PERM jobs in Cambridge, MA
- Decisions
- 4,131
- Approved
- 98.3%
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 435 | 6 | 18 |
| FY2017 | 258 | 13 | 14 |
| FY2018 | 385 | 8 | 10 |
| FY2019 | 301 | 5 | 6 |
| FY2020 | 310 | 5 | 8 |
| FY2021 | 385 | 4 | 10 |
| FY2022 | 308 | 3 | 17 |
| FY2023 | 430 | 9 | 25 |
| FY2024 | 354 | 5 | 24 |
| FY2025 | 411 | 5 | 25 |
| FY2026 | 309 | 6 | 19 |
Top sponsors
- Akamai Technologies, Inc. 466
- GOOGLE LLC 285
- AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC 202
- Microsoft Corporation 181
- PATNI AMERICAS, INC. 137
- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc. 128
- Biogen, Inc. 105
- Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc. 104
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology 93
- HubSpot, Inc. 89
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 806
- Software Developers, Systems Software 479
- Software Developers 275
- Statisticians 257
- Biochemists and Biophysicists 239
- Computer Systems Analysts 157
- Bioinformatics Scientists 156
- Computer Occupations, All Other 121
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 94
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 76
Industries
- Computer Systems Design Services 541
- Custom Computer Programming Services 348
- Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 282
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 242
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 230
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 221
- Software Publishers 198
- Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing 179
- Software Publishers 133
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 109
Countries of citizenship
- India 1,557
- China 622
- Canada 160
- Brazil 65
- United Kingdom 48
- France 45
- Germany 44
- South Korea 44
- Turkey 43
- Taiwan 41
Worker's education
- Master's 1,965
- Bachelor's 729
- Doctorate 459
- None 83
- Other 50
- High School 8
- Associate's 5
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 2,490
- L-1 290
- F-1 257
- TN 71
- NOT IN USA 34
- O-1 20
- J-1 19
- E-2 13
- B-2 10
- E-3 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.