Updated
PERM jobs in Issaquah, WA
- Decisions
- 354
- Approved
- 99.1%
- Median certified wage
- $135,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2018 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2019 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 57 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 45 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 55 | 0 | 4 |
| FY2026 | 91 | 1 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- Costco Wholesale Corporation 229
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. 47
- RELANTO INC. 26
- SOPHUS IT SOLUTIONS, LLC 10
- Noi Issaquah, LLC 5
- NAES Corporation 4
- TASTY VIET LLC 2
- CWC Travel, Inc. 2
- OSLO SOLUTIONS LLC 2
- Swedish Health Services 1
Top occupations
- Software Developers 86
- Software Developers, Applications 66
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 19
- Computer Occupations, All Other 18
- Software Developers, Systems Software 16
- Database Administrators 12
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 10
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators* 10
- Biomedical Engineers 9
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 8
Industries
- General Merchandise Stores 127
- Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters 97
- Custom Computer Programming Services 37
- Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing 36
- Full-Service Restaurants 8
- Computer Systems Design Services 5
- Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance 5
- General Merchandise Stores, including Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters 5
- Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance 5
- Electric Power Generation 4
Countries of citizenship
- India 153
- South Korea 20
- China 5
- Slovakia 3
- Canada 3
- Brazil 3
- Thailand 3
- Ireland 1
- Ukraine 1
- United Kingdom 1
Worker's education
- None 94
- Bachelor's 61
- Master's 32
- Other 7
- Doctorate 3
- High School 1
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 153
- L-1 28
- F-1 6
- E-2 3
- L-2 1
- J-1 1
- R-1 1
- H-4 1
- PAROLEE 1
- E-3 1
H-1B in Issaquah, WA
2,795 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 2,656 (95%). 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 457
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 113
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 94
- Computer Systems Analysts 56
- Data Scientists 38
- Computer Programmers 32
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 22
- Information Security Analysts 16
- Database Administrators 15
- Accountants and Auditors 10
Where Issaquah, WA sits
- County
- King County
- Census places Issaquah city in it
- Metro area
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
111.1 is BEA's price level for the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 151.3. A salary here buys about 90% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers86 PERM decisions
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers10 PERM decisions
- Biomedical Engineers9 PERM decisions
- Computer Systems Analysts8 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 | $167,280 | $111,613 | $143,104 | $174,595 | $206,086 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | $129,690 | $81,598 | $108,243 | $134,867 | $161,512 |
| Biomedical Engineers | — | $76,731 | $96,720 | $116,688 | $136,677 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $133,690 | $86,715 | $110,427 | $134,160 | $157,872 |
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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