PERM jobs in Burlington, MA
- Decisions
- 1,622
- Approved
- 97.8%
- Median certified wage
- $121,742
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 194 | 11 | 7 |
| FY2017 | 160 | 2 | 6 |
| FY2018 | 209 | 5 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 130 | 4 | 2 |
| FY2020 | 122 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2021 | 131 | 5 | 7 |
| FY2022 | 152 | 2 | 6 |
| FY2023 | 115 | 1 | 6 |
| FY2024 | 85 | 0 | 14 |
| FY2025 | 137 | 0 | 9 |
| FY2026 | 91 | 2 | 3 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 488
- Software Developers, Systems Software 190
- Computer Systems Analysts 166
- Software Developers 135
- Computer Occupations, All Other 78
- Sales Engineers 58
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 48
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators* 32
- Computer Systems Analysts 25
- Mechanical Engineers 21
Industries
- Custom Computer Programming Services 452
- Software Publishers 271
- Computer Systems Design Services 186
- Commercial Banking 61
- Other Computer Related Services 55
- Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers 54
- Software Publishers 41
- Software Publishers 41
- Electronic Computer Manufacturing 32
- Engineering Services 25
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 788
- Bachelor's 461
- Doctorate 43
- None 25
- Other 18
- High School 11
- Associate's 7
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,127
- L-1 122
- F-1 25
- TN 15
- E-2 9
- B-2 8
- H-4 4
- NOT IN USA 4
- E-3 4
- O-1 2
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.