Updated
PERM jobs in Hillsboro, OR
- Decisions
- 6,338
- Approved
- 98.1%
- Median certified wage
- $93,018
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 869 | 31 | 35 |
| FY2017 | 561 | 38 | 15 |
| FY2018 | 730 | 9 | 125 |
| FY2019 | 596 | 4 | 6 |
| FY2020 | 372 | 4 | 5 |
| FY2021 | 539 | 16 | 12 |
| FY2022 | 270 | 2 | 57 |
| FY2023 | 868 | 6 | 74 |
| FY2024 | 551 | 1 | 64 |
| FY2025 | 288 | 2 | 20 |
| FY2026 | 167 | 0 | 1 |
Top sponsors
- Intel Corporation 5,499
- INTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 81
- SALESFORCE.COM 75
- Synopsys, Inc. 66
- Advantage IT, Inc 52
- ASML US, LLC 46
- INTEL FEDERAL, INC. 43
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION 37
- NVIDIA Corporation 37
- Applied Materials, Inc 29
Top occupations
- Materials Engineers 1,970
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 1,553
- Software Developers, Systems Software 1,245
- Software Developers 228
- Software Developers, Applications 204
- Industrial Engineers 173
- Computer and Information Research Scientists 88
- Sales Engineers 77
- Computer Hardware Engineers 75
- Statisticians 73
Industries
- Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (NAICS 3344) 5,661
- Custom Computer Programming Services 135
- Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing 80
- Computer Systems Design Services 63
- Semiconductor Machinery Manufacturing 53
- Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (NAICS 33441) 40
- Electronic Computer Manufacturing 33
- Other Computer Related Services 29
- Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing 25
- Software Publishers 20
Countries of citizenship
- India 3,850
- China 267
- Bangladesh 230
- Taiwan 174
- South Korea 133
- Nigeria 117
- Canada 90
- Mexico 79
- Nepal 74
- Russia 74
Worker's education
- Master's 3,406
- Doctorate 1,831
- Bachelor's 519
- Other 31
- None 25
- Associate's 4
- High School 3
Visa held when filed
- F-1 2,837
- H-1B 2,221
- L-1 502
- O-1 73
- TN 61
- H-4 40
- E-2 13
- L-2 11
- NOT IN USA 10
- J-1 7
H-1B in Hillsboro, OR
12,439 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 12,260 (99%). 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
- Intel Corporation 3,348
- Microsoft Corporation 126
- NIKE, Inc. 71
- NVIDIA Corporation 68
- Salesforce, Inc. 59
- ASML US, LP 56
- Synopsys, Inc. 42
- Qorvo US, INC. 38
- ASM AMERICA INC. 37
- Applied Materials, Inc. 33
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Materials Engineers 1,493
- Software Developers 970
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 831
- Architectural and Engineering Managers 207
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 177
- Manufacturing Engineers 111
- Electrical Engineers 105
- Statisticians 92
- Computer and Information Research Scientists 82
- Mechanical Engineers 80
Where Hillsboro, OR sits
- County
- Washington County
- Census places Hillsboro city in it
- Metro area
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
105.4 is BEA's price level for the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 125.1. A salary here buys about 95% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Materials Engineers1,970 PERM decisions
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer1,553 PERM decisions
- Software Developers228 PERM decisions
- Industrial Engineers173 PERM decisions
- Sales Engineers77 PERM decisions
- Computer Hardware Engineers75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Engineers | $128,250 | $86,715 | $106,891 | $127,046 | $147,222 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $129,330 | $94,973 | $119,912 | $144,851 | $169,790 |
| Software Developers | $156,000 | $103,605 | $128,773 | $153,962 | $179,130 |
| Industrial Engineers | $129,890 | $92,872 | $114,878 | $136,906 | $158,912 |
| Sales Engineers | $129,850 | $89,419 | $116,043 | $142,667 | $169,291 |
| Computer Hardware Engineers | — | $110,656 | $139,714 | $168,750 | $197,808 |
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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