Updated
PERM jobs in Carlsbad, CA
- Decisions
- 825
- Approved
- 96.8%
- Median certified wage
- $115,000
- Years
- FY2016 to FY2026
Year by year
- certified
- denied
- withdrawn
Fiscal years run October to September. More
Fiscal years run October to September. FY2016 to FY2023 come from DOL's closed-year files, and 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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 81 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2017 | 51 | 4 | 2 |
| FY2018 | 98 | 2 | 4 |
| FY2019 | 62 | 1 | 3 |
| FY2020 | 67 | 6 | 3 |
| FY2021 | 79 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2022 | 71 | 2 | 3 |
| FY2023 | 51 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 56 | 1 | 4 |
| FY2025 | 77 | 1 | 4 |
| FY2026 | 74 | 4 | 5 |
Top sponsors
- Viasat, Inc. 72
- Maxlinear, Inc. 67
- Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 64
- LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 44
- Rockstar San Diego, Inc. 36
- Cisco Systems, Inc. 20
- WALMART ASSOCIATES, INC. 18
- Breg Inc. 16
- HM Electronics, Inc. 15
- Gemological Institute of America, Inc. 13
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 122
- Software Developers, Systems Software 71
- Software Developers 54
- Computer Systems Analysts 54
- Computer Occupations, All Other 43
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 41
- Electrical Engineers 29
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 22
- Multimedia Artists and Animators 21
- Industrial Engineers 17
Industries
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (NAICS 541710) 70
- Satellite Telecommunications 56
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (NAICS 541711) 48
- Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing 44
- Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing 41
- Software Publishers 38
- Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing 29
- Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing 27
- Custom Computer Programming Services 23
- Electronic Computer Manufacturing 20
Countries of citizenship
- India 323
- Canada 46
- China 38
- Mexico 37
- United Kingdom 23
- South Korea 21
- Taiwan 12
- Brazil 11
- Australia 10
- France 8
Worker's education
- Master's 315
- Bachelor's 230
- None 52
- Doctorate 28
- Other 13
- Associate's 6
- High School 4
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 423
- L-1 74
- TN 33
- F-1 29
- E-2 18
- NOT IN USA 11
- E-3 8
- O-1 4
- J-1 4
- B-2 4
H-1B in Carlsbad, CA
2,339 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 2,244 (96%). An LCA is the employer's wage attestation before an H-1B petition, so it counts positions offered. It doesn't count people hired.
Employers, certified LCAs since FY2024
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 184
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 59
- Electrical Engineers 42
- Data Scientists 40
- Manufacturing Engineers 28
- Mechanical Engineers 27
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 25
- Molecular and Cellular Biologists 23
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 22
- Special Effects Artists and Animators 19
Where Carlsbad, CA sits
- County
- San Diego County
- Census places Carlsbad city in it
- Metro area
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
111.9 is BEA's price level for the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 179.3. A salary here buys about 89% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers54 PERM decisions
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer41 PERM decisions
- Electrical Engineers29 PERM decisions
- Computer and Information Systems Managers22 PERM decisions
- Multimedia Artists and Animators21 PERM decisions
- Industrial Engineers17 PERM decisions
- middle half of pay (BLS)
- median
- 10th to 90th percentile
- DOL's Levels I to IV, left to right
| Job | BLS median | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | $163,270 | $105,664 | $134,347 | $163,010 | $191,693 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $156,480 | $107,765 | $131,622 | $155,501 | $179,358 |
| Electrical Engineers | $127,270 | $82,638 | $106,808 | $130,978 | $155,147 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $206,740 | $140,234 | $175,406 | $210,600 | $245,773 |
| Multimedia Artists and Animators | $118,750 | $76,814 | $97,115 | $117,395 | $137,696 |
| Industrial Engineers | $119,050 | $81,765 | $100,922 | $120,058 | $139,214 |
Any job in any area, and every wage year since 2021-22, in the wage-level tool.
The worksite city on each application, from DOL's decided cases since FY2016. Spellings of one city are pooled, and a city counts as one place per state.
Case data through Jun 30, 2026 · LCA disclosures through Jun 30, 2026 · Census places and metros through Jan 1, 2026 · BLS market pay through May 31, 2025 · DOL wage tables through Jul 1, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.
The sources in full
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
LCA disclosures: DOL quarterly LCA disclosure files (www.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
Census places and metros: Census Bureau Gazetteer and metro delineation files (census.gov) · data through Jan 1, 2026 · yearly
BLS market pay: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (bls.gov) · data through May 31, 2025 · yearly, each spring
DOL wage tables: DOL OFLC wage data downloads (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jul 1, 2026 · yearly, each july
What each source includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
LCA disclosures: Certified and denied H-1B labor condition applications only, with the wage offered.
Census places and metros: Where each worksite city sits: its county, metro area and DOL wage area, matched to Census's place and county files. A city Census lists in no single place is left unmatched. This site doesn't guess it.
BLS market pay: Pay employers report for everyone in each job, from BLS's yearly survey (May of the year named). It's shown nationally, by state and by metro. It covers citizens and immigrants alike, and it isn't drawn from PERM offers.
DOL wage tables: The four prevailing wage levels DOL publishes for every job in every area, each wage year from 2021-22, as DOL's own tables print them. They're the floors an offer is held to. They don't show what anyone was paid.
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