PERM & Prevailing Wage Processing Times: March 2026 Update
This article from Reddy Neumann Brown covers PERM labor certification and prevailing wage processing times as of March 2026, relevant to EB-3 employment-based green card applicants.
This article from Reddy Neumann Brown covers PERM labor certification and prevailing wage processing times as of March 2026, relevant to EB-3 employment-based green card applicants.
DOL's March 27, 2026 proposed rule would significantly raise prevailing wage levels for H-1B, EB-2, and EB-3 sponsorship, increasing requirements by 21-33% across all wage tiers and effectively eliminating current Level I sponsorship.
The DOL proposed on March 26, 2026 to significantly raise prevailing wage levels for H-1B, PERM, EB-2, and EB-3 sponsorships by shifting each of the four wage tiers upward in the BLS wage distribution, potentially increasing average certified wages by ~$14,000 per worker annually.
The Department of Labor proposes raising prevailing wage benchmarks for EB-2, EB-3 PERM, and H-1B programs, anchoring Level I at the 34th percentile and Level IV at the 88th percentile of OEWS data.