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Nursing Assistants

Occupation · SOC 2018 31-1131 · United States

SOC 2018 code
31-1131
Share of U.S. applications
0.08%
Applications on record
10,258
FY2025
2,089
Median offered wage
$38,834
Certified (last three years)
84.3%
Main route
PERM labour certification
Median wage$38,834certified 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 Nursing Assistants (SOC 31-1131). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Nursing Assistants

1,1162,231FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
1,1162,231FY2014FY2017FY2020FY2023FY2026*
Data table
FY20144
FY201516
FY201623
FY201794
FY201890
FY2019206
FY2020221
FY2021266
FY20221,357
FY20232,132
FY20242,231
FY20252,089
FY2026*1,529
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*4331,519
FY20252762,074
FY2024418152,194
FY20232202,128
FY20225231,347
FY20211011254
FY2020500216
FY2019100205
FY201802088
FY201701390
FY201600023
FY201500214
FY20140004
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.

Applications by employer
  1. Management Health Systems, LLC1,529
  2. National HealthCare Corporation1,124
  3. Skilled in Management975
  4. PruittHealth545
  5. Skilled IN Management Co LLC510
  6. Health Care Facilities Staffing, LLC316
  7. Master Staffing Inc249
  8. United Methodist Homes & Services220
  9. Presbyterian Homes and Services195
  10. Runnells Operating, LLC.126
  11. Cassia110
  12. North Cape Post Acute Nursing and Rehabilitation, Inc.109
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).

Nursing Assistants: applications by worksite state

1+9+29+59+202+
1+9+29+59+202+
Data table
StateApplications
OH1,927
CA1,249
TN1,050
NJ996
IL717
FL679
GA396
MN342
SC214
NC202
NY192
ND146
TX139
OK118
VA95
PA75
KY65
ME64
IA59
AK55
CT43
WI43
MT42
AZ40
NM40
MA36
MP33
HI29
CO28
MD28
MO27
WA23
KS20
VT15
AL13
SD9
DE9
ID8
UT7
OR5
NV5
PR3
NE2
MI1
DC1
IN1
Metropolitan areas
  1. Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN1,800
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA864
  3. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ811
  4. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN696
  5. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN638
  6. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL597
  7. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI307
  8. Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ156
  9. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA140
  10. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA125
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 $38,834; middle half $32,786 to $43,500 · median prevailing wage $36,265 (marker) · 14 applications.

$20k$30k$40k$50k$60k
$20k$30k$40k$50k$60k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I8
  2. Level II5
  3. Level III1
  4. Level IV8
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Certified Nursing Assistant7
  2. Nursing Assistance4
  3. Nursing Assistant3
  4. Nurse/medical Assistant (ma)3
  5. Nursing Assistants2
  6. Physician Owner of ST Elias Medical Group2
  7. SNR Nursing Assistant1
  8. Spanish Interpreter/administration/nursing Assistant1
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.

  • Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
  • Amsterdam, NY
  • Anchorage, AK
  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
  • Cleveland, OH
  • Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
  • Fayetteville, NC
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Jackson, TN
  • Knoxville, TN
  • Lewiston-Auburn, ME
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Macon-Bibb County, GA
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Tulsa, OK
  • 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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