DOL OFLC, LA

Louisiana State Summary VISA CATEGORY TOTAL APPLICATIONS PROCESSED TOTAL APPLICATIONS CERTIFIED TOTAL POSITIONS REQUESTED TOTAL POSITIONS CERTIFIED % OF TOTAL CERTIFIED APPLICATIONS % OF TOTAL CERTIFIED POSITIONS AVERAGE WAGE OFFER/ AEWR PERM H-1B H-2B H-2A 388 2,137 263 799 332 1,898 222 781 315 2,930 5,552 8,673 332 2,674 4,434 8,301 0.29% 0.33% 3.74% 7.84% 0.29% 0.22% 3.72% 5.94% $142,454.60 $82,083.96 $12.20 $10.69 Top Three Cities PERMANENT LABOR (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED) City Name Positions Certified Baton Rouge New Orleans Kenner 63 42 23 Average Wage Offer $85,574.61 $63,275.87 $97,593.13 H-1B (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED ) City Name Positions Certified Baton Rouge Lafayette New Orleans 569 557 469 Average Wage Offer $75,216 $72,886 $73,654 H-2B (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED ) H-2A (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED ) City Name Positions Certified Average Wage Offer Baton Rouge Lake Charles Slidell 540 423 363 $12.14 $10.23 $11.08 City Name Baton Rouge Lafayette New Orleans Positions Certified AEWR 627 588 556 $10.69 $10.69 $10.69 Top Five Occupations/Agricultural Commodities PERMANENT LABOR Occupation Positions Certified Average Wage Offer H-1B Occupation Positions Certified Average Wage Offer Software Developers, Applications Maintenance and Repair Workers, General Internists, General Cooks, Restaurant Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 39 18 17 16 12 $91,540.93 $22,880.00 $230,211.76 $25,683.06 $143,434.92 Computer Programmers Computer Systems Analysts Software Developers, Applications Computer Occupations, All Other Software Developers, Systems Software 673 379 293 122 87 $67,180.89 $66,785.41 $79,848.96 $72,609.63 $79,494.77 H-2B Occupation Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers Packers and Packagers, Hand Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Fishers and Related Fishing Workers Positions Certified Average Wage Offer 1,416 $10.99 662 370 315 303 $9.98 $10.79 $12.29 $17.62 H-2A Occupation Sugarcane Crawfish Sweet Potatoes Nursery and Greenhouse Workers Rice Positions Certified AEWR 2,954 1,436 1,033 490 428 $10.69 $10.69 $10.69 $10.69 $10.69 71 • OFFICE OF FOREIGN LABOR CERTIFICATION