PERM Salary Explorer

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

Job titleCases25thMedian90th
Maintenance Foreman 9 $43,576 $43,576 $43,576
Machine Learning Engineer 9 $79,955 $132,330 $170,000
LiveinNanny 9 $24,107 $38,438 $47,382
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other 9 $53,976 $71,198 $77,043
Kitchen Assistant 9 $18,054 $19,282 $19,282
Insurance Policy Processing Clerks 9 $30,410 $32,427 $51,667
Informatica Developer 9 $80,000 $100,000 $122,616
Housekeepers 9 $25,022 $25,022 $25,022
Household Manager 9 $17,867 $29,078 $31,949
HostHostess 9 $18,054 $19,074 $19,074
HORSE TRAINER 9 $42,494 $50,606 $59,426
HelpersPipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 9 $27,040 $31,200 $39,187
Health Educator 9 $32,282 $45,000 $50,357
Grounds Foreman 9 $42,182 $42,848 $53,893
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal 9 $32,968 $32,968 $32,968
Geophysical Data Technicians 9 $55,000 $120,000 $153,500
Food Services Managers 9 $47,700 $51,189 $68,000
FOOD SCIENTIST 9 $51,334 $63,274 $76,752
First Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping 9 $55,286 $55,286 $55,286
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 9 $41,995 $53,248 $65,458
Financial Engineer 9 $51,000 $117,000 $133,900
Field Supervisor 9 $58,200 $58,200 $64,147
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 9 $63,000 $74,000 $90,330
EXTRUDING AND DRAWING MACHINE SETTERS, OPERATORS, AND TENDERS, METAL AND PLASTIC 9 $36,000 $51,438 $54,163
Energy Engineer 9 $80,000 $84,000 $87,000
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer, Non RD 9 $74,381 $99,000 $160,000
ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGISTS 9 $64,500 $91,875 $101,317
Electromechanical Engineering Technologists 9 $36,546 $79,248 $95,863
Director, Religious Activities and Education 9 $22,485 $38,688 $53,602
Director 9 $53,227 $137,197 $183,082
Desktop Publishers 9 $43,000 $57,221 $57,949
Delivery Helper 9 $25,875 $25,875 $25,875
Delivery Driver 9 $20,259 $22,214 $40,518
Database Engineer 9 $67,725 $114,587 $115,419
Cook, Private Household 9 $30,000 $45,594 $46,800
Consultant ProgrammerAnalyst 9 $123,614 $141,440 $146,120
Consultant 9 $75,000 $110,000 $148,900
Construction Labor 9 $33,280 $33,280 $33,280
Computer Numerically Controlled Machine Tool Programmers, Metal and Plastic 9 $59,467 $67,500 $76,000
Computer Hardware Engineer 9 $60,894 $96,765 $161,200

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