PERM jobs in Ft. Worth, TX

Decisions: 483
Approved: 98.9%
Median certified wage: $105,200
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withdrawn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Fiscal year	Certified	Denied	Withdrawn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	31	0	1
FY2017	43	2	1
FY2018	78	1	0
FY2019	48	0	3
FY2020	49	2	1
FY2021	8	0	1
FY2022	33	0	0
FY2023	20	0	0
FY2024	37	0	1
FY2025	27	0	1
FY2026	95	0	0

Top occupations

Software Developers, Applications 121
Software Developers 88
Computer Occupations, All Other 33
Computer Systems Analysts 31
Statisticians 25
Operations Research Analysts 24
Management Analysts 17
Computer Network Architects 13
Data Scientists 10
Network and Computer Systems Administrators* 9

Industries

Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation 456
Management Consulting Services 4
Consumer Lending 3
Conveyor and Conveying Equipment Manufacturing 2
Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities 2
Real Estate Credit 2
Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations 2
Electronic Connector Manufacturing 1
Computer Facilities Management Services 1
Drilling Oil and Gas Wells 1

Countries of citizenship

India 272
China 18
Venezuela 6
Mexico 6
Colombia 5
France 4
Peru 4
Nigeria 4
Canada 4
Brazil 4

Worker's education

Master's 203
Bachelor's 135
Doctorate 12
None 5
Other 2
Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

H-1B 341
L-1 11
F-1 3
E-2 1
B-2 1

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.