PERM jobs in Plano, TX
- Decisions
- 13,109
- Approved
- 97.9%
- Median certified wage
- $98,904
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 2,177 | 30 | 120 |
| FY2017 | 1,620 | 35 | 143 |
| FY2018 | 1,638 | 25 | 47 |
| FY2019 | 1,198 | 20 | 20 |
| FY2020 | 560 | 15 | 29 |
| FY2021 | 783 | 18 | 19 |
| FY2022 | 632 | 36 | 20 |
| FY2023 | 674 | 33 | 46 |
| FY2024 | 986 | 20 | 49 |
| FY2025 | 1,047 | 13 | 56 |
| FY2026 | 949 | 15 | 36 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 4,415
- Computer Systems Analysts 1,887
- Software Developers 1,413
- Computer Occupations, All Other 1,068
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 542
- Software Developers, Systems Software 396
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators* 284
- Computer Systems Analysts 208
- Electrical Engineers 164
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 149
Industries
- Custom Computer Programming Services 8,165
- Offices of Other Holding Companies 816
- Computer Systems Design Services 413
- Credit Card Issuing 306
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 295
- Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing 289
- Commercial Banking 167
- Business to Business Electronic Markets 163
- Other Computer Related Services 150
- Software Publishers 111
Countries of citizenship
- India 9,648
- China 270
- South Korea 114
- Mexico 112
- Canada 105
- Pakistan 95
- Nepal 50
- Brazil 48
- United Kingdom 23
- Taiwan 22
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 6,335
- Master's 4,016
- Other 189
- None 161
- Doctorate 56
- High School 35
- Associate's 23
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 8,834
- L-1 650
- NOT IN USA 367
- F-1 191
- TN 68
- H-1B1 58
- E-2 43
- H-4 38
- B-2 33
- PAROLEE 15
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.