Skip to main content

PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Los Altos, CA

Decisions
192
Approved
96.8%
Median certified wage
$140,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 31 2 3
FY2017 17 0 1
FY2018 32 0 1
FY2019 21 1 0
FY2020 20 1 0
FY2021 15 0 1
FY2022 6 0 0
FY2023 11 0 1
FY2024 7 2 0
FY2025 15 0 0
FY2026 4 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Computer Systems Design Services 36
  • Custom Computer Programming Services 26
  • Software Publishers 12
  • Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 10
  • Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 10
  • Other Computer Related Services 10
  • Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services 8
  • Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 5
  • Engineering Services 4
  • Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 3

Countries of citizenship

  • India 87
  • China 22
  • Canada 9
  • Philippines 5
  • South Korea 5
  • Mexico 4
  • Vietnam 4
  • France 4
  • Japan 4
  • Turkey 3

Worker's education

  • Master's 104
  • Bachelor's 42
  • None 8
  • High School 7
  • Doctorate 6
  • Other 5

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 122
  • F-1 16
  • L-1 6
  • E-2 4
  • TN 3
  • H-4 3
  • L-2 2
  • E-3 2
  • NOT IN USA 1
  • J-1 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.