PERM Salary Explorer

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

Job titleCases25thMedian90th
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 413 $39,104 $45,718 $60,902
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 409 $54,120 $64,500 $87,887
Poultry Trimmer 405 $23,400 $26,000 $31,200
COOK 402 $27,394 $31,200 $37,835
Clergy 401 $37,315 $42,765 $55,120
Chief Executives 398 $182,354 $215,000 $350,000
Cooks, Fast Food 394 $23,000 $24,960 $32,000
Rehabilitation Counselors 392 $27,789 $27,789 $33,426
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 389 $72,000 $96,158 $166,900
Bioinformatics Scientists 380 $85,130 $104,438 $142,069
Training and Development Specialists 379 $50,544 $73,070 $114,500
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 376 $44,850 $52,743 $69,444
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 374 $36,733 $45,000 $88,000
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGERS 372 $104,400 $140,400 $219,000
Carpenters 361 $37,835 $38,522 $72,280
Medical Technologist 356 $42,786 $46,134 $55,515
Food Scientists and Technologists 355 $59,883 $80,000 $118,000
Poultry worker 352 $17,077 $18,034 $27,040
CONSTRUCTION LABORER 350 $24,960 $24,960 $37,440
Physicians, All Other 349 $239,200 $276,318 $500,000
Home Health Aide 348 $23,837 $24,523 $28,000
Order Packer Stock Clerk Order Filler 345 $19,760 $19,760 $20,238
Medical and Health Services Managers 344 $80,933 $106,100 $200,000
Software Developer Analyst 337 $87,838 $90,002 $100,526
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 335 $73,694 $106,933 $146,557
FirstLine Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 335 $47,000 $53,000 $60,965
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 325 $29,078 $36,858 $55,370
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 324 $64,584 $72,571 $83,200
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 318 $59,883 $67,808 $84,885
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products 316 $48,000 $65,385 $114,000
RECEPTIONISTS AND INFORMATION CLERKS 314 $26,645 $30,784 $37,419
Customer Service Representatives 313 $30,555 $36,712 $52,083
Order Picker Shp, Rcving, and Traffic Clerks 312 $22,152 $22,152 $22,963
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 311 $39,000 $47,611 $209,664
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 310 $37,294 $44,200 $56,638
DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR 310 $80,018 $90,451 $115,000
MANAGEMENT ANALYST 305 $63,000 $82,264 $143,500
Food Batchmakers 304 $17,618 $27,040 $32,240
Administrative Assistant 304 $30,056 $36,005 $49,171
Pediatricians, General 301 $180,000 $210,000 $260,000

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