PERM jobs in Foster City, CA
- Decisions
- 2,435
- Approved
- 99.3%
- Median certified wage
- $139,182
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 205 | 3 | 3 |
| FY2017 | 196 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2018 | 259 | 2 | 4 |
| FY2019 | 202 | 2 | 5 |
| FY2020 | 162 | 1 | 4 |
| FY2021 | 203 | 2 | 8 |
| FY2022 | 233 | 0 | 7 |
| FY2023 | 195 | 3 | 14 |
| FY2024 | 191 | 1 | 12 |
| FY2025 | 314 | 0 | 19 |
| FY2026 | 172 | 2 | 10 |
Top sponsors
- Gilead Sciences, Inc. 453
- Zoox Inc. 371
- Visa U.S.A. Inc. 369
- Visa Technology & Operations LLC 279
- INOVANT LLC 147
- GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC 131
- QUALYS, INC. 101
- CyberSource Corporation 95
- AMAZON.COM SERVICES, INC. 50
- QuinStreet, Inc. 41
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 446
- Software Developers, Systems Software 270
- Statisticians 215
- Software Developers 175
- Computer Systems Analysts 167
- Computer Occupations, All Other 107
- Mechanical Engineers 68
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 65
- Data Scientists 54
- Project Management Specialists 46
Industries
- Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities 845
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 358
- Automobile Manufacturing 342
- Software Publishers 271
- Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) 59
- Custom Computer Programming Services 59
- Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 53
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 49
- Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities 45
- Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing 42
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 1,156
- Bachelor's 580
- Doctorate 100
- None 20
- Other 15
- Associate's 3
- High School 1
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,649
- L-1 103
- TN 20
- F-1 19
- H-4 7
- NOT IN USA 5
- E-3 5
- PAROLEE 5
- O-1 4
- B-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.