PERM jobs in Lake Forest, CA
- Decisions
- 412
- Approved
- 95.8%
- Median certified wage
- $102,033
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 62 | 5 | 2 |
| FY2018 | 39 | 3 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 37 | 3 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 38 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 38 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 32 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2026 | 31 | 2 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- PANASONIC AVIONICS CORPORATION 104
- Alcon Research, LLC 41
- FORESIDE MANAGEMENT COMPANY 33
- AVEVA Software, LLC 20
- SSB SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES INC 17
- Brightstar Care of Lake Forest 13
- Source Code Technologies, LLC 9
- MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY 9
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SOFTWARE LLC 9
- NEWRACOM, INC. 8
Top occupations
Industries
- Electronic Computer Manufacturing 105
- Home Health Care Services 45
- Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing 42
- Custom Computer Programming Services 19
- Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing 19
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 14
- Engineering Services 13
- Software Publishers 11
- Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing 10
- Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing 7
Countries of citizenship
- India 124
- Philippines 44
- China 32
- Canada 20
- South Korea 18
- Mexico 14
- Iran 14
- Egypt 9
- Vietnam 7
- United Kingdom 7
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 145
- Master's 125
- None 35
- Associate's 19
- Doctorate 7
- Other 6
- High School 4
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 191
- L-1 31
- F-1 19
- NOT IN USA 18
- TN 9
- O-1 5
- E-2 5
- PAROLEE 2
- B-2 2
- TPS 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.