PERM jobs in Arlington, VA

Decisions: 1,910
Approved: 96.4%
Median certified wage: $110,000
Years: FY2016 to FY2026

Year by year

certified
denied
withdrawn

Fiscal years run October to September. FY2016 to FY2023 come from DOL's closed-year files, 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Fiscal year	Certified	Denied	Withdrawn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	157	14	6
FY2017	127	7	3
FY2018	192	7	8
FY2019	110	4	3
FY2020	107	6	2
FY2021	149	4	4
FY2022	175	7	8
FY2023	214	7	11
FY2024	240	2	11
FY2025	169	3	7
FY2026	123	5	18

Top occupations

Software Developers, Applications 377
Computer Occupations, All Other 140
Software Developers 98
Computer Systems Analysts 84
Software Developers, Systems Software 74
Accountants and Auditors 58
Computer and Information Systems Managers 48
Statisticians 43
Cooks, Restaurant 43
Data Scientists 42

Industries

Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 251
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services 163
Custom Computer Programming Services 127
Full-Service Restaurants 94
Professional Organizations 77
Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services 58
Food Services and Drinking Places 51
Computer Systems Design Services 48
Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 47
Engineering Services 39

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

Master's 780
Bachelor's 443
None 200
High School 67
Doctorate 50
Other 16
Associate's 12

Visa held when filed

H-1B 1,015
F-1 142
L-1 99
NOT IN USA 38
B-2 30
TN 19
J-1 13
F-2 12
E-2 10
A1/A2 9

The worksite city on each application, from DOL's decided cases since FY2016. Spellings of one city are pooled; a city counts as one place per state.

Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting is not in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases, not the queue.