PERM jobs in Durham, NC
- Decisions
- 2,840
- Approved
- 97.8%
- Median certified wage
- $112,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 167 | 7 | 4 |
| FY2017 | 164 | 4 | 3 |
| FY2018 | 220 | 2 | 4 |
| FY2019 | 136 | 6 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 129 | 1 | 11 |
| FY2021 | 225 | 5 | 7 |
| FY2022 | 205 | 3 | 11 |
| FY2023 | 236 | 11 | 12 |
| FY2024 | 393 | 5 | 11 |
| FY2025 | 489 | 5 | 8 |
| FY2026 | 325 | 11 | 19 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 555
- Software Developers 522
- Software Developers, Systems Software 278
- Computer Occupations, All Other 106
- Computer Systems Analysts 105
- Statisticians 101
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 91
- Computer Systems Analysts 82
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 79
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators* 46
Industries
- All Other Financial Investment Activities 540
- Miscellaneous Financial Investment Activities 423
- Custom Computer Programming Services 400
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 142
- Limited-Service Restaurants 104
- Computer Storage Device Manufacturing 73
- Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers 71
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 61
- Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing 59
- Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing 58
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 1,012
- Bachelor's 659
- None 90
- Doctorate 79
- Other 24
- High School 11
- Associate's 9
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,596
- L-1 89
- F-1 53
- NOT IN USA 27
- O-1 12
- TN 12
- H-4 7
- B-2 6
- E-2 6
- F-2 3
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.