PERM jobs in Oakland, CA
- Decisions
- 1,526
- Approved
- 96.6%
- Median certified wage
- $140,743
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 110 | 8 | 4 |
| FY2017 | 86 | 3 | 1 |
| FY2018 | 107 | 5 | 6 |
| FY2019 | 92 | 6 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 84 | 11 | 4 |
| FY2021 | 113 | 3 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 114 | 6 | 3 |
| FY2023 | 86 | 3 | 4 |
| FY2024 | 155 | 0 | 22 |
| FY2025 | 257 | 3 | 28 |
| FY2026 | 190 | 1 | 10 |
Top sponsors
- Block, Inc. 181
- Marqeta, Inc. 111
- Credit Karma LLC 101
- PANDORA MEDIA, INC 79
- Coinbase, Inc. 50
- Delta Dental Of California 48
- PANDORA MEDIA, LLC 35
- Sirius XM Radio Inc. 26
- INFOR US, INC. 24
- NAVIS, LP 22
Top occupations
Industries
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 129
- Software Publishers 117
- Software Publishers 111
- All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 108
- Engineering Services 87
- Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities 72
- Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers 55
- Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities 53
- Commodity Contracts Dealing 49
- Custom Computer Programming Services 47
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 565
- Bachelor's 326
- None 43
- Doctorate 33
- High School 19
- Other 16
- Associate's 4
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 767
- F-1 67
- L-1 41
- NOT IN USA 22
- TN 21
- E-2 13
- E-3 7
- J-1 5
- F-2 5
- O-1 4
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.