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Know exactly where to click for every visa-data question.

WorkVisaInsights has many powerful pages, but the right starting point depends on the question. This handbook shows which module to use, what signal each page carries, what to confirm next, and what mistakes to avoid.

Quick start

Choose the right workflow first

Pick the card that matches the job you are trying to do. Each one gives a short path instead of sending you into a large menu.

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Guided paths

Common user journeys

These are the paths most users actually follow: shortlist sponsors, validate compensation, plan PERM questions, or prepare source-backed analysis.

Job seeker shortlist

Build a practical target list when you are choosing where to apply, which sponsor to trust, and what salary range is realistic.

1

Search your role in Job 360

2

Open top employers in Employer 360

3

Validate pay in LCA Salaries

4

Check cities in Location 360

Start role research

Offer and salary check

Turn an offer number into wage evidence, local market context, and take-home-pay expectations before you negotiate.

1

Filter LCA salary by role and state

2

Compare employer wage posture

3

Run the wage calculator

4

Use Compare Employers if two sponsors compete

Validate compensation

Green card planning

Research whether the employer has a real PERM history and how the public queue context changes timeline expectations.

1

Open PERM employer history

2

Check tracker and processing

3

Review denials and pipeline

4

Cross-check Employer 360

Open PERM workflow

Attorney or analyst review

Move from a broad claim to source-specific evidence without mixing H1B outcomes, LCA wages, and PERM certification signals.

1

Identify the exact research question

2

Choose the source dataset

3

Open the profile or case page

4

Cite data sources and boundaries

Review methodology

Decision matrix

Match the question to the right page

Check data sources

Is this company a strong sponsor?

Employer 360

H1B Employers, LCA Employers, PERM Employers

Judging by filing volume alone.

What salary should I expect?

LCA Salaries

Job 360, LCA Jobs, Wage Calculator

Using H1B outcome pages as a salary source.

Where should I target jobs?

Location 360

LCA Locations, H1B Locations, Job 360

Picking a city without employer-depth and wage checks.

Can this employer support green card steps?

PERM Employers

PERM Tracker, Processing, Pipeline

Treating one certified case as a timeline guarantee.

Which role has the best visa market?

Job 360

LCA Jobs, LCA Salaries, Location 360

Comparing job titles without checking SOC alignment.

Cross-dataset modules

Start with the 360 pages when you need the fastest answer

These modules combine multiple source datasets into decision-first workspaces. They are the best entry points when you know the employer, role, or location you want to research.

Employer 360

A unified employer profile across H1B approvals, LCA wages, PERM activity, roles, cities, and sponsorship trends.

Use when

Checking whether a company has meaningful sponsorship depth before you apply or compare offers.

Recommended workflow: Search the employer name, open the profile, then use the linked H1B, LCA, and PERM pages for source-specific detail.

Signals to check

  • H1B filing and approval signals
  • LCA wage benchmarks
  • PERM sponsorship activity
  • Top roles and locations
Open Employer 360

Job 360

Role-level visa-market intelligence by SOC code or job title, including employers, locations, certified wages, and yearly views.

Use when

Understanding demand for a role before targeting sponsors or negotiating compensation.

Recommended workflow: Search a job title or SOC code, compare top employers and locations, then open LCA salary pages for wage detail.

Signals to check

  • Employer explorer
  • Location explorer
  • Certified LCA wage ranges
  • All-years and fiscal-year views
Open Job 360

Location 360

City and state sponsor-market intelligence across LCA, H1B, and PERM, with employer mix, wages, jobs, and trends.

Use when

Shortlisting cities where sponsor demand, pay, and employer depth line up with your plan.

Recommended workflow: Search a city, scan employer depth and wage posture, then compare the same market in LCA and H1B pages.

Signals to check

  • Top employers
  • Actual wage signals
  • Top roles
  • PERM activity and timeline context
Open Location 360
LCA data

Use LCA when the question depends on wages, worksites, roles, or case-level detail

Labor Condition Application records are the main wage-bearing source in the product. They are strongest for salary benchmarking, SOC role research, employer worksite analysis, and location demand.

LCA Search

The broad LCA entry point for searching filings and moving into employer, job, salary, and location analysis.

Use when

Starting from a filing question when you do not yet know whether employer, role, or location is the best lens.

Recommended workflow: Search broadly first, then move into the employer, job, salary, or location module that best matches the question.

Signals to check

  • Case search
  • Employer context
  • Job and location pivots
  • Connected LCA navigation
Open LCA Search

LCA Employers

Employer search using LCA filing volume, wage posture, approval quality, and sponsor footprint.

Use when

Validating sponsor pay behavior and role depth from wage-bearing public filings.

Recommended workflow: Open the employer, compare its wage patterns, then cross-check the same sponsor in Employer 360.

Signals to check

  • Employer directory
  • Filing volume
  • Wage benchmarks
  • Location and role footprint
Open LCA Employers

LCA Jobs

Job title and SOC code search for filing demand, role classification, employer demand, and salary context.

Use when

Finding which employers file for a specific role and how that role maps to SOC categories.

Recommended workflow: Search the role, open the strongest SOC match, then compare salary bands in LCA salaries or Job 360.

Signals to check

  • Title search
  • SOC code search
  • Demand signals
  • Employer and location pivots
Open LCA Jobs

LCA Salaries

Salary intelligence for prevailing wage, actual wage, wage level, role, employer, state, and SOC context.

Use when

Building defensible compensation benchmarks from official wage-bearing filings.

Recommended workflow: Filter by role, state, employer, or SOC, then use the wage calculator for take-home-pay context.

Signals to check

  • Actual wage ranges
  • Prevailing wage context
  • Wage levels
  • Role and state filters
Open LCA Salaries

LCA Locations

State and city analysis for LCA filing demand, approval stability, wage signals, and employer concentration.

Use when

Comparing where worksite demand and compensation are strongest for a role or sponsor.

Recommended workflow: Start with state, narrow into city, then open Location 360 for cross-dataset confirmation.

Signals to check

  • State explorer
  • City explorer
  • Wage and filing signals
  • Employer density
Open LCA Locations
H1B data

Use H1B pages when the question is about sponsors, approvals, industries, and petition outcomes

The H1B module is built around sponsor and adjudication signals. For salary or job-title precision, the guide intentionally points you back to LCA and Job 360 because those pages carry the stronger wage and role fields.

H1B Overview

The H1B workspace home for sponsor database search, approval trends, locations, industries, denials, and petition context.

Use when

Starting a sponsor-outcome investigation before drilling into a company, state, industry, or approval view.

Recommended workflow: Use the overview to choose whether employer, location, industry, approval, or denial detail matters most.

Signals to check

  • Sponsor overview
  • Outcome navigation
  • Location and industry pivots
  • Trend context
Open H1B Overview

H1B Employers

A sponsor database for petition volume, approval rate, location footprint, industry mix, and multi-year filing history.

Use when

Answering whether a company has H1B filing experience and how its outcomes compare.

Recommended workflow: Search the sponsor, open the employer page, then use LCA salary pages if compensation is the question.

Signals to check

  • Employer search
  • Petition volume
  • Approval rate
  • Year-specific sponsor pages
Open H1B Employers

H1B Locations

State and city concentration for H1B petitions, employer density, and geographic sponsor activity.

Use when

Comparing sponsor concentration and adjudication context by geography.

Recommended workflow: Find strong markets, then use Location 360 or LCA locations to validate wage and role depth.

Signals to check

  • State views
  • City views
  • Employer density
  • Petition concentration
Open H1B Locations

H1B Industries

Industry-level sponsorship and approval performance for understanding sector concentration.

Use when

Seeing which sectors carry more sponsor activity and how outcomes differ by industry.

Recommended workflow: Use industry context to identify sponsor clusters, then open employers or Job 360 for practical targeting.

Signals to check

  • Industry search
  • Sponsor concentration
  • Approval performance
  • Sector-level comparisons
Open H1B Industries

H1B Approvals

Approval-rate and outcome intelligence across the H1B sponsor dataset.

Use when

Separating sponsor scale from outcome quality when comparing companies.

Recommended workflow: Use approval signals with filing volume, employer history, and wage evidence instead of relying on one metric.

Signals to check

  • Approval rates
  • Outcome trends
  • Employer comparisons
  • Denial context
Open H1B Approvals

H1B Denials

Denial hotspot and higher-risk cluster views built from available H1B outcome signals.

Use when

Spotting sponsor, location, or industry patterns that deserve extra scrutiny.

Recommended workflow: Use denial signals as a prompt for deeper diligence, not as a legal conclusion or outcome prediction.

Signals to check

  • Denial clusters
  • Risk comparisons
  • Outcome mix
  • Related approval paths
Open H1B Denials

H1B Visa Readiness

A planning tool that combines sponsor, salary, market, and lottery context into readiness guidance.

Use when

Checking whether your target sponsor and role look sensible before you spend time applying.

Recommended workflow: Enter the profile, read the signal breakdown, then open the linked employer, job, and salary pages.

Signals to check

  • Sponsor signals
  • Salary context
  • Market context
  • Readiness summary
Open H1B Visa Readiness
PERM data

Use PERM when the question is about green card sponsorship, queue timing, and certification patterns

The PERM module focuses on labor certification filings, employer certification history, locations, roles, processing, denials, and pipeline confidence.

PERM Overview

The main PERM dashboard for moving into cases, employers, jobs, locations, processing, denials, and pipeline views.

Use when

Starting a green-card-sponsorship research path when you need a high-level map first.

Recommended workflow: Start here, then choose tracker for timing, employers for sponsor history, or processing for queue analysis.

Signals to check

  • Module navigation
  • Filing context
  • Certification signals
  • Queue entry points
Open PERM Overview

PERM Tracker

A timeline tracker for official queue movement, conservative timing estimates, and daily tracker coverage.

Use when

Understanding where PERM processing stands before interpreting individual case timelines.

Recommended workflow: Use tracker context first, then open processing for employer, state, and backlog bottleneck analysis.

Signals to check

  • Official queue context
  • Timeline estimates
  • Coverage status
  • Daily update framing
Open PERM Tracker

PERM Cases

Case search for individual PERM filing records where available in the normalized dataset.

Use when

Finding case-level evidence after you already know an employer, role, state, or filing detail.

Recommended workflow: Search narrowly, then return to employer or processing pages for aggregate patterns.

Signals to check

  • Case search
  • Employer and job fields
  • Decision fields
  • Source-record context
Open PERM Cases

PERM Employers

Employer search across single-year and all-years PERM views with certification, denial, audit, and trend breakdowns.

Use when

Checking whether a company has consistent green card sponsorship history.

Recommended workflow: Open the employer, review all-years history, then compare the same company in Employer 360.

Signals to check

  • Sponsor search
  • Certification rate
  • Denial and audit context
  • Year-by-year breakdowns
Open PERM Employers

PERM Attorneys

Attorney and law-firm performance from PERM filing history, including case volume, approvals, denials, and processing-time context.

Use when

Checking legal representative patterns when counsel history is part of green-card sponsorship diligence.

Recommended workflow: Search the attorney or firm, then cross-check the employer and case history behind the strongest signals.

Signals to check

  • Attorney search
  • Firm context
  • Approval rate
  • Median days to decision
Open PERM Attorneys

PERM Jobs

PERM job role intelligence for market demand, wage position, and filing momentum.

Use when

Understanding which green-card roles appear more frequently and where demand is concentrated.

Recommended workflow: Compare the role in PERM jobs, then use Job 360 for broader visa-market context.

Signals to check

  • Job search
  • Demand signals
  • Wage position
  • Filing momentum
Open PERM Jobs

PERM Locations

PERM filing demand across states, top cities, and worker origin countries.

Use when

Seeing where green card sponsorship activity clusters geographically.

Recommended workflow: Use the location view to shortlist markets, then confirm employer depth in Location 360.

Signals to check

  • State demand
  • Top cities
  • Country context
  • Location-level sponsor signals
Open PERM Locations

PERM Processing

Processing-time and queue intelligence for timing patterns, backlog composition, audit risk, and bottlenecks.

Use when

Building a realistic timeline view from aggregate queue and case-pattern signals.

Recommended workflow: Use processing alongside the tracker; treat outputs as research context, not legal or timing guarantees.

Signals to check

  • Processing estimates
  • Queue composition
  • Audit risk context
  • Employer and state filters
Open PERM Processing

PERM Denials

Denial hotspots across employers, states, and job clusters.

Use when

Finding patterns that need careful review before relying on a sponsor or role path.

Recommended workflow: Use denial patterns to guide diligence, then inspect employer and case-level records for context.

Signals to check

  • Denial hotspots
  • Employer clusters
  • State clusters
  • Job clusters
Open PERM Denials

PERM Pipeline

Pipeline confidence against the national PERM queue funnel.

Use when

Comparing employer green-card activity against broader queue movement.

Recommended workflow: Read pipeline signals after checking employer history and processing context.

Signals to check

  • Pipeline confidence
  • Queue funnel
  • Employer context
  • National benchmark
Open PERM Pipeline
Tools and resources

Use practical tools and editorial resources to turn research into action

These pages support compensation planning, employer comparison, source transparency, ongoing updates, and explainers that help users interpret the data safely.

Wage Calculator

A visa-aware net-pay estimator for salary, federal and state tax impact, paycheck breakdowns, and scenario planning.

Use when

Translating a stated salary into take-home-pay context before comparing offers or locations.

Recommended workflow: Enter salary and state assumptions, then use the compare flow for competing offers or locations.

Signals to check

  • Net-pay estimate
  • Federal and state tax context
  • Paycheck breakdown
  • State-rate drawers
Open Wage Calculator

Compare Employers

Side-by-side employer comparison for filings, wages, growth, risk, and sponsor context.

Use when

Evaluating two sponsors when both look plausible but the underlying signals differ.

Recommended workflow: Compare two employers, then open each Employer 360 profile for deeper source links.

Signals to check

  • Employer search
  • Side-by-side metrics
  • Wage and filing comparison
  • Risk context
Open Compare Employers

Blog

Long-form explainers and data-backed walkthroughs for sponsor, salary, role, and location research.

Use when

Learning how to interpret platform signals before making a shortlist.

Recommended workflow: Read the relevant guide, then use the linked product module to run the actual research.

Signals to check

  • Guides
  • Market explainers
  • Data methodology notes
  • Feature walkthroughs
Open Blog

Visa Pulse

Short-form updates on policy, processing, sponsor markets, and data movement.

Use when

Keeping up with changes that may affect how you interpret the platform data.

Recommended workflow: Use Pulse as current context, then validate durable questions in the core data modules.

Signals to check

  • Short updates
  • Processing context
  • Market movement
  • Related product links
Open Visa Pulse

Data Sources

A trust page explaining the official public sources behind H1B, LCA, and PERM insights.

Use when

Understanding where numbers come from before citing or relying on them.

Recommended workflow: Review sources before using metrics in high-stakes research or external citations.

Signals to check

  • Source overview
  • Dataset boundaries
  • Public-record framing
  • Trust links
Open Data Sources

Methodology

How raw public records become normalized employer, role, salary, location, and trend pages.

Use when

Understanding aggregation, normalization, and metric boundaries.

Recommended workflow: Use methodology with data sources and disclaimer pages when evaluating sensitive decisions.

Signals to check

  • Pipeline stages
  • Metric definitions
  • Entity grouping
  • Quality posture
Open Methodology

Data Updates

Freshness and update context for the public datasets powering the platform.

Use when

Checking data recency before interpreting a trend or citing a number.

Recommended workflow: Check freshness first, then run the relevant employer, role, location, or salary search.

Signals to check

  • Dataset freshness
  • Update cadence
  • Coverage notes
  • Recency context
Open Data Updates

FAQ

Answers about WorkVisaInsights, source data, employer research, salary interpretation, and platform boundaries.

Use when

Resolving common product and data interpretation questions quickly.

Recommended workflow: Read FAQs when a metric is unclear, then use methodology for deeper source interpretation.

Signals to check

  • Platform answers
  • Data questions
  • Salary context
  • Legal-boundary reminders
Open FAQ
FAQ

Common guide questions

These answers keep the product map clear and reinforce the limits of public-data research.

What is the best place to start on WorkVisaInsights?

Start with Employer 360 if you know the company, Job 360 if you know the role, Location 360 if you know the city or state, and LCA Salaries if the main question is compensation.

Which page should I use for H1B salary research?

Use LCA Salaries, LCA Jobs, Job 360, and Employer 360 for wage research. The H1B module is strongest for sponsors, approvals, denials, industries, locations, and petition outcomes rather than wage-bearing records.

Which pages help with green card sponsorship research?

Use PERM Overview, PERM Employers, PERM Attorneys, PERM Tracker, PERM Processing, PERM Denials, and PERM Pipeline to understand labor certification history, counsel patterns, queue timing, and employer sponsorship patterns.

Is this guide legal advice?

No. WorkVisaInsights provides public-data analytics and research workflows for informational use. It does not provide legal advice, immigration advice, or outcome guarantees.

Research boundary

Use the guide as a research map, not as legal advice.

WorkVisaInsights turns public records into decision-support analytics. Important immigration decisions should still be reviewed with qualified counsel and official source materials.