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PERM Labor Certification Calculator

Calculate PERM process costs and prevailing wage compliance.

Inputs

$
$
$
$
%
months

Results

Meets Prevailing Wage

1

Total Employer PERM Cost

$11,000.00

≈ 7 months of rent

Total with I-140 Filing$11,715.00
Above Prevailing Wage$10,000.00
Below Prevailing Wage$0.00
Potential Audit Cost$0.00
Processing Time10 months
How to Use This Calculator
  1. Enter Offered Salary and DOL Prevailing Wage — the offered salary must meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
  2. Set Recruitment Advertising Cost for required job postings (newspapers, job boards, campus recruiting).
  3. Enter Attorney Fees for PERM preparation and filing.
  4. Set Audit Probability % — complex cases or positions with wide applicant pools face higher audit risk.
  5. Enter Processing Months — current PERM processing is 6–18+ months.
  6. Review Meets Prevailing Wage and Total Employer PERM Cost for HR budget planning.

What each input means

Offered Salary
Annual salary offered to the foreign worker.
Prevailing Wage
DOL prevailing wage determination for the position.
Recruitment Advertising Cost
Cost of required recruitment advertising (newspaper, job boards).
Attorney Fees
Attorney fees for PERM preparation and filing.
Audit Probability (%)
Estimated probability of DOL audit.
Expected Processing (Months)
Expected PERM processing time.

How this is calculated

Worked example, using the default values

  1. Identify Input Parameters
    4 parameters
    Offered Salary = 95000, Prevailing Wage = 85000, Recruitment Advertising Cost = 5000, Attorney Fees = 6000 = 6 input(s) provided
  2. Calculate Meets Prevailing Wage
    Meets Prevailing Wage
    1 = 1
  3. Calculate Total Employer PERM Cost
    Total Employer PERM Cost
    11000 = $11,000
  4. Calculate Total with I-140 Filing
    Total with I-140 Filing
    11715 = $11,715
  5. Calculate Above Prevailing Wage
    Above Prevailing Wage
    10000 = $10,000

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