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PERM occupation, SOC 41-2031, #373 of 1,410 by filings
Retail Salespersons
- Biggest sponsor
- Vineland Investments Inc · 18% of its filings
- Busiest state
- FL · 42% of its filings
- Major group
- Sales · SOC 41
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
$30,368
all PERM $103,272
Filings
74
#373 of 1,410
Approval
77.0%
field 96.8%
Median days
380
97 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
$30,368above 10%
Approval rate
77.0%ahead of 3%
Median days to decision
380 daysahead of 95%
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
- Vineland Investments Inc 13 filings
- DEL AUTOMOTIVE INC 3 filings
- Huda Inc. 3 filings
- AFFORDABLE GRANITE CONCEPTS INC 2 filings
- BEST WAY INTERNATIONAL LLC 2 filings
- BSC RUGS LLC 2 filings
How this is counted
The employers with the most applications under this code. 25 of 74 filings, 34% of the total.
Firms filing it
- DELAFUENTE LAW LLC 13 filings
- Rodney Bernstein, P.A. 7 filings
- Quan Law Group PLLC 4 filings
- Santos Law Firm PL 4 filings
- Anil Ali PC 3 filings
- Goldblum, Pollins Dennis, P.C. 3 filings
How this is counted
The law firms named on the most applications under this code. 34 of 74 filings, 46% of the total.
Where the jobs are
- Florida 31
- Texas 16
- New York 7
- California 4
- Pennsylvania 3
- Massachusetts 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 63 of 74 filings.
Where the work is
- Orlando, FL 14
- Houston, TX 5
- Dallas, TX 4
- Boca Raton, FL 3
- Brooklyn, NY 3
- Fort Lauderdale, FL 3
How this is counted
The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 6 cities cover 32 of 74 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
- Pakistan 134
- South Korea 111
- Bangladesh 54
- Brazil 34
- Canada 17
- Colombia 11
Worker's education
- High School 200
- None 175
- Bachelor's 71
- Associate's 24
- Master's 11
- Other 2
Visa held when filed
- F-1 103
- B-2 91
- NOT IN USA 70
- E-2 40
- F-2 17
- B-1 9
Schools
- BOARD OF INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION 5
- BOARD OF INTERMEDIATE AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 4
- NATIONAL UNIVERSITY 4
- ASIAN UNIVERSITY OF BANGLADESH 3
- BOARD OF INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION KARACHI 3
- HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE 3
Fields of study
- HIGH SCHOOL 27
- GENERAL EDUCATION 25
- GENERAL HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION 24
- BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 16
- GENERAL 15
- HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE 13
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 States3,897,860 jobs
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FLOrlando
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FLBoca Raton, Fort Lauderdale
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TXHouston
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXDallas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJBrooklyn
- 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 | $35,410 | ||||
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $32,290 | $28,662 | $31,845 | $35,006 | $38,189 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $34,330 | $29,078 | $32,926 | $36,795 | $40,643 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $31,340 | $25,709 | $30,160 | $34,590 | $39,042 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $33,400 | $26,333 | $30,722 | $35,110 | $39,499 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $38,280 | $35,443 | $39,686 | $43,909 | $48,152 |
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 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL, 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 | $28,662 | $31,845 | $35,006 | $38,189 |
| 2025-26 | $27,539 | $31,346 | $35,173 | $38,979 |
| 2024-25 | $26,582 | $30,597 | $34,611 | $38,626 |
| 2023-24 | $24,128 | $28,184 | $32,219 | $36,275 |
| 2022-23 | $21,570 | $25,355 | $29,141 | $32,926 |
| 2021-22 | $20,758 | $24,835 | $28,891 | $32,968 |
What the job is
Sell merchandise, such as furniture, motor vehicles, appliances, or apparel to consumers.
- Preparation
- Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
- O*NET Job Zone 1-2
- DOL's education basis
- None
- Wage year 2026-27
- Jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -0.3%
- About 520,600 openings a year (BLS)
- Typical entry
- No formal educational credential
- BLS
Bright Outlook O*NET OnLine lists this job for numerous job openings.
The work, most important first
- Greet customers and ascertain what each customer wants or needs.
- Recommend, select, and help locate or obtain merchandise based on customer needs and desires.
- Compute sales prices, total purchases, and receive and process cash or credit payment.
- Prepare merchandise for purchase or rental.
- Answer questions regarding the store and its merchandise.
- Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.
The education workers in it report
- 19%
Less than a High School Diploma
- 63%
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
- 10%
Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree
Titles people use for it
Sales Associate, Sales Clerk, Sales Consultant, Sales Person, Car Salesman, Customer Assistant, Retail Salesperson, Sales Representative.
Related jobs: Counter and Rental Clerks, Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers, Stockers and Order Fillers, Demonstrators and Product Promoters, First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, Cashiers.
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 373 of 1,410 by volume: 372 filed at least as many filings, and 1,037 filed no more.
- Just above
- Animal Caretaker 74 filings
- Just below
- Education Administrators, Postsecondary 73 filings
Other sales 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.
- #376 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Serv 73 filings · 6 denied
- #389 Cashiers 69 filings · 3 denied
- #340 Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 83 filings · 5 denied
- #415 First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 62 filings · 10 denied
- #420 Admin. Assistant and Sales Representative 61 filings · 8 denied
- #472 Insurance Sales Agents 47 filings · 6 denied
The same job on H-1B
20 certified H-1B labor condition applications for this occupation since FY2020, offering a median of $42,900 a year; the middle half ran $34,481 to $45,682. 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 41-2031. 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 74 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 Retail Salespersons. The measured factors are on the denial risk page, published as separate rates.
- Nothing here is pending
- All 74 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 Vineland Investments 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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