All occupations · #9 of 1,410 by volume

Nursing Assistants

SOC 31-1131.00, in the healthcare support major group. 5,006 PERM filings in DOL's current disclosure window, 4,414 certified and 380 denied.

Median wage

$36,130

all PERM $103,272

Filings

5,006

#9 of 1,410

Approval

92.1%

field 96.8%

Median days

469

8 faster than the field

Fig 01 Position in the field 535 occupations with 30+ decided

Median offered wage

$36,130above 19%

$18k $500k

Approval rate

92.1%ahead of 21%

49% 100%

Median days to decision

469 daysahead of 64%

323d 536d

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

Fig 02 The wage ladder, year by year Nursing Assistants, certified offers

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

FY2024

$35,110 median · 1,179 certified cases
FY2025

$35,360 median · 1,918 certified cases
FY2026

$37,003 median · 1,284 certified cases

$25k$30k$35k$40k$45k

10th: $33,613; +15.4% since FY2024
Median: $37,003; +5.4% since FY2024
90th: $41,600; +0.0% since FY2024
95th: $41,600; +0.0% since FY2024

Each row is that fiscal year's certified filings, counted on their own. A percentile is over the year, so a year with far fewer cases behind it is a thinner measurement than one with more.

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	1,179	$27,891	$29,120	$31,980	$35,110	$41,600	$41,600	$41,600
FY2025	1,918	$28,954	$31,200	$33,280	$35,360	$41,600	$41,600	$41,600
FY2026	1,284	$32,552	$33,613	$35,131	$37,003	$41,600	$41,600	$41,600

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

Fig 03 The same job, state by state 6 states filing enough of this occupation to publish a ladder

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

IL

$35,360 median · 495 certified cases
OH

$33,280 median · 490 certified cases
FL

$41,600 median · 454 certified cases
NJ

$36,899 median · 437 certified cases
TN

$32,955 median · 302 certified cases
CA

$37,000 median · 274 certified cases

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

Offered wage percentiles by state, with the number of certified cases behind each row.
State	Cases	5th	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	95th
IL	495	$28,954	$28,954	$33,883	$35,360	$37,003	$37,003	$37,003
OH	490	$33,280	$33,280	$33,280	$33,280	$33,613	$33,613	$33,613
FL	454	$28,621	$34,366	$41,600	$41,600	$41,600	$41,600	$41,600
NJ	437	$32,552	$33,738	$33,738	$36,899	$36,899	$36,899	$43,680
TN	302	$30,225	$30,225	$31,200	$32,955	$34,198	$35,360	$36,368
CA	274	$32,000	$32,500	$34,000	$37,000	$38,000	$38,771	$42,578

One SOC code, one federal process, and a wage range that moves with the state. A state is included only when it files enough certified cases of this occupation to support seven percentiles; the rest are left out rather than drawn thin. DOL PERM disclosure files, certified cases only

Who files this job

The sponsors and firms with the most PERM filings under this code, and the states the work sits in.

Sponsors filing it

Management Health Systems, LLC 967 filings · 100.0% approved
National Healthcare Corporation 592 filings · 64.0% approved
Skilled In Management Co LLC 510 filings · 96.0% approved
Management Health Systems, LLC DBA MedPro 388 filings · 100.0% approved
PruittHealth 317 filings · 96.2% approved
United Methodist Homes & Services 220 filings · 100.0% approved

The employers with the most applications under this code. 2,994 of 5,006 filings, 60% of the total.

Firms filing it

Musillo Unkenholt, LLC 1,378 filings · 100.0% approved
WorldWide HealthStaff Solutions, LTD. 1,194 filings · 73.9% approved
EB3RECRUIT, CO. 348 filings · 100.0% approved
The BridgeWay Frim 297 filings · 100.0% approved
Charles H. Wintersteen, P.C. 283 filings · 100.0% approved
LAW OFFICES OF GERARDO L. DEAN, LLC 230 filings · 100.0% approved

The law firms named on the most applications under this code. 3,730 of 5,006 filings, 75% of the total.

Where the jobs are

New Jersey 551
Illinois 520
Ohio 515
Tennessee 499
Florida 473
California 285

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 2,843 of 5,006 filings.

Where this sits in the ranking

Ranked 9 of 1,410 by volume: 8 filed at least as many filings, and 1,401 filed no more.

Just above: Software Developers, Applications 5,081 filings
Just below: Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 4,581 filings

Other healthcare support roles

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.

Reading the wage

This 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.

What these numbers don't say

The code is the identity: 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 every wage 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. The measured factors are on the denial risk page, published as separate rates.
Nothing here is pending: Every case in DOL's disclosure files carries a decision date, so a case still waiting is in none of these counts. Where the queue stands today is on the processing times page.

The window these figures cover

DOL's FY2026 Q3 and FY2025 Q4 and New Form FY2024 Q4 and FY2024 Q4 PERM disclosure files, unioned and de-duplicated by case number: 373,939 cases. Every case in them carries a decision, so nothing here counts what’s still pending. How each figure is built, and what it can and can't answer, is set out in the methodology.

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.

Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly

Employers and firms: Derived from the disclosure corpus · data through Aug 26, 2026 · rebuilt with each quarterly ingest