PERM jobs in Boston, MA
- Decisions
- 9,797
- Approved
- 98.5%
- Median certified wage
- $120,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 703 | 13 | 16 |
| FY2017 | 536 | 10 | 24 |
| FY2018 | 841 | 13 | 22 |
| FY2019 | 719 | 18 | 17 |
| FY2020 | 818 | 13 | 12 |
| FY2021 | 1,042 | 9 | 20 |
| FY2022 | 854 | 10 | 42 |
| FY2023 | 819 | 16 | 48 |
| FY2024 | 790 | 17 | 91 |
| FY2025 | 1,054 | 12 | 67 |
| FY2026 | 1,062 | 12 | 57 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
Industries
- Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 791
- Custom Computer Programming Services 787
- Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services 613
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 359
- Commercial Banking 338
- All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers (except Tobacco Stores) 318
- Software Publishers 316
- Portfolio Management 294
- Computer Systems Design Services 292
- Management Consulting Services 235
Countries of citizenship
- India 3,777
- China 1,293
- Canada 295
- South Korea 112
- United Kingdom 108
- Brazil 78
- Spain 67
- Mexico 66
- Nepal 66
- Russia 65
Worker's education
- Master's 4,330
- Bachelor's 2,083
- Doctorate 561
- Other 195
- None 160
- High School 24
- Associate's 10
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 6,133
- L-1 353
- F-1 322
- TN 115
- NOT IN USA 72
- E-2 41
- E-3 30
- J-1 29
- O-1 28
- H-4 25
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.