Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
07/23/2026
table that charts list comparision
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2026
498,432
331,339
226,293
148,629
188,938
213,953
The information contained in the Form ETA-9141 is the basis for the Secretaryâs determination of the wage employers must pay in order protect against adverse effect on U.S. workersâ 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.
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 Departmentâs 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.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form ETA-9165 Requirements