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PERM occupation, SOC 11-3051.01, #140 of 1,410 by filings
Quality Control Systems Managers
- Biggest sponsor
- Amgen Inc. · 1% of its filings
- Busiest state
- CA · 19% of its filings
- Major group
- Management · SOC 11
Weighing an offer for this job?
Where it falls among certified offers, and the four wage levels DOL sets for it by area.
This rate is level with the field
Over 342 decided filings, this rate can't be told apart from the field in either direction.
Why
The 95% interval runs up to a 3.8% denial rate, which still covers the 3.20% the field as a whole records.
Median wage
$125,341
all PERM $103,272
Filings
363
#140 of 1,410
Approval
98.2%
field 96.8%
Median days
476
1 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
$125,341above 82%
Approval rate
98.2%ahead of 72%
Median days to decision
476 daysahead of 50%
Each bar counts occupations at that value. More
- 5th to 95th
- 25th to 75th
- Median
- 10th and 90th
FY2024
$119,995 median · 53 certified cases
FY2025
$129,000 median · 149 certified cases
FY2026
$125,414 median · 134 certified cases
- 10th
- $81,442
- +8.8% since FY2024
- Median
- $125,414
- +4.5% since FY2024
- 90th
- $173,636
- +0.6% since FY2024
- 95th
- $203,693
- +15.3% since FY2024
These years are not measuring the same group of filings. The count moves by 2.8 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.
| Fiscal year | Cases | 5th | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 53 | $70,789 | $74,838 | $94,432 | $119,995 | $145,226 | $172,678 | $176,613 |
| FY2025 | 149 | $72,000 | $75,370 | $97,947 | $129,000 | $146,557 | $179,659 | $186,368 |
| FY2026 | 134 | $76,383 | $81,442 | $100,000 | $125,414 | $148,650 | $173,636 | $203,693 |
A median answers whether pay moved. 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
- Amgen Inc. 4 filings
- RISING PHARMA HOLDINGS INC. 4 filings
- TE Connectivity Corporation 4 filings
- Alstom Transportation Inc. 3 filings
- DAS North America, Inc. 3 filings
- EDITAS MEDICINE, INC. 3 filings
How this is counted
The employers with the most applications under this code. 21 of 363 filings, 6% of the total.
Firms filing it
- Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen, & Loewy LLP 38 filings · 100.0% approved
- Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP 17 filings
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. 10 filings
- Park and Associates PC 10 filings
- Corporate Immigration Partners, P.C. 8 filings
- Ellis Porter PLC 8 filings
How this is counted
The law firms named on the most applications under this code. 91 of 363 filings, 25% of the total.
Where the jobs are
- California 68
- Texas 36
- Massachusetts 33
- New Jersey 24
- Alabama 23
- Illinois 19
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 203 of 363 filings.
Where the work is
- Montgomery, AL 7
- Boston, MA 6
- Cambridge, MA 6
- Los Angeles, CA 6
- Miami, FL 5
- Plano, TX 5
How this is counted
The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 6 cities cover 35 of 363 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
Newspapers it advertised in
- 20 cases
The Boston Globe
- 13 cases
The Dallas Morning News
- 12 cases
Los Angeles Times
- 12 cases
The Star-Ledger
- 10 cases
San Francisco Chronicle
- 9 cases
Detroit Free Press
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
- 282 cases
Job search websites
- 249 cases
Local or ethnic newspapers
- 137 cases
The employer's website
- 127 cases
Radio or TV ads
- 57 cases
Employee referral programs
- 30 cases
Campus placement offices
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
- 0.0%
Under 30 days
- 0.0%
30 to 59 days
- 29%
60 to 89 days
- 21%
90 to 119 days
- 16%
120 to 149 days
- 34%
150 to 180 days
- 0.0%
Over 180 days
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.
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
- Canada 4
- India 4
- Mexico 2
- Costa Rica 1
- Dominican Republic 1
- Germany 1
Worker's education
- Master's 5
- None 5
- Bachelor's 4
- Associate's 1
- Doctorate 1
- High School 1
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 8
- L-1 5
- B-2 2
- TN 1
Schools
- ANNA UNIVERSITY 1
- CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY 1
- CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY 1
- INSTITUTO TECNICA DE ELECTRICIDAD Y ELECTRONICA 1
- KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE 1
- MONTERREY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND HIGHER EDUCATION 1
Fields of study
- INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING 2
- BIOPROCESSING DEGREE CONFERRED 05112018 1
- COMMERCE THIS 3YR. INDIAN BACHELORS DEGREE IS EQUIVALENT TO A U.S. ASSOC. IN BUS 1
- ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING 1
- ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY 1
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 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.
- United States246,250 jobs
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHBoston, Cambridge
- Montgomery, ALMontgomery
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CALos Angeles
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FLMiami
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXPlano
- 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 | $126,060 | ||||
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $153,210 | $110,157 | $135,990 | $161,824 | $187,658 |
| Montgomery, AL | $119,990 | $77,730 | $101,442 | $125,133 | $148,845 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $128,540 | $86,965 | $113,006 | $139,069 | $165,110 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $120,090 | $75,754 | $103,459 | $131,165 | $158,870 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $132,990 | $87,589 | $113,672 | $139,755 | $165,838 |
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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, 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 | $110,157 | $135,990 | $161,824 | $187,658 |
| 2025-26 | $104,478 | $129,376 | $154,274 | $179,171 |
What the job is
Plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications.
- 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
- +2.6%
- About 17,000 openings a year (BLS)
- Typical entry
- Bachelor's degree
- 5 years or more of related work (BLS)
The work, most important first
- Set and monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality.
- Direct or coordinate production, processing, distribution, or marketing activities of industrial organizations.
- Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.
- Review operations and confer with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems.
- Hire, train, evaluate, or discharge staff or resolve personnel grievances.
- Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, or other operational reports to detect production problems.
The education workers in it report
- 5%
Less than a High School Diploma
- 29%
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
- 16%
Post-Secondary Certificate
- 12%
Some College Courses
- 8%
Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree
- 26%
Bachelor's Degree
Titles people use for it
Assembly Manager, Manufacturing Manager, Plant Manager, Production Manager, Area Plant Manager, General Production Manager, Manufacturing Coordinator, Product Line Manager.
O*NET also describes Quality Control Systems Managers, Geothermal Production Managers, Biofuels Production Managers, Biomass Power Plant Managers and Hydroelectric Production Managers under this SOC code.
Related jobs: General and Operations Managers, Quality Control Systems Managers, Biomass Power Plant Managers, Biofuels Production Managers, Supply Chain Managers, Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers.
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 140 of 1,410 by volume: 139 filed at least as many filings, and 1,270 filed no more.
- Just above
- Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 364 filings
- Just below
- Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 359 filings
Other management 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.
- #146 General and Operations Managers 335 filings · 37 denied
- #157 Architectural and Engineering Managers 308 filings · 8 denied
- #162 Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 294 filings · 26 denied
- #114 Marketing Manager 474 filings · 14 denied
- #111 Food Service Managers 486 filings · 38 denied
- #170 Financial Managers 274 filings · 13 denied
The same job on H-1B
5,373 certified H-1B labor condition applications for this occupation since FY2020, offering a median of $130,000 a year; the middle half ran $106,455 to $160,000. 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 11-3051.01. 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 363 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 Quality Control Systems Managers. The measured factors are on the denial risk page, published as separate rates.
- Nothing here is pending
- All 363 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 Amgen Inc.. 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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