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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Hopkinton, MA

Decisions
419
Approved
97.1%
Median certified wage
$108,181
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 84 2 3
FY2017 45 0 3
FY2018 38 0 3
FY2019 54 2 2
FY2020 41 0 0
FY2021 26 0 0
FY2022 43 8 0
FY2023 4 0 0
FY2024 14 0 0
FY2025 42 0 0
FY2026 5 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Custom Computer Programming Services 173
  • Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers 163
  • Computer Systems Design and Related Services 25
  • Software Publishers 18
  • Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing 6
  • Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 4
  • Full-Service Restaurants 3
  • Solar Electric Power Generation 2
  • Landscaping Services 2
  • Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) 1

Countries of citizenship

  • India 249
  • China 45
  • Brazil 11
  • Canada 7
  • Israel 7
  • Thailand 3
  • Mexico 3
  • Nepal 3
  • New Zealand 2
  • Russia 2

Worker's education

  • Master's 218
  • Bachelor's 125
  • None 14
  • Doctorate 8
  • High School 1
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 315
  • L-1 24
  • F-1 7
  • TN 3
  • H-4 3
  • NOT IN USA 2
  • EWI 2
  • B-2 1
  • TPS 1
  • E-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.