Updated
PERM jobs in Herndon, VA
- Decisions
- 4,013
- Approved
- 97.5%
- Median certified wage
- $109,700
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 440 | 17 | 8 |
| FY2017 | 308 | 18 | 14 |
| FY2018 | 419 | 17 | 12 |
| FY2019 | 286 | 9 | 8 |
| FY2020 | 271 | 5 | 7 |
| FY2021 | 442 | 8 | 13 |
| FY2022 | 463 | 7 | 18 |
| FY2023 | 433 | 3 | 22 |
| FY2024 | 285 | 6 | 9 |
| FY2025 | 231 | 5 | 9 |
| FY2026 | 213 | 2 | 5 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 1,649
- Software Developers 341
- Software Developers, Systems Software 298
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 282
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators* 241
- Computer Occupations, All Other 207
- Electrical Engineers 96
- Database Administrators 63
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 57
- Computer Network Support Specialists 46
Industries
- Custom Computer Programming Services 2,058
- Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 501
- Computer Systems Design Services 280
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 195
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 181
- Temporary Help Services 92
- Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services 87
- Other Computer Related Services 69
- Engineering Services 50
- Satellite Telecommunications 39
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 2,361
- Bachelor's 1,034
- None 66
- Doctorate 16
- High School 14
- Associate's 14
- Other 12
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 3,045
- F-1 212
- L-1 83
- H-4 19
- TN 17
- NOT IN USA 13
- PAROLEE 12
- G-4 10
- L-2 7
- TPS 5
H-1B in Herndon, VA
10,681 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 10,322 (97%). 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 1,770
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 308
- Civil Engineers 216
- Computer Programmers 182
- Computer Systems Analysts 178
- Data Scientists 164
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 150
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 122
- Database Administrators 102
- Manufacturing Engineers 100
Where Herndon, VA sits
- Counties
- Fairfax and Loudoun counties
- Census places Herndon town in both
- Metro area
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
108.9 is BEA's price level for the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 151.1. A salary here buys about 92% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers341 PERM decisions
- Electrical Engineers96 PERM decisions
- Computer Systems Analysts57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | $154,930 | $102,086 | $127,462 | $152,838 | $178,214 |
| Electrical Engineers | $126,420 | $89,544 | $111,779 | $133,994 | $156,229 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $127,040 | $84,885 | $106,725 | $128,565 | $150,405 |
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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