PERM jobs in Austin, TX
- Decisions
- 17,372
- Approved
- 97.9%
- Median certified wage
- $115,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 1,100 | 24 | 43 |
| FY2017 | 887 | 40 | 59 |
| FY2018 | 1,294 | 52 | 34 |
| FY2019 | 1,168 | 37 | 60 |
| FY2020 | 1,096 | 15 | 38 |
| FY2021 | 1,266 | 33 | 46 |
| FY2022 | 1,375 | 40 | 84 |
| FY2023 | 1,746 | 28 | 145 |
| FY2024 | 1,922 | 40 | 135 |
| FY2025 | 2,729 | 13 | 120 |
| FY2026 | 1,613 | 23 | 67 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 2,700
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 2,505
- Software Developers 2,391
- Software Developers, Systems Software 1,713
- Computer Occupations, All Other 825
- Computer Systems Analysts 735
- Computer Systems Analysts 458
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 362
- Industrial Engineers 305
- Sales Engineers 250
Industries
- Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing 1,504
- Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities 1,319
- Custom Computer Programming Services 1,138
- Software Publishers 1,006
- Software Publishers 991
- Computer Systems Design Services 958
- Electronic Computer Manufacturing 886
- Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing 885
- Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 696
- Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing 416
Countries of citizenship
- India 8,535
- China 897
- Mexico 465
- Canada 252
- Brazil 190
- South Korea 184
- Taiwan 134
- Ukraine 130
- Pakistan 100
- United Kingdom 97
Worker's education
- Master's 7,514
- Bachelor's 3,680
- None 667
- Doctorate 355
- Other 109
- High School 80
- Associate's 27
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 9,618
- L-1 1,063
- F-1 639
- TN 185
- NOT IN USA 117
- E-2 61
- B-2 58
- H-4 50
- F-2 22
- O-1 21
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.