Project Management Specialists
Occupation · SOC 2018 13-1082 · United States
- SOC 2018 code
- 13-1082
- Share of U.S. applications
- 0.16%
- Applications on record
- 19,621
- FY2025
- 7,079
- Median offered wage
- $118,500
- Certified (last three years)
- 98.7%
- Main route
- H-1B
Median wage$118,500certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year
Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Project Management Specialists (SOC 13-1082). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.
Applications by fiscal year — Project Management Specialists
Data table
| FY2012 | 2 |
| FY2013 | 0 |
| FY2014 | 0 |
| FY2015 | 0 |
| FY2016 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 86 |
| FY2023 | 1,545 |
| FY2024 | 4,109 |
| FY2025 | 7,079 |
| FY2026* | 6,800 |
| Fiscal year | H-2B | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 2 | 4,043 | 2,755 |
| FY2025 | 2 | 3,303 | 3,774 |
| FY2024 | 3 | 2,108 | 1,998 |
| FY2023 | 0 | 1,236 | 309 |
| FY2022 | 0 | 85 | 1 |
| FY2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2012 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.
- Amazon.com Services LLC669
- Microsoft Corporation571
- Deloitte Consulting LLP464
- Accenture LLP407
- Tata Consultancy Services Limited381
- Intuit Inc.254
- Linkedin Corporation242
- Infosys Limited199
- Wal-mart Associates, Inc.199
- Tesla, Inc.162
- Turner Construction Company159
- Paypal, Inc.147
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026
Where the jobs are
Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).
Project Management Specialists: applications by worksite state
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Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| CA | 4,379 |
| TX | 2,416 |
| NY | 2,270 |
| WA | 1,492 |
| NJ | 1,030 |
| IL | 811 |
| MA | 778 |
| FL | 742 |
| GA | 686 |
| NC | 465 |
| PA | 453 |
| MI | 420 |
| VA | 378 |
| AZ | 344 |
| MN | 309 |
| OH | 266 |
| CT | 256 |
| TN | 199 |
| MD | 197 |
| CO | 168 |
| IN | 138 |
| MO | 134 |
| AR | 133 |
| UT | 112 |
| WI | 110 |
| OR | 110 |
| DC | 97 |
| SC | 73 |
| NV | 69 |
| KS | 57 |
| RI | 51 |
| AL | 50 |
| DE | 44 |
| KY | 38 |
| IA | 35 |
| OK | 33 |
| NH | 33 |
| NE | 31 |
| ID | 30 |
| LA | 30 |
| PR | 17 |
| NM | 14 |
| MS | 13 |
| HI | 12 |
| GU | 12 |
| ME | 10 |
| WV | 9 |
| WY | 8 |
| ND | 7 |
| MT | 3 |
| VT | 2 |
| AK | 2 |
| VI | 1 |
| SD | 1 |
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ3,028
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA1,744
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA1,467
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA1,445
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX1,110
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA774
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN735
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH720
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA657
- Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX584
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026
Pay
Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.
Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)
Median $118,500; middle half $89,793 to $150,218 · median prevailing wage $102,939 (marker) · 9,128 applications.
- Level I1,884
- Level II2,640
- Level III1,903
- Level IV2,607
- Project Manager1,052
- Project Management Specialist580
- Product Manager295
- Program Manager III287
- Program Manager II196
- Assistant Project Manager191
- Program Manager157
- Senior Product Manager144
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026
Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area
Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
- Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
- Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- College Station-Bryan, TX
- Columbus, OH
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
- Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
- Kansas City, MO-KS
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
- Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
- Raleigh-Cary, NC
- Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
- Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
- St. Louis, MO-IL
- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
- Trenton-Princeton, NJ
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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