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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Needham, MA

Decisions
307
Approved
98.6%
Median certified wage
$112,632
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 40 0 1
FY2017 27 0 1
FY2018 35 0 0
FY2019 31 0 0
FY2020 14 1 1
FY2021 18 1 0
FY2022 20 0 0
FY2023 23 0 0
FY2024 19 1 1
FY2025 30 1 6
FY2026 35 0 1

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Computer Systems Design and Related Services 121
  • Household Appliances, Electric Housewares, and Consumer Electronics Merchant Wholesalers 21
  • Computer Systems Design Services 15
  • Electrical Equipment Manufacturing 13
  • Custom Computer Programming Services 12
  • Computer Systems Design and Related Services 6
  • Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 6
  • Small Electrical Appliance Manufacturing 6
  • Small Electrical Appliance Manufacturing 6
  • Other Computer Related Services 5

Countries of citizenship

  • India 108
  • China 57
  • Brazil 8
  • United Kingdom 8
  • South Korea 6
  • Iran 4
  • Israel 4
  • Nigeria 3
  • Mexico 3
  • Colombia 3

Worker's education

  • Master's 155
  • Bachelor's 58
  • Doctorate 6
  • None 5
  • High School 4
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 177
  • L-1 16
  • F-1 14
  • E-2 3
  • J-2 2
  • TN 1
  • P-3 1
  • NOT IN USA 1
  • EWI 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.