PERM Salary Explorer

Real employer-reported wages from green-card (PERM) filings. Pick a role to see pay by state.

Job titleCases25thMedian90th
SPECIALTY COOK 23 $30,000 $31,616 $34,000
Software Quality Assurance Engineer and Testers 23 $85,000 $100,651 $145,000
Senior Software Developer JAVA 23 $103,314 $112,091 $119,933
Security Management Specialists 23 $41,000 $71,718 $197,010
Secondary School Teachers 23 $44,000 $47,963 $66,592
Psychotherapist 23 $50,800 $58,000 $58,000
Product Safety Engineers 23 $77,250 $104,229 $139,050
PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN 23 $30,659 $30,659 $32,240
Nursery Supervisor 23 $29,600 $30,805 $30,805
Medical Records and Health Information Technicians 23 $35,006 $45,427 $86,372
Landscaping and Snow Removal Worker 23 $21,362 $23,691 $25,834
Hydrologists 23 $63,731 $84,900 $116,000
Hotel Desk Clerk 23 $18,803 $18,803 $21,216
General Labor Line Worker 23 $25,240 $25,240 $25,240
Food Preparation Workers see note further below 23 $31,200 $31,200 $31,200
Family Medicine Physician 23 $190,000 $210,000 $300,000
Electronic Engineers, Except Computer 23 $111,072 $132,276 $165,000
DENTAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN 23 $33,821 $43,597 $63,690
Dairy Farm Worker 23 $30,035 $32,000 $36,941
Construction Project Manager 23 $85,238 $103,000 $178,776
Computer Systems Analysts, R&D 23 $80,538 $104,894 $140,790
Computer and Information System Managers 23 $151,570 $166,754 $201,094
Civil Drafters 23 $54,870 $62,982 $86,977
Billing Clerk 23 $31,500 $32,552 $39,000
Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate 23 $39,707 $49,400 $94,929
Software Quality Assurance Engineer Tester 22 $108,597 $114,899 $123,552
Software Quality Assurance Engineer 22 $72,000 $83,455 $116,147
Software Developers, Applications, RD 22 $66,810 $80,480 $118,989
Software DeveloperJava 22 $85,842 $88,858 $127,941
SHAMPOOERS 22 $20,093 $23,483 $31,200
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER 22 $39,333 $42,517 $66,790
Reinforcing Metal Worker 22 $33,842 $33,842 $34,445
Product Manager 22 $83,554 $95,000 $160,000
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation 22 $27,934 $35,526 $43,389
Network Computer Systems Administrators 22 $87,859 $105,061 $138,000
Nanosystems Engineers 22 $90,147 $109,324 $152,379
NA 22 $32,240 $44,803 $182,274
Manufacturing Engineering Technologists 22 $54,000 $66,023 $75,046
Landscape Foreman 22 $35,922 $50,128 $54,850
HOME APPLIANCE REPAIRERS 22 $33,000 $40,000 $60,000

Annual-equivalent wages; outliers excluded. Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data.