DOL OFLC, Prevailing Wage Determination Program
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EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, US DOL OFFICE OF FOREIGN LABOR CERTIFICATION National Prevailing Wage Center– Selected Statistics, FY 2019 Prevailing Wage (PW) Requests Received1 Prevailing Wage Determinations Issued FY 2019 (% of total visa program determinations issued FY 2019) % FY Change from FY 2018 -24.7% Program FY Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 H-1B3 H-2B CW-1 4,577 1,010 1,412 1,270 885 13,649 5,123 463 2,119 5,944 9.0% 6,247 -- -- 4,116 2,131 -- PERM 148,420 34,454 36,074 38,963 38,929 4.3% H-1B³ Top 5 Employers PW Case Actions2 PW Action FY Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 % FY Change H-1B³ Top 5 Occupations Total Determined Withdrawn Pending4 164,111 34,873 36,734 46,330 46,174 15.6% 7,594 2,015 1,809 2,051 40,746 46,642 45,254 40,746 -- -- 1.5% -5.0% PENDING PW REQUESTS CW-1, 329, 1% H-1B, 895, 2% H-2B, 1,310, 3% PERM, 38,211, 94% H-2B Top 5 Employers H-2B Top 5 Occupations 40,746 Determinations Remaining as of 9/30/2019 Prevailing Wage Processing Times can be found online at https://icert.doleta.gov CW-1 Top 5 Employers Prevailing Wage Determinations Issued FY 2019 (% of total visa program determinations issued FY 2019) PERM Top 5 Employers Intel Corporation Microsoft Corporation Apple, Inc Google, LLC PERM Top 5 Occupations Deloitte Consulting, LLP Software Developers, Applications Software Developers, Systems Software Computer Systems Analysts Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Registered Nurses 3,903 3,415 1,548 1,423 1,042 2.8% 2.5% 1.1% 1.0% 0.7% 28,981 20.8% 11,692 8.4% 8,684 4,537 4,109 6.2% 3.3% 3.0% Data as of September 30, 2019. All figures are rounded and not audited. Baylor College of Medicine The Univ of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center University of Illinois Indiana University The Ohio State University Biochemists and Biophysicists Software Developers, Applications Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists Physicians and Surgeons, All Other Health Specialities Teachers, Postsecondary Up and Beyond Hospitality ABC Professional Tree Services, Inc. Genuine Builders, Inc. US Hotels ACS Ventures Brightview Landscape Services, Inc. Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Cooks, Restaurant Construction Laborers Nonfarm Animal Caretakers Imperial Pacific International CNMI, LLC Asia Pacific Hotels, Inc. World Corporation American Sinopan, LLC EFG Pacific Holdings, LLC Maintenance and Repair Workers, General General and Operations Managers Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Accountants 210 198 196 195 145 479 4.7% 4.5% 4.4% 4.4% 3.3% 10.8% 300 6.8% 264 6.0% 192 4.3% 137 212 121 82 59 50 3.1% 1.7% 0.9% 0.6% 0.5% 0.4% 4,641 36.3% 885 617 581 418 158 113 89 45 44 6.9% 4.8% 4.5% 3.3% 2.7% 1.9% 1.5% 0.8% 0.8% 470 8.1% 307 5.3% 239 4.1% 223 3.8% CW-1 Top 5 Occupations 3.3% 1”Prevailing Wage Requests Received” is derived from data not publically disclosed. 2Cumulative numbers may not match the numbers on previous reports due to changes Cooks, Restaurant 191 in case processing status.
3 H-1B data includes H-1B, H-1B1 Chili and H-1B1 Singapore and E-3. 4Carry-over from previous fiscal year impacted overall volume of PW requests.
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