Updated
PERM jobs in Alameda, CA
- Decisions
- 338
- Approved
- 93.7%
- Median certified wage
- $124,765
- Years
- FY2016 to FY2026
Year by year
- certified
- denied
- withdrawn
Fiscal years run October to September. More
Fiscal years run October to September. FY2016 to FY2023 come from DOL's closed-year files, and FY2024 on from its current ones. The newest year is partial until DOL publishes its fourth quarter.
Every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 23 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 23 | 10 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 29 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2024 | 28 | 4 | 6 |
| FY2025 | 59 | 0 | 8 |
| FY2026 | 48 | 2 | 3 |
Top sponsors
- Penumbra, Inc. 56
- Exelixis, Inc. 34
- Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc. 31
- MBH Architects Inc. 21
- Wind River Systems, Inc. 12
- Abbott Diabetes Care Sales Corporation 11
- ABBOTT LABORATORIES 11
- Alameda Healthcare Wellness Center 10
- Sila Nanotechnologies Inc. 8
- VELODYNE LIDAR 7
Top occupations
Industries
- Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing 50
- Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing 40
- Architectural Services 24
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 17
- Full-Service Restaurants 15
- Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (NAICS 3254) 14
- Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing 14
- Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (NAICS 32541) 13
- Software Publishers 12
- Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 12
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 110
- Bachelor's 65
- None 8
- Doctorate 8
- Other 6
- High School 6
- Associate's 3
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 148
- F-1 13
- L-1 10
- E-3 10
- E-2 3
- J-1 3
- TPS 2
- H-1B1 2
- O-1 2
- F-2 1
H-1B in Alameda, CA
1,635 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 1,519 (93%). An LCA is the employer's wage attestation before an H-1B petition, so it counts positions offered. It doesn't count people hired.
Employers, certified LCAs since FY2024
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 74
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 61
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 54
- Data Scientists 40
- Manufacturing Engineers 39
- Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 33
- Computer Programmers 28
- Mechanical Engineers 23
- Molecular and Cellular Biologists 21
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 21
Where Alameda, CA sits
- County
- Alameda County
- Census places Alameda city in it
- Metro area
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
115.6 is BEA's price level for the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 194.7. A salary here buys about 86% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Statisticians15 PERM decisions
- Architectural and Civil Drafters14 PERM decisions
- Industrial Engineers14 PERM decisions
- Software Developers13 PERM decisions
- Biomedical Engineers12 PERM decisions
- Mechanical Engineers10 PERM decisions
- middle half of pay (BLS)
- median
- 10th to 90th percentile
- DOL's Levels I to IV, left to right
| Job | BLS median | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statisticians | — | $81,869 | $111,176 | $140,483 | $169,790 |
| Architectural and Civil Drafters | $81,130 | $63,086 | $76,128 | $89,149 | $102,190 |
| Industrial Engineers | $132,230 | $96,096 | $117,624 | $139,131 | $160,659 |
| Software Developers | $186,640 | $137,093 | $165,131 | $193,149 | $221,187 |
| Biomedical Engineers | $140,660 | $101,005 | $120,411 | $139,818 | $159,224 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $161,370 | $110,510 | $134,493 | $158,454 | $182,437 |
Any job in any area, and every wage year since 2021-22, in the wage-level tool.
The worksite city on each application, from DOL's decided cases since FY2016. Spellings of one city are pooled, and a city counts as one place per state.
Case data through Jun 30, 2026 · LCA disclosures through Jun 30, 2026 · Census places and metros through Jan 1, 2026 · BLS market pay through May 31, 2025 · DOL wage tables through Jul 1, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.
The sources in full
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
LCA disclosures: DOL quarterly LCA disclosure files (www.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
Census places and metros: Census Bureau Gazetteer and metro delineation files (census.gov) · data through Jan 1, 2026 · yearly
BLS market pay: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (bls.gov) · data through May 31, 2025 · yearly, each spring
DOL wage tables: DOL OFLC wage data downloads (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jul 1, 2026 · yearly, each july
What each source includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
LCA disclosures: Certified and denied H-1B labor condition applications only, with the wage offered.
Census places and metros: Where each worksite city sits: its county, metro area and DOL wage area, matched to Census's place and county files. A city Census lists in no single place is left unmatched. This site doesn't guess it.
BLS market pay: Pay employers report for everyone in each job, from BLS's yearly survey (May of the year named). It's shown nationally, by state and by metro. It covers citizens and immigrants alike, and it isn't drawn from PERM offers.
DOL wage tables: The four prevailing wage levels DOL publishes for every job in every area, each wage year from 2021-22, as DOL's own tables print them. They're the floors an offer is held to. They don't show what anyone was paid.
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