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Can you check if that meets the DOL prevailing wage requirement for this role?"},{"title":"PERM labor condition wage benchmarking","prompt":"We need to file a PERM application for a data scientist position in the Seattle metro area. What are the four-tier OFLC prevailing wages (hourly and annual) so we can set the correct job offer amount?"},{"title":"Multi-location wage level comparison","prompt":"We're opening IT manager positions across New York, California, and Texas. Can you pull the Level 1 through Level 4 prevailing wages for each location so we can benchmark our salary bands?"}],"resultDescription":"A JSON object containing prevailing wage data across four DOL OFLC levels (Level 1–4) plus average, expressed both hourly and annualized, along with the geographic level used, wage survey year, and source citation. 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