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OMB Control No: 1205-0508	ICR Reference No: 202602-1205-002
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202208-1205-005
Agency/Subagency: DOL/ETA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Application for Prevailing Wage Determination
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 07/23/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2026
Responses	498,432	331,339
Time Burden (Hours)	226,293	148,629
Cost Burden (Dollars)	188,938	213,953

Abstract: The information contained in the Form ETA-9141 is the basis for the Secretary’s determination of the wage employers must pay in order protect against adverse effect on U.S. workers’ wages by the employment of a foreign worker. Prior to submitting requests for most labor certifications or a labor condition applications to the Secretary of Labor, employers must obtain a prevailing wage for the job opportunity based on the place of employment in order to ensure that wages are not being adversely affected by paying foreign workers less than a prevailing wage. Form ETA-9141, Application for Prevailing Wage Determination, is used to collect the necessary information from employers to enable the Department of Labor (Department) to issue a prevailing wage for the occupation and location of the job offer. The Form ETA-9141 is used in the H-2B, H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, and PERM programs administered by the Department. In order to meet its statutory responsibilities under the INA, the Department must request information from employers seeking to hire and import foreign labor. The Department uses the information collected to determine the appropriate wages that must be paid by an employer to foreign workers in most programs.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 8 USC 1153(b)(3) Name of Law: Immigration and Nationality Act
   US Code: 8 USC 1182(a)(5)(A) Name of Law: Immigration and Nationality Act
   US Code: 8 USC 1182(n), (p), (t) Name of Law: Immigration and Nationality Act
   US Code: 8 USC 1184(c) Name of Law: Immigration and Nationality Act
   US Code: 8 USC 1103 (a) (6) Name of Law: Immigration and Nationality Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 14042	03/24/2026
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 46486	07/23/2026
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Form ETA-9141 and Related Requirements	ETA 9141
Form ETA-9165 Requirements	ETA 9165

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	498,432	331,339	167,093
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	226,293	148,629	77,664
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	188,938	213,953	-25,015

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The total number of responses, burden hours, and monetized costs associated with all collections under this ICR differ from previous estimates due to updated projections based on more recent programmatic experience and processing efficiencies due to technological improvements as well as adjustments to anticipated annual application volumes. The answer provided in A.12 provides more information regarding this burden increase. The chart below shows the changes for Form ETA-9141 from the prior ICR to this current ICR, which is an extension without changes. All estimates have been rounded up to nearest whole number. The Department estimates an increase to the number of annual responses from the prior estimate of 331, 339 to the new estimate of 498,253 by 166,914, an increase of 50.4% between 2022 and 2025. The Department estimates an increase to the number of annual burden hours from the prior estimate of 148,628 to the new estimate of 226,292 by 77,664 hours, an increase of 5.2% between 2022 and 2025. Like the estimates of the annual response data, the Department utilized a three-year average of the total number of respondents that filed the Form ETA-9141 during the FYs 2023, 2024, and 2025 to determine the current burden hours estimates. The Department’s current estimated total monetized cost is $12,317,119 from the prior estimate of $12,649,760. Similar to the estimates for the annual responses and annual burden hours, the Department current estimate for monetized cost reflects estimates based on the average of prevailing wage data for FYs 2023, 2024, and 2025. Although the number of responses and burden hours substantially increased, this monetized cost decreased by $333,641, a decrease of 2.6% from the previous year FYs 2019, 2020, and 2021. The estimated cost decrease for this ICR is based on a lower HR rate, rather than the HR rate in the previous estimate. Since the previous ICR, OFLC recognized the job duties required for this burden identified in this current ICR falls more appropriately under SOC 13-1071, Human Resources Specialist, rather than SOC 11-3121, Human Resources Manager. The HR manager rate used for the previous Supporting Statement was $83.59 and the new HR specialist rate used for this Supporting Statement is $54.43, a decrease of $29.16 per hour. Since the difference in the mean hourly wages between the two occupations is substantial, this change in the hourly rate resulted in only a marginal reduction in the cost of time, despite the substantial increase in program burdens in responses received and total burden hours. Additionally, a minor influence is the change from using the Employer Costs of Employee Compensation for private employers, rather than all employers, given that private employers constitute the overwhelming majority of those filing PWDs, which reduced the benefits factor from 1.45 to 1.42.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $5,578,740

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Patrice Gibson 202 693-0158 gibson.patrice.a@dol.gov

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