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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Natick, MA

Decisions
1,282
Approved
99.4%
Median certified wage
$110,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 180 0 0
FY2017 67 0 1
FY2018 115 2 0
FY2019 123 0 0
FY2020 90 0 0
FY2021 117 1 1
FY2022 116 1 1
FY2023 125 0 1
FY2024 92 3 2
FY2025 130 1 15
FY2026 82 0 16

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Software Publishers 1,021
  • Custom Computer Programming Services 114
  • Software Publishers 57
  • Computer Systems Design and Related Services 10
  • Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing 7
  • Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing 5
  • Engineering Services 5
  • Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing 4
  • Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 3
  • Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 3

Countries of citizenship

  • India 705
  • China 156
  • Canada 17
  • Brazil 11
  • Taiwan 11
  • Bangladesh 10
  • Egypt 9
  • Turkey 8
  • Nepal 6
  • South Korea 6

Worker's education

  • Master's 776
  • Doctorate 140
  • Bachelor's 90
  • None 8
  • High School 3
  • Other 3
  • Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 953
  • F-1 28
  • L-1 17
  • B-2 5
  • TN 3
  • H-1B1 1
  • J-1 1
  • H-4 1
  • NOT IN USA 1
  • O-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.