Updated
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- withdrawn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. 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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 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 (NAICS 522320) 845
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (NAICS 541710) 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 (NAICS 54171) 49
- Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities (NAICS 52232) 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
H-1B in Foster City, CA
7,784 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 7,487 (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 745
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 367
- Data Scientists 211
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 147
- Mechanical Engineers 126
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 123
- Manufacturing Engineers 115
- Operations Research Analysts 74
- Statisticians 71
- Computer Systems Analysts 67
Where Foster City, CA sits
- County
- San Mateo County
- Census places Foster City city in it
- Metro area
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
115.6 is BEA's price level for the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 194.7. A salary here buys about 86% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Statisticians215 PERM decisions
- Software Developers175 PERM decisions
- Mechanical Engineers68 PERM decisions
- Computer and Information Systems Managers65 PERM decisions
- Data Scientists54 PERM decisions
- Project Management Specialists46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statisticians | — | $81,869 | $111,176 | $140,483 | $169,790 |
| Software Developers | $186,640 | $137,093 | $165,131 | $193,149 | $221,187 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $161,370 | $110,510 | $134,493 | $158,454 | $182,437 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $232,890 | $167,565 | $208,104 | $248,643 | $289,182 |
| Data Scientists | $170,110 | $110,386 | $142,438 | $174,512 | $206,565 |
| Project Management Specialists | $135,040 | $88,837 | $114,691 | $140,566 | $166,421 |
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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