree

9%

Titles people use for it

Child Care Worker, Childcare Provider, Infant Teacher, Toddler Teacher, Caregiver, Child Caregiver, Childcare Worker, Daycare Teacher.

O*NET also describes Nannies under this SOC code.

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 56 of 1,410 by volume: 55 filed at least as many filings, and 1,354 filed no more.

Just above: Statisticians 1,136 filings
Just below: Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 1,135 filings

Other personal care and service 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

17 certified H-1B labor condition applications for this occupation since FY2020, offering a median of $35,360 a year; the middle half ran $31,200 to $37,336. 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 39-9011.01. 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 1,135 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 Nannies. The measured factors are on the denial risk page, published as separate rates.
Nothing here is pending: All 1,135 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 Keri Wright. 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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