PERM jobs in Germantown, MD
- Decisions
- 552
- Approved
- 97.8%
- Median certified wage
- $103,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 45 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 51 | 1 | 4 |
| FY2018 | 20 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2019 | 63 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2020 | 48 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2021 | 60 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 34 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2023 | 25 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 53 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 72 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 52 | 1 | 1 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Systems Software 72
- Software Developers, Applications 65
- Software Developers 55
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators* 55
- Computer Systems Analysts 48
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators 23
- Computer Network Architects 19
- Electrical Engineers 16
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 16
- Computer Systems Analysts 13
Industries
- Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing 117
- Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing 108
- Custom Computer Programming Services 95
- Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing 74
- Engineering Services 27
- Computer Systems Design Services 27
- Scientific Research and Development Services 16
- Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services 14
- Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing 7
- Other Computer Related Services 5
Countries of citizenship
- India 308
- China 27
- South Korea 20
- Iran 6
- El Salvador 4
- Sri Lanka 3
- Brazil 3
- Canada 3
- Ecuador 3
- Latvia 3
Worker's education
- Master's 294
- Bachelor's 90
- None 11
- High School 9
- Doctorate 7
- Associate's 4
- Other 2
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 360
- F-1 21
- L-1 8
- NOT IN USA 5
- E-2 2
- G-4 2
- TN 2
- TPS 2
- F-2 1
- E-1 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.