PERM jobs in Columbia, MD
- Decisions
- 1,289
- Approved
- 95.9%
- Median certified wage
- $108,056
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 200 | 5 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 111 | 7 | 1 |
| FY2018 | 102 | 6 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 105 | 7 | 4 |
| FY2020 | 89 | 4 | 1 |
| FY2021 | 86 | 3 | 2 |
| FY2022 | 121 | 5 | 8 |
| FY2023 | 104 | 2 | 4 |
| FY2024 | 89 | 1 | 4 |
| FY2025 | 120 | 6 | 2 |
| FY2026 | 81 | 5 | 2 |
Top sponsors
- Sparksoft Corporation 72
- Chags Health Information Technology, LLC 70
- QUALITY SOFTWARE SERVICES INC 55
- Acetech Group Corporation 53
- FEI.com, Inc. DBA FEI Systems 50
- Aditi LLC 39
- PACE COMPUTER SOLUTIONS INC 36
- Teckpros LLC 35
- Scepter Technologies, Inc 35
- FEI.COM, Inc. 32
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 439
- Software Developers 129
- Computer Systems Analysts 104
- Software Developers, Systems Software 71
- Computer Occupations, All Other 69
- Computer Programmers 29
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators* 26
- Accountants and Auditors 25
- Data Scientists 24
- Civil Engineers 24
Industries
- Custom Computer Programming Services 525
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 130
- Other Computer Related Services 99
- Computer Systems Design Services 48
- Marketing Consulting Services 34
- Engineering Services 30
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 27
- Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers 27
- Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services 26
- Software Publishers 22
Countries of citizenship
- India 785
- China 68
- South Korea 46
- Nepal 18
- Canada 14
- Mexico 10
- France 10
- Pakistan 10
- Turkey 8
- Germany 8
Worker's education
- Master's 664
- Bachelor's 314
- None 26
- Doctorate 19
- High School 19
- Other 14
- Associate's 3
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 882
- F-1 67
- L-1 25
- NOT IN USA 14
- E-2 10
- H-4 7
- TN 6
- TPS 6
- B-2 5
- J-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.