PERM Salary Explorer

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

Job titleCases25thMedian90th
Meeting, Convention and Event Planners 140 $36,941 $45,000 $77,106
IRRIGATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN 138 $28,350 $30,139 $36,421
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary 137 $66,300 $86,000 $118,400
Interpreters and Translators 137 $40,934 $50,000 $96,470
Business Intelligence Analyst 137 $74,006 $97,000 $135,000
Self-Enrichment Teachers 136 $39,250 $52,000 $69,805
Editors 136 $60,500 $84,406 $141,754
Surgeons 135 $285,000 $375,000 $600,000
Project Manager 135 $68,440 $90,000 $130,620
Industrial Engineer 134 $73,986 $86,050 $115,000
Dental Laboratory Technicians 134 $35,464 $45,760 $65,000
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary 134 $61,000 $70,000 $100,000
Training and Development Managers 133 $95,000 $125,091 $169,000
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic 133 $30,680 $30,680 $35,360
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 132 $54,080 $65,000 $81,113
Food Preparation Worker 132 $22,402 $26,291 $31,200
FirstLine Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 132 $43,846 $58,000 $74,069
Carpenter 132 $35,776 $35,776 $83,179
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 130 $34,549 $38,750 $60,000
FirstLine Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 130 $62,587 $75,816 $104,000
Stock Clerks and Order Fillers 129 $22,048 $22,048 $30,389
Network and Computer Systems Administrator 129 $75,041 $87,874 $120,474
FARM WORKER 129 $19,240 $19,510 $31,616
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 129 $60,000 $69,825 $90,000
IT ENGINEER 128 $99,902 $100,526 $145,246
FirstLine Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 128 $55,162 $71,365 $97,656
Software Developers, Applications, Non RD 126 $83,928 $99,965 $127,000
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 126 $41,142 $50,294 $65,104
Information Technology Project Manager 126 $95,000 $114,587 $156,580
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 126 $24,190 $29,120 $33,280
Maintenance Workers, Machinery 125 $48,027 $61,000 $68,973
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 125 $69,451 $78,000 $98,336
Neurologists 124 $235,000 $290,000 $360,000
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians 124 $62,400 $70,221 $94,000
COMBINED FOOD PREPARATION AND SERVING WORKER 123 $17,410 $22,880 $23,462
Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers 121 $37,690 $37,690 $38,563
Installer 121 $30,000 $30,000 $30,000
Directors, Religious Activities and Education 121 $35,131 $42,557 $60,000
CHEF 121 $40,706 $52,270 $67,038
Urban and Regional Planners 120 $64,339 $73,403 $100,000

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