All occupations · #24 of 1,410 by volume
Team Assemblers
SOC 51-2092.00, in the production major group. 2,504 PERM filings in DOL's current disclosure window, 2,419 certified and 5 denied.
Median wage
$37,440
all PERM $103,272
Filings
2,504
#24 of 1,410
Approval
99.8%
field 96.8%
Median days
485
8 slower than the field
Median offered wage
$37,440above 20%
Approval rate
99.8%ahead of 90%
Median days to decision
485 daysahead of 20%
- 5th to 95th
- 25th to 75th
- Median
- 10th and 90th
FY2025
$37,440 median · 1,059 certified cases
FY2026
$37,440 median · 1,359 certified cases
- 10th
- $34,320
- +10.0% since FY2025
- Median
- $37,440
- +0.0% since FY2025
- 90th
- $37,440
- +0.0% since FY2025
- 95th
- $39,520
- +5.1% since FY2025
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.
| Fiscal year | Cases | 5th | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1,059 | $27,560 | $31,200 | $35,360 | $37,440 | $37,440 | $37,440 | $37,606 |
| FY2026 | 1,359 | $29,994 | $34,320 | $36,400 | $37,440 | $37,440 | $37,440 | $39,520 |
- 5th to 95th
- 25th to 75th
- Median
- 10th and 90th
WI
$37,440 median · 1,620 certified cases
TN
$29,994 median · 264 certified cases
| State | Cases | 5th | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WI | 1,620 | $37,440 | $37,440 | $37,440 | $37,440 | $37,440 | $37,440 | $37,440 |
| TN | 264 | $27,560 | $27,560 | $27,560 | $29,994 | $34,320 | $34,320 | $34,320 |
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
- Stoughton Trailers, LLC 1,590 filings · 100.0% approved
- MORGAN TRUCK BODY LLC 276 filings · 99.6% approved
- GDI Services Inc. 191 filings · 100.0% approved
- PRESTIGIOUS PLACEMENT, INC 139 filings · 98.8% approved
- Platinum Staffing Group, Inc. 71 filings · 100.0% approved
- Monoflo International, Inc. 68 filings · 100.0% approved
The employers with the most applications under this code. 2,335 of 2,504 filings, 93% of the total.
Firms filing it
- Ruby Law Group LLC 1,611 filings · 100.0% approved
- American International & Immigration Law, PC 272 filings · 99.6% approved
- Najla Abu-Shaaban & Associates PC 186 filings · 100.0% approved
- Corporate Immigration Partners, P.C. 85 filings · 100.0% approved
- Law Office of David Yurkofsky, Esq. 71 filings · 100.0% approved
- Law Offices of Corey D. Boddies, Esq., LLC 68 filings · 100.0% approved
The law firms named on the most applications under this code. 2,293 of 2,504 filings, 92% of the total.
Where the jobs are
- Wisconsin 1,631
- Tennessee 330
- Pennsylvania 86
- Minnesota 71
- Virginia 69
- South Dakota 60
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 2,247 of 2,504 filings.
Where this sits in the ranking
Ranked 24 of 1,410 by volume: 23 filed at least as many filings, and 1,386 filed no more.
- Just above
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 2,590 filings
- Just below
- Cooks, Restaurant 2,472 filings
Other production 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.
- #16 Helpers--Production Workers 3,399 filings · 40 denied
- #38 Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 1,797 filings · 14 denied
- #3 Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 9,306 filings · 46 denied
- #62 HelpersProduction Workers 1,002 filings · 80 denied
- #76 Slaughterers and Meat Packers 832 filings · 36 denied
- #101 Team Assemblers 523 filings · 12 denied
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