Updated
PERM jobs in College Station, TX
- Decisions
- 14,457
- Approved
- 99.9%
- Median certified wage
- $81,765
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 4,266 | 1 | 12 |
| FY2017 | 3,839 | 5 | 29 |
| FY2018 | 28 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 3,000 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2020 | 829 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 1,114 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 1,245 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2025 | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2026 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corporation 14,226
- Texas A&M University 131
- STATACORP LLC 11
- VIASAT, INC. 9
- Texas A&M Agrilife Research 6
- Arbin Corporation 5
- TEXAS AM ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION 4
- Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies Texas, LLC 3
- TTI HUMAN RESOURCES 3
- KG R&D, LLC 2
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 9,358
- Computer Systems Analysts 2,202
- Computer Occupations, All Other 1,602
- Software Developers 627
- Software Developers, Systems Software 266
- Project Management Specialists 116
- Management Analysts 72
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary 17
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 16
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 15
Industries
- Computer Systems Design Services 14,226
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (NAICS 611310) 135
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 13
- Engineering Services 10
- Custom Computer Programming Services 9
- Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing 6
- Full-Service Restaurants 4
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 3
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (NAICS 61131) 3
- Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals 3
Countries of citizenship
- India 14,171
- China 40
- United States Of America 26
- Canada 23
- South Korea 17
- Nepal 8
- Romania 8
- United Kingdom 8
- Brazil 7
- Mexico 7
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 10,373
- Master's 3,228
- Other 704
- Doctorate 91
- High School 4
- None 4
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 13,373
- L-1 908
- H-4 39
- L-2 19
- F-1 12
- PAROLEE 10
- NOT IN USA 4
- TN 3
- E-2 1
- H-1B1 1
H-1B in College Station, TX
2,659 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 2,298 (86%). 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
- Texas A&M University 451
- cognizant-technology-solutions-us-corporation 215
- Texas A&M AgriLife Research 79
- Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 73
- FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies Texas, LLC 24
- Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory 8
- ARBIN CORPORATION 7
- ARBIN INSTRUMENTS INC 7
- StataCorp LLC 6
- ATTEZ LLC 4
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 168
- Software Developers 74
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 59
- Molecular and Cellular Biologists 57
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 39
- Manufacturing Engineers 30
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 29
- Physicists 25
- Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary 19
- Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 19
Where College Station, TX sits
- County
- Brazos County
- Census places College Station city in it
- Metro area
- College Station-Bryan, TX
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- College Station-Bryan, TX
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
91.0 is BEA's price level for the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 75.1. A salary here buys about 110% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers627 PERM decisions
- Project Management Specialists116 PERM decisions
- Management Analysts72 PERM decisions
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary17 PERM decisions
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary16 PERM decisions
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary15 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 | $101,910 | $71,864 | $90,522 | $109,179 | $127,837 |
| Project Management Specialists | $76,380 | $53,040 | $69,014 | $84,989 | $100,963 |
| Management Analysts | $78,980 | $56,285 | $72,987 | $89,690 | $106,392 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $129,080 | $50,920 | $104,757 | $158,593 | $212,430 |
| Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary | $97,150 | $62,460 | $89,383 | $116,307 | $143,230 |
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | $129,110 | $62,120 | $98,907 | $135,693 | $172,480 |
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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