DOL OFLC, WA

Washington 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 6709 22,415 46 158 6473 20,597 32 148 4344 44,434 1,271 14,022 6473 41,902 1,044 13,689 5.58% 3.55% 0.54% 1.49% 5.58% 3.50% 0.88% 9.79% $112,271.52 $97,658.94 $13.92 $12.69 Top Three Cities PERMANENT LABOR (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED) City Name Positions Certified Redmond Seattle Bellevue 3,268 2,186 491 Average Wage Offer $119,029.04 $105,038.05 $110,001.96 H-1B (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED ) City Name Positions Certified Seattle Redmond Bellevue 14,610 13,336 6,457 Average Wage Offer $100,483 $104,589 $91,448 H-2B (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED ) H-2A (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED ) City Name Positions Certified Average Wage Offer Yakima Chehalis Belfair 265 235 85 $8.89 $11.18 $12.96 City Name Positions Certified AEWR Brewster Prosser Othello 2,179 1,990 960 $12.69 $12.69 $12.69 Top Five Occupations/Agricultural Commodities PERMANENT LABOR Occupation Positions Certified Average Wage Offer H-1B Occupation Positions Certified Average Wage Offer Software Developers, Applications 4,211 $115,485.77 Software Developers, Applications 14,400 $117,644.45 Software Developers, Systems Software Computer Systems Analysts Marketing Managers Computer and Information Systems Managers 399 328 165 162 $110,881.46 $112,981.11 $122,240.86 $134,656.94 Computer Systems Analysts Computer Occupations, All Other Software Developers, Systems Software Computer Programmers 7,076 4,817 2,085 1,377 $85,120.43 $70,850.28 $107,315.62 $85,061.02 H-2B Occupation Positions Certified Average Wage Offer Forest and Conservation Workers Amusement and Recreation Attendants Floral Designers Construction Laborers Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 376 265 115 97 78 $11.16 $8.89 $12.96 $18.19 $14.73 H-2A Occupation Apples General Farmworker Cherries Trees Fruits and Vegetables Positions Certified AEWR 3,522 2,408 2,334 1,887 770 $12.69 $12.69 $12.69 $12.69 $12.69 103 • OFFICE OF FOREIGN LABOR CERTIFICATION