PERM jobs in Portland, OR
- Decisions
- 1,658
- Approved
- 96.2%
- Median certified wage
- $90,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 115 | 7 | 4 |
| FY2017 | 90 | 5 | 6 |
| FY2018 | 167 | 9 | 2 |
| FY2019 | 116 | 2 | 10 |
| FY2020 | 92 | 3 | 12 |
| FY2021 | 215 | 15 | 8 |
| FY2022 | 168 | 3 | 3 |
| FY2023 | 110 | 4 | 18 |
| FY2024 | 140 | 5 | 6 |
| FY2025 | 152 | 0 | 13 |
| FY2026 | 146 | 6 | 6 |
Top sponsors
- AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC. 72
- AJINOMOTO FOODS NORTH AMERICA, INC 68
- Oregon Health & Science University 62
- Portland General Electric Company 49
- Portland State University 40
- eBay Inc. 37
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION 35
- DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA LLC 26
- XPO Enterprise Services, LLC 26
- STANCORP FINANCIAL GROUP 25
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 192
- Cooks, Restaurant 163
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators* 68
- Computer Occupations, All Other 68
- Packers and Packagers, Hand 68
- Software Developers 67
- Software Developers, Systems Software 64
- Computer Systems Analysts 59
- Civil Engineers 53
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 38
Industries
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 128
- Full-Service Restaurants 123
- Food Services and Drinking Places 91
- Custom Computer Programming Services 76
- Frozen Food Manufacturing 69
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 60
- Other Computer Related Services 56
- Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 53
- Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing 48
- Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services 36
Countries of citizenship
- India 549
- China 158
- Thailand 70
- South Korea 60
- Mexico 59
- Canada 54
- Brazil 46
- Nepal 37
- Iran 21
- United Kingdom 21
Worker's education
- Master's 487
- Bachelor's 353
- None 288
- Doctorate 88
- Other 44
- High School 20
- Associate's 15
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 756
- F-1 115
- L-1 84
- E-2 75
- NOT IN USA 58
- TN 26
- F-2 13
- B-2 8
- H-4 8
- E-1 6
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.