Updated
PERM jobs in Pasadena, CA
- Decisions
- 1,074
- Approved
- 94.5%
- Median certified wage
- $91,900
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 97 | 4 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 76 | 4 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 124 | 5 | 6 |
| FY2019 | 75 | 3 | 2 |
| FY2020 | 84 | 4 | 5 |
| FY2021 | 86 | 6 | 5 |
| FY2022 | 80 | 9 | 9 |
| FY2023 | 95 | 8 | 3 |
| FY2024 | 62 | 5 | 14 |
| FY2025 | 105 | 5 | 7 |
| FY2026 | 77 | 3 | 6 |
Top sponsors
- ADP Technology Services, Inc. 90
- East West Bank 45
- California Institute of Technology 44
- GREEN DOT CORPORATION 41
- Spokeo, Inc. 36
- Sim Infotech, Inc. 29
- WESTERN ASSET MANAGEMENT 26
- OpenX Technologies, Inc. 24
- SAIFUL BOUQUEST STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS 23
- Smallboard.com 21
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 172
- Computer Occupations, All Other 49
- Civil Engineers 42
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 40
- Software Developers, Systems Software 40
- Financial Analysts 39
- Accountants and Auditors 36
- Software Developers 31
- Cooks, Restaurant 28
- Computer Systems Analysts 22
Industries
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 90
- Engineering Services 68
- Custom Computer Programming Services 68
- Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 55
- Commercial Banking 55
- Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities 41
- Other Computer Related Services 35
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 32
- Software Publishers 31
- Full-Service Restaurants 30
Countries of citizenship
- India 311
- China 205
- Philippines 43
- South Korea 31
- Canada 26
- Taiwan 23
- Iran 20
- Thailand 13
- Japan 12
- Australia 10
Worker's education
- Master's 448
- Bachelor's 205
- None 74
- Doctorate 64
- High School 32
- Other 10
- Associate's 7
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 561
- F-1 75
- NOT IN USA 25
- B-2 12
- L-1 11
- E-2 11
- TN 10
- J-1 8
- TPS 7
- E-3 5
H-1B in Pasadena, CA
4,077 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 3,724 (91%). 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
- California Institute of Technology 172
- ADP Technology Services, Inc. 93
- TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED 79
- Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. 74
- California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory 39
- East West Bank 30
- Accenture LLP 18
- Pasadena Unified School District 17
- Ernst & Young U.S. LLP 16
- western-asset-management 15
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 201
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 109
- Computer and Information Research Scientists 70
- Search Marketing Strategists 49
- Data Scientists 48
- Accountants and Auditors 48
- Molecular and Cellular Biologists 42
- Financial and Investment Analysts 35
- Physicists 34
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 32
Where Pasadena, CA sits
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Census places Pasadena 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.
- Civil Engineers42 PERM decisions
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists40 PERM decisions
- Financial Analysts39 PERM decisions
- Accountants and Auditors36 PERM decisions
- Software Developers31 PERM decisions
- Cooks, Restaurant28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civil Engineers | $108,640 | $77,979 | $98,946 | $119,912 | $140,878 |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | $82,990 | $55,370 | $75,546 | $95,722 | $115,898 |
| Financial Analysts | $102,260 | $74,485 | $95,493 | $116,522 | $137,530 |
| Accountants and Auditors | $94,360 | $64,314 | $81,931 | $99,570 | $117,187 |
| Software Developers | $160,920 | $106,787 | $134,202 | $161,637 | $189,051 |
| Cooks, Restaurant | $44,460 | $37,752 | $41,246 | $44,720 | $48,214 |
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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