Updated
PERM jobs in Mission Viejo, CA
- Decisions
- 269
- Approved
- 92.0%
- Median certified wage
- $53,955
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| FY2018 | 29 | 3 | 5 |
| FY2019 | 17 | 6 | 2 |
| FY2020 | 25 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 27 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| FY2026 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
Top sponsors
- Infoshare Systems, Inc. 87
- Paradise Home and Garden 68
- Alliance Senior Living, Inc. 27
- TECHNICON DESIGN CORPORATION 10
- MICHAEL S. MAHAN PRIVATE HOUSEHOLD 3
- Southern California Crown Marketplace Inc. 3
- MONARCH INFOTECH SERVICES LLC 3
- HYUN SOOK LEE dba Samurai Sushi 3
- SHAKALAKA USA INC. D/B/A BIG GRILL MONGOLIAN BBQ 3
- James Hardie Building Products, Inc. 2
Top occupations
- Home Health Aides (SOC 31-1011) 73
- Software Developers, Applications 52
- Home Health Aides (SOC 31-1121) 21
- Computer Occupations, All Other 20
- Commercial and Industrial Designers 9
- Software Developers 6
- Database Administrators 6
- Computer Systems Analysts 5
- Cooks, Restaurant 4
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 3
Industries
- Home Health Care Services 101
- Custom Computer Programming Services 90
- Industrial Design Services 9
- Full-Service Restaurants 5
- Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly 4
- Private Households 3
- Grocery and Convenience Retailers 3
- Food Services and Drinking Places 3
- Gypsum Product Manufacturing 2
- Software Publishers 2
Countries of citizenship
- India 84
- Philippines 79
- South Korea 12
- Iran 8
- Mexico 6
- United Kingdom 6
- China 5
- Brazil 4
- Canada 3
- Argentina 2
Worker's education
- None 92
- Master's 62
- Bachelor's 50
- High School 11
- Doctorate 2
- Other 2
- Associate's 1
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 88
- B-2 54
- F-1 11
- E-2 9
- NOT IN USA 5
- J-1 4
- P-1 3
- TN 3
- M-1 1
- C-1 1
H-1B in Mission Viejo, CA
180 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 171 (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 26
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 9
- Data Scientists 8
- Computer Systems Analysts 6
- Sales Engineers 4
- Mechatronics Engineers 3
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 2
- Accountants and Auditors 2
- Chief Executives 2
- Manufacturing Engineers 2
Where Mission Viejo, CA sits
- County
- Orange County
- Census places Mission Viejo city in it
- Metro area
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
113.6 is BEA's price level for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 170.4. A salary here buys about 88% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Home Health Aides21 PERM decisions
- Commercial and Industrial Designers9 PERM decisions
- Software Developers6 PERM decisions
- Cooks, Restaurant4 PERM decisions
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists3 PERM decisions
Each row has its own scale, marked at its ends: these jobs pay too differently to share one. The table compares them.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Health Aides | — | $34,320 | $35,110 | $35,880 | $36,670 |
| Commercial and Industrial Designers | $96,260 | $65,541 | $85,322 | $105,082 | $124,862 |
| Software Developers | $160,920 | $106,787 | $134,202 | $161,637 | $189,051 |
| Cooks, Restaurant | $44,460 | $37,752 | $41,246 | $44,720 | $48,214 |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | $82,990 | $55,370 | $75,546 | $95,722 | $115,898 |
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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