Updated
PERM jobs in Marlborough, MA
- Decisions
- 642
- Approved
- 97.6%
- Median certified wage
- $113,530
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 66 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 42 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2018 | 49 | 4 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 46 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 40 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2021 | 48 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 60 | 2 | 5 |
| FY2024 | 80 | 0 | 11 |
| FY2025 | 64 | 1 | 3 |
| FY2026 | 63 | 3 | 2 |
Top sponsors
- Boston Scientific Corporation 100
- Quantiphi, Inc. 66
- The TJX Companies, Inc. 45
- BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. 40
- Synopsys, Inc. 35
- WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLP 35
- MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR INC 18
- Hologic, Inc. 17
- Resourcesoft Inc 16
- CAVIUM INC 15
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 70
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 50
- Software Developers 45
- Software Developers, Systems Software 42
- Computer Systems Analysts 40
- Industrial Engineers 31
- Data Scientists 31
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 30
- Computer Occupations, All Other 19
- Regulatory Affairs Specialists 16
Industries
- Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing 72
- Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services 65
- Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing 49
- Custom Computer Programming Services 40
- Computer Systems Design Services 37
- Family Clothing Stores 36
- Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing (NAICS 33911) 34
- Portfolio Management 34
- Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters 25
- Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing (NAICS 3391) 14
Countries of citizenship
- India 312
- China 46
- Costa Rica 22
- Brazil 21
- Canada 15
- Israel 8
- Turkey 5
- Pakistan 5
- Russia 4
- Nepal 3
Worker's education
- Master's 280
- Bachelor's 162
- Doctorate 20
- None 15
- Other 8
- High School 4
- Associate's 1
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 390
- L-1 49
- F-1 13
- B-2 5
- TN 4
- H-4 2
- F-2 2
- E-2 2
- NOT IN USA 2
- O-1 1
H-1B in Marlborough, MA
2,488 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 2,360 (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 214
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 116
- Manufacturing Engineers 53
- Data Scientists 43
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 40
- Computer Programmers 26
- Computer Systems Analysts 25
- Database Administrators 24
- Mechanical Engineers 23
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators 21
Where Marlborough, MA sits
- County
- Middlesex County
- Census places Marlborough city in it
- Metro area
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
108.3 is BEA's price level for the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 148.4. A salary here buys about 92% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer50 PERM decisions
- Software Developers45 PERM decisions
- Industrial Engineers31 PERM decisions
- Data Scientists31 PERM decisions
- Computer and Information Systems Managers30 PERM decisions
- Regulatory Affairs Specialists16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $142,920 | $103,189 | $128,440 | $153,712 | $178,963 |
| Software Developers | $166,090 | $114,275 | $138,237 | $162,198 | $186,160 |
| Industrial Engineers | $118,970 | $89,149 | $104,541 | $119,933 | $135,325 |
| Data Scientists | $132,040 | $88,920 | $112,861 | $136,781 | $160,722 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $214,960 | $151,570 | $185,765 | $219,960 | $254,155 |
| Regulatory Affairs Specialists | $103,940 | $70,450 | $90,542 | $110,635 | $130,728 |
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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