DOL OFLC, SD

South Dakota 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 66 336 115 168 61 302 101 154 60 700 1,590 863 61 599 1,414 820 0.05% 0.05% 1.70% 1.55% 0.05% 0.05% 1.19% 0.59% $83,458.92 $86,027.85 $11.75 $13.80 Top Three Cities PERMANENT LABOR (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED) City Name Positions Certified Sioux Falls Rapid City Brookings 26 6 5 Average Wage Offer $176,157.77 $205,171.40 $95,003.80 H-1B (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED ) City Name Positions Certified Sioux Falls Pierre Brookings 447 34 33 Average Wage Offer $93,871 $73,089 $69,955 H-2B (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED ) H-2A (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED ) City Name Positions Certified Average Wage Offer Sioux Falls Custer Arlington 346 178 100 $14.05 $9.35 $14.29 City Name Positions Certified AEWR Elkton Huron Arlington 65 52 47 $13.80 $13.80 $13.80 Top Five Occupations/Agricultural Commodities PERMANENT LABOR Occupation Positions Certified Average Wage Offer H-1B Occupation Positions Certified Average Wage Offer Physicians and Surgeons, All Other Internists, General Software Developers, Applications Physics Teachers, Postsecondary Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 14 10 7 4 4 $332,885.36 $203,537.80 $58,625.57 $79,747.50 $25,709.00 Computer Systems Analysts Computer Programmers Computer Occupations, All Other Physicians And Surgeons, All Other Management Analyst 244 44 41 30 30 $63,357.51 $62,939.82 $67,807.00 $229,805.56 $60,000.00 H-2B Occupation Positions Certified Average Wage Offer H-2A Occupation Construction Laborers Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers Food Preparation Workers 400 307 192 131 65 $13.24 $15.08 $9.21 $11.76 $9.21 Agricultural Equipment Operator Construction of Livestock Buildings Grains Bees Livestock Positions Certified AEWR 256 164 120 98 66 $13.80 $13.80 $13.80 $13.80 $13.80 96 • APPENDIX A: STATE EMPLOYMENT-BASED IMMIGRATION PROFILES